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One child's verdict on teachers' must-reads | One child's verdict on teachers' must-reads |
(about 1 hour later) | |
With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory heading a teachers' list of books all children should read in primary school, the BBC asked one avid young reader for his views. | |
Roald Dahl's cautionary tale definitely deserves its place at the top, according to 11-year-old Tom Lamb, from Shenfield in Essex, who says he reads for about an hour every day. | |
"It's just quite amusing and exciting to read and not boring or anything. It's a lot of different adventures, not all the same thing," Tom told the BBC. | "It's just quite amusing and exciting to read and not boring or anything. It's a lot of different adventures, not all the same thing," Tom told the BBC. |
He particularly liked the way the more obnoxious characters in the book "get paid for what they do". | He particularly liked the way the more obnoxious characters in the book "get paid for what they do". |
But what does Tom think about the other books on the list? | |
"We read that with the school and we had to do comprehension over it. It was really good and quite realistic. I can imagine that sort of thing happening. | "We read that with the school and we had to do comprehension over it. It was really good and quite realistic. I can imagine that sort of thing happening. |
"I think I liked Tom best because he persevered with stuff and adopted William when everyone wanted him to go to a special home for children." | "I think I liked Tom best because he persevered with stuff and adopted William when everyone wanted him to go to a special home for children." |
"I probably will read this. I know she goes into another world. I have seen the movie." | |
"It was quite strange but quite amusing and exciting. I like the way he wrote it with lots of detail about Matilda's family life." | |
"I thought it was quite scary but now I think it's quite a funny book. | "I thought it was quite scary but now I think it's quite a funny book. |
"It's a very good book - quite short. So not long and boring." | "It's a very good book - quite short. So not long and boring." |
"I haven't read this yet. I definitely know they go into another world and there are lots of different characters and adventures. | |
"I am quite keen to read it." | |
"It was quite easy and, when you are younger, quite a fun and enjoyable book to read with lots of good pictures to help younger children to understand what the words mean." | "It was quite easy and, when you are younger, quite a fun and enjoyable book to read with lots of good pictures to help younger children to understand what the words mean." |
"When I was younger it was really scary but very good. I was very scared at first - but when I read it afterwards I thought it was really funny. It's good the way it makes you pronounce the words again and again." | |
"I was about seven when I read this. I enjoyed it. It was about something that could have happened to me." | |
"This was fun. The pictures were really good, they helped you understand the story a bit more." | |
So what else should be on the list? | |
For Tom the big surprise is that the list does not include a single Harry Potter book. | For Tom the big surprise is that the list does not include a single Harry Potter book. |
"I really think they should have been on the list. I am on the last one now. I read it every night. I like the last one best, more than the other ones. | "I really think they should have been on the list. I am on the last one now. I read it every night. I like the last one best, more than the other ones. |
"It's called The Deathly Hallows. The other ones are more about school and stuff. This is about when he's left school and it's a lot more exciting." | "It's called The Deathly Hallows. The other ones are more about school and stuff. This is about when he's left school and it's a lot more exciting." |
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