Are old Hardy Boys books valuable?
As with most series books, the older printings and earliest editions are the most valuable. In the case of the Hardy Boys, a dust jacket is essential to value. The market is heavily flooded with Hardy Boy books.
What age group should read Hardy Boys?
Reading Levels for each Hardy Boys series: The Hardy Boys Adventures: 8-12 years old. Hardy Boys Clue Books: 6-9 years old.
How can I help my 11 year old to read better?
11 Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Read
- Teaching reading will only help.
- Teaching literacy isn’t different than teaching other skills.
- Talk to your kids (a lot).
- Read to your kids.
- Have them tell you a “story.”
- Teach phonemic awareness.
- Teach phonics (letter names and their sounds).
- Listen to your child read.
Is To Kill a Mockingbird appropriate for 11 year old?
It has some strong language, but it is all appropriate to the story. Yes. You should read it, definitely. There may be things you don’t get at your age, but you will enjoy it.
What is the best quote from To Kill a Mockingbird?
- “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view …
- “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read.
- “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
- “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
What is Atticus famous quote?
Atticus Finch Quotes. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Who says killing a mockingbird is a sin?
In the beginning of Chapter 10 Miss Maudie says it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. When his children get guns for Christmas, Atticus tells them that they can shoot blue jays but not mockingbirds.
What does Atticus say it’s a sin to kill?
‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
How is Atticus different from other fathers?
“He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the living room and read.” (Scout) Page 118 Atticus is different from other people in Maycomb; he spends his time doing different things.
What did Atticus say about mockingbirds?
“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” the venerable Atticus Finch tells his daughter Scout. Miss Maudie repeats it. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.”