Also, I should caveat this by saying that my children are precocious readers. My boys have been reading since they were two and my daughter reads more books in a week than I do. So titles did factor into these books in all cases.
8 yr old-- "I think it's a true story."
10 yr old-- "It's about the girl on the cover and there's someone she loves and something bad happens to him or her and she has to save their life."
10 yr old-- "Well, if it's about time travel, then it's where this girl meets someone when she goes back in time, but she can't marry him or her because she's from a different time."
10 yr old-- "It's about a girl who discovers a secret. Or maybe it's 13 reasons why we named our dog after this author."
5 yr old-- "Yeah, it's a book about the dog."
5 yr old-- "And she has a lot of lipstick"
10 yr old-- "It's about a girl who would do anything to be beautiful."
10 yr old-- "It's about someone who used to have a privileged life and now she lost everything."
10 yr old-- "Yeah, and it looks like it's a crush on a boy."
And finally, just for fun...
22 comments:
Ha ha! This was cute :) Your children are very insightful
Hah! These are so awesome. Those ones at the other post were pretty funny, too.
So great! Smart kids, but no surprise there. :)
"This book is about girls and lipstick, maybe not Barbies though." Bahaha! I think I actually snorted out loud at this one. So, so funny! And the 13 REASONS and BEAUTY QUEENS covers were pretty darn great as well. :) Just goes to show that these covers convey certain messages and they might not always be what the author was going for.
Very cute!
So cute! Children can be so insightful:) I didn't realize how interesting it would be to see what someone thinks a book will be about, just by looking at it's cover, until I read this post. You should do this again if your kids agree:)
Wow, I love their impressions. This is SO much fun! You should do this more often.
Love this! Your kids are awesome.
This was brilliant XD I love that last one. I need to do this with my 9yo lol
This is why I love kids. Thank you so much for sharing!
"Maybe not barbies though." That was awesome.
The 50 Shades answer...if only! Seems like it would have been much more entertaining that way, haha!
These are amazing!!!!! so.love.this.idea.
Haha, at least you got them to try. I mentioned it to my kids and the six-year-old (who's behind in reading) just told me exactly what was on there (a girl, a tree, etc.) and my 11-year-old, who reads everything, just rolled his eyes at me and walked away. ;)
erica
That's fun. I'll have to try it with my kids.
This was SO fun! :)
STOP IT - your kids are hilarious and extremely clever. I can't stop laughing at the last one. (I kind of wish it were true and that all male-control-freak books were written by BEE. :) )
These are so GOOD. Okay. I must be blind and I've read Beauty Queens but never noticed the bullets are lipstick. I must be blind. Your dog must be Jay.
Awesome!!!! Clearly, your kids are adorable and clever! :D
This one: "This book is about a guy who's a ghost." really cracked me up! :D
Oh and the 13 reasons why cover and their comments? Priceless!
LOVE these, truly. I like when they kind of nail it on the head without knowing it.
And, is your dog named Jay or Asher???
This was hands down the best blog post I have ever seen. EVER. I snorted at the last one, and enjoyed many of the others. Please post more of these :)
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