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Advice on English books to help my step grand daughter with her English (leddit.danmark.party)

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I am not sure if this is the right place to post. I have a step grand daughter who is 9, her English is coming on leaps and bounds and she is doing very well at school(in all subjects). I would like to take her some English reading books when I visit next month and I have no idea of what age range I should be looking at for her. I assume at age range younger than she is as English is a second language but also I don’t want to insult her. Any ideas?

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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/decentlyfair at 2023-07-09 14:26:56+00:00.

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[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gurkanna at 2023-07-09 14:33:44+00:00 ID: jra3raw

Ask her?

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

decentlyfair (OP) at 2023-07-09 15:32:19+00:00 ID: jrabtqu

It is for birthday present so wanted to surprise her

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

Gurkanna at 2023-07-09 15:41:34+00:00 ID: jrad598

So ask the parents.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

Grillpinne at 2023-07-09 14:51:30+00:00 ID: jra65m3

well, it's a little difficult when we don't know her level of english but maybe the first Harry Potter book? it might be a bit big (too many pages) but iirc the language is fairly simple.

if not that then maybe something she has read in Swedish already which will make it easier to follow along even if she doesn't know all the words. perhaps something by Astrid Lindgren, a lot of her books are translated to several different languages.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AttTankaRattArStorre at 2023-07-09 14:38:37+00:00 ID: jra4er4

The bible (KJV) is quite popular, and if she manages to learn how to read it she would be more proficient in 17th century English than at least the majority of her classmates.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pekka--- at 2023-07-09 14:45:20+00:00 ID: jra5bhz

The satanic bible, right?

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

AttTankaRattArStorre at 2023-07-09 14:51:41+00:00 ID: jra66hm

Huh?

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Androood at 2023-07-09 15:57:41+00:00 ID: jrafgd7

How is this a question to ask in a SWEDISH sub? Your first assumption was correct, this is not the right place to ask.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

decentlyfair (OP) at 2023-07-09 16:41:50+00:00 ID: jralqeb

I don’t know I thought that maybe there were brits living in Sweden that have bilingual children that might help. However, I thank you for your animosity.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

kavalierbariton at 2023-07-09 15:39:18+00:00 ID: jractkc

Go with age-appropriate books, even if she might not understand them perfectly. At that age, subject matter is more important than language treatment.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

decentlyfair (OP) at 2023-07-09 16:42:29+00:00 ID: jraltmg

Thank you very much, I will do that.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

sonicoak at 2023-07-09 18:51:29+00:00 ID: jrb4a13

Gift voucher? https://bookshop.se/giftvouchers

Taking actual books is risky because you don’t know what kind of books she likes.