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Whether because of furloughing or just not being able to go to the pub, the general assumption among readers was that there would be a lot of free time to catch up on the big ones that had until now, like Ahab’s white whale, got away.īut as time passed I saw these plans fall beneath an avalanche of sourdough starters, 1,000-piece puzzles and Zoom pub quizzes.

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In the early days of the coronavirus lockdown my Twitter feed was full of conversations about whether it was time to read Middlemarch or The Brothers Karamazov, Bleak House or The Anatomy of Melancholy. Or, he might add today, be confined to their homes in response to a global pandemic. Otherwise, if your kid is getting into it, he or she will keep asking questions until bedtime is just a distant memory.M arcel Proust’s brother said the problem with In Search of Lost Time was that people “have to be very ill or have a broken leg” in order to read it. TIP: The only catch with a “Chose Your Own Adventure” bedtime story is that, as the narrator, you eventually have to figure out a definite way to end the story. When you run outside, a _(VEHICLE)_ appears. Do you go inside the cave? If they choose “run away”: You run down the hall, away from the creature. Do you follow it or do you run away? If they choose “follow it”: You nod and it leads you towards a dark cave that has appeared in your backyard. One morning, you open your bedroom door and see _(CRAZY CREATURE)_. This format can allow your child to take ownership of the story and create a really entertaining back-and-forth between the two of you.

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Rather than coming up with a whole narrative on your own, you just present your child with a series of questions and allow them to determine the path of the story. Bedtime Story Prompt #4: Choose Your Own Adventure So, a Cinderella could go to the ball, where she gets some magic beans, which create a giant beanstalk that takes her to Oz, where she has to fight a Wicked Witch. If you want to make it really interesting, mash together a bunch of stories as you go.

TIPS: You can either follow the classic story (in this case, Red Riding Hood) exactly or split off in a new direction whenever you want. Once upon a time, _(PERSON)_ journeyed into the dark forest, bound for Grandmother’s house with a basket of goodies. You still get the benefit of getting to copy the story structure of the original tale, but your kid gets to enjoy your weird little additions and alterations as you go along. Try retelling an existing story but put your own spin on it. Just think of how your child would really react to a runaway robot, a meteor shower, or a scientist with a ray gun that turns people into puppies, and go from there.

TIP: Once you come up with your catalyst for chaos, it’s pretty easy to imagine how it would disrupt a normal day in your neighborhood. OR _(PERSON)_ was playing at the park one day, when suddenly _(VERY UNLIKELY THING)_ fell from the sky. _(PERSON)_ ran outside to catch the school bus, but there was a _(VERY UNLIKELY THING)_ standing right in front of their house. These stories follow this pattern: It’s a normal day, some kind of insane plot device disrupts the status quo, crazy things happen, and then status quo is resumed (or changed forever). Sometimes kids just want to hear heightened and exaggerated versions of their everyday lives. Try alternating between object quests (biggest diamond ever, the perfect pizza recipe, crashed alien spaceship) and location quests (Australia, Atlantis, Mars) to keep things interesting. TIPS: Working your child’s name or other names they’d recognize into the story is a fun way to keep them engaged. But on the first day of their trip, they encountered the last thing they ever expected- _(RIDICULOUS, IMPOSSIBLE-TO-OVERCOME OBSTACLE)_. OR _(PERSON)_ always dreamed of traveling to _(AMAZING LOCATION)_. But finding the treasure would mean getting past _(OBSTACLE)_. The map revealed the location of the _(REALLY COOL OBJECT)_. One day, _(PERSON)_ was digging in their backyard when they found an old map. All you need for a quest is an objective, an obstacle, and a resolution. Indy learns of an artifact, he goes through trials to locate it, and he eventually finds it - but isn’t always allowed to keep it.

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