The Home Education

My second son wasn’t big on reading. At first he didn’t feel a need to learn to read because his book loving big brother would always read to him. Finally, we got him to start reading and although he would be proud to show his skill to his uncle or grandma, he didn’t spend a lot of time with books. We struggled with finding just the right amount of reading for him during his school lessons and even then there was no other reading outside of what was required in school. For a time, the only thing that worked was comics. We would offer him Garfield, Charlie Brown and then Foxtrot. The smaller amount of text was just enough to keep him reading on the sidelines.

One day he discovered the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. This series is about a clan of cats, in the wild, and their many adventures with each other, and with humans. Suddenly he was hooked! In no time he devoured the first 6 books of the series, and then went on to the next ones. I wasn’t sure what the draw was but of course I was not going to complain when he would ask me if he could take time to read, or if I could buy him another book!

Recently, I was emailing with a friend who was looking for some books. Her daughter, a reluctant reader, was finally reading, and she wanted to keep the flow of books coming. She asked if I had any of the Warriors series by Erin Hunter! Isn’t that interesting that two reluctant readers found the joy of reading with the same books! Kudos to Erin Hunter an obviously awesome writer.

So I set to work to find the series for my friend – but was not allowed to take them from my son’s shelf, because even now at the age of 17, he is still fond of the series.

Here is the Amazon link to Erin Hunter’s great books Warriors

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