Why Do We Read?
Our class is currently reading Richard Connel's The Most Dangerous Game", a short story filled with suspense so it's easy to enjoy. But aside from the thrill a good story can give us there is usually more to a good story than that. Stories can teach us, help to make grow-and we hunger for a good tale. Ask any child if he or she wants a story and just watch the excitement in his or her eyes.
So what is it about stories? Why do we read?
Task: Choose a story from your childhood, a story you read or that was read to you and answer the following questions:
1. What is your story and what was it about?
2. Why did you read it?
3. What did you get from it that you wanted to hear it or see it again and again?
To help, the following sites have many children's stories for you to read and review.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
SurLaLuna
Tales of Wonder
Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
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