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[email protected] December 15th 06 04:21 AM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 
I am a volunteer big brother for the BB/BS program and am looking for
something for my little for the holidays. I am really into the idea of
getting him some magazines as he is reading at a significantly lower
level then his classmates.

I was hoping to start him off with some reading materials that he would
find fun and exciting as a 13 year old boy, but I have not had much
luck located such materials. If anybody could recomend what their kids
have enjoyed reading at that age please help me out.

His interests seem to resolve around video games science.

Thanks!


Jeff December 15th 06 11:59 AM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 

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I am a volunteer big brother for the BB/BS program and am looking for
something for my little for the holidays. I am really into the idea of
getting him some magazines as he is reading at a significantly lower
level then his classmates.

I was hoping to start him off with some reading materials that he would
find fun and exciting as a 13 year old boy, but I have not had much
luck located such materials. If anybody could recomend what their kids
have enjoyed reading at that age please help me out.

His interests seem to resolve around video games science.

Thanks!


In the sciences, there is a National Geographic magazine for kids and
Discover Kids.

Jeff



Banty December 15th 06 01:13 PM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 
In article . com,
says...

I am a volunteer big brother for the BB/BS program and am looking for
something for my little for the holidays. I am really into the idea of
getting him some magazines as he is reading at a significantly lower
level then his classmates.

I was hoping to start him off with some reading materials that he would
find fun and exciting as a 13 year old boy, but I have not had much
luck located such materials. If anybody could recomend what their kids
have enjoyed reading at that age please help me out.

His interests seem to resolve around video games science.


Comic books. Seriously.

I have a 14 year old who doesn't like to read much, although his reading level
is fine. He needs real payoff to read. Like his sci-fi modelling maillist. He
puts his scouting magazine and the National Geographic kid's mag he got for
winning the school geography bee into the trashbin :(

Comics are of real interest to the age, gets him reading, and, gee whiz, you're
supposed to be 'on his side' a bit and bring him something nice and fun. I
pored over them (even though I was a kid who would also pull down the
encyclopedia to read).

Cheers,
Banty


[email protected] December 15th 06 04:42 PM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 
Everybody's recomendation sounds great! Maybe I will do a combination
of both get him some fun comics to read, as well as a subscription to
one of the kids magazines.

Keep the recomendations flowing! Thanks everybody!


Denise December 15th 06 04:43 PM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 

"Banty" wrote in message
...
In article . com,
says...



I have a 14 year old who doesn't like to read much, although his reading
level
is fine. He needs real payoff to read. Like his sci-fi modelling
maillist. He
puts his scouting magazine and the National Geographic kid's mag he got
for
winning the school geography bee into the trashbin :(

Comics are of real interest to the age, gets him reading, and, gee whiz,
you're
supposed to be 'on his side' a bit and bring him something nice and fun.
I
pored over them (even though I was a kid who would also pull down the
encyclopedia to read).

Cheers,
Banty


I second this. I buy my oldest comic books. She hates to read, but will
read comic books for hours and I feel they've helped her spelling.

Is Popular Science still published? Some of those were really cool when I
was a kid. We get the Disney magainze, which is a glorified advertisement
for anything Disney can license, and the National Geographic for kids. My
younger children enjoy those, not so much the older one.

Denise





[email protected] December 15th 06 04:55 PM

I need some recomendations for gift ideas for 13 year old boy
 
Everybody's recomendation sounds great! Maybe I will do a combination
of both get him some fun comics to read, as well as a subscription to
one of the kids magazines.

Keep the recomendations flowing! Thanks everybody!



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