I'm planning to gift a few comics subscriptions to a 5 year old girl. I'm out of the comics loop so dunno what's available to kids these days. Also is it a good idea to gift comics to such a young person. She can read simple 3-4 letter words at the moment. In my observations, kids these days develop reading comprehension a bit late. Correct me if I'm wrong. Also I'm open to other-than-books suggestion.
Rezep
Adept
Useless reply probably, but if you can get your hands on a collection of old tinkle digest/mags (like from the 2000s, early 2010s or late 90s mags) those were great. The new tinkle is garbage, absolute garbage, the stories just don't have that old charm anymore. And it's not out of nostalgia either, read the old ones and compare it to the new ones today and you'll see the wide gap in quality.
Reading tinkle when I was young really did cultivate a good reading habit in me. Reading novels when you're under 10 just bores you out, tinkle was just right, not too mature like marvel or dc comics (and was easier to access). Archie comics was fun to read too but maybe a bit too young still for that.
Reading tinkle when I was young really did cultivate a good reading habit in me. Reading novels when you're under 10 just bores you out, tinkle was just right, not too mature like marvel or dc comics (and was easier to access). Archie comics was fun to read too but maybe a bit too young still for that.
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chyawanprash
Recruit
abmr2d2
Disciple
When she becomes a little older probably introduce Asterix and Obelix, then tintin, Old Chandamama was good (I remember waiting for a new issue and asking for it at the A. H. Wheeler stalls on the railway stations). The old Amar Chitra Kathas were also good.
I'm not sure but I think we can still get older tinkle here > https://india.amarchitrakatha.com/search?q=Tinkle&options[prefix]=last
But first thing, what is tinkle? is it a full comics book or hybrid like Champak? I have never came across it before. Also what about amar chitra katha? I've been seeing it a lot but haven't read it when I was little. Is it a full comics too?
But in any case, if it's comics then I'd rather want to have a subscription instead of gifting a 20 book set.
This looks awesome.
Yeah, 9 thousand people are going to gift this.
Yeah, chandoba was great. I think they have closed the shop now.
For a 5 year old, comics like Tinkle are gonna be too much. You should be looking for good illustrated story books with large fonts, small words, and colourful illustrations, if you want the child to attempt reading by herself. More often than not, this is still the age where one of the parents has to be reading out the books to them. Let her get a couple of years older, and then you can introduce her to these comics.
singenaadam
Skilled
Ladybird has a set of board books called a library, have a look at that.
Thanks. There are many such libraries available online. Some even have Indian context.
Nevertheless, While looking for the library, I found a huge collection from Penguin which is targeted towards such kids. It's amazing. Many of these books which cost above 10 pounds outside are available for like 200 INR.