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Rachel here with a great new book recommendation to get your reluctant readers excited about reading this summer. Thanks to StoryArc Media for sponsoring today’s post so we could share this great tip with you.
Do you have a reluctant reader in your house? As we move into summer, it’s especially important to come up with some fun ways to help your kids get excited about reading. Fortunately, the latest book from StoryArc Media – under the creative direction of Jeff Kinney, author of the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series – has just come out and it’s a serious page turner.
StoryArc Media has just released the second book in the Galactic Hot Dog series, Galactic Hot Dogs: The Wiener Strikes Back. After my experience with it, I’m sure it’s going to be a huge hit with kids this summer.
We had a slow weekend with no plans, which can often spell disaster for us — never put bored kids in a house together. I surprised my boys by pulling out Galactic Hot Dogs: The Weiner Strikes Back and saved the weekend.
First, some back story: it’s been a while since my two younger sons have really gotten into a book. They like to read but they don’t LOVE to read.
As an avid reader, I sometimes have a hard time understanding that.
Every once in a while they find a book they really love and I can’t pull them away from it though. I love when I can find a book that really grabs them. Galactic Hot Dogs: The Wiener Strikes Back was a huge hit with them.
I set them lose on the book and didn’t hear a peep out of them for most of the day. I had to pull them away from the book every few hours to do a quick chore (and make sure they weren’t leaving a permanent imprint on the couch).
It made my day to see them really get drawn into the book and they can’t stop talking about how much they love it. My 10 year old sat and read the entire book in a day and I think he already has plans to read it again.
The book is set up in a graphic novel style, similar to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and for my reluctant readers it was a low-pressure way to read and they really loved it.
In addition to the book, players can can also take their Galactic Hot Dogs zeal and head to Poptropica – the wildly popular online game played by more than 5 million kids around the world. It’s also home to a dedicated Galactic Hot Dogs island where the player is the center of the story and the island is filled with mystery, challenges and familiar characters.
Giveaway
Enter to win a 6-month Poptropica subscription (value of $19.95) and the first two books in the series: Galactic Hot Dogs: Cosmoe’s Wiener Getaway and Galactic Hot Dogs: The Weiner Strikes Back.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by StoryArc Media
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom contributor Rachel Lister, who owns Busy Mommy Media.
Kristina Potter says
I personally don’t . But my doctor on the other hand loves them.. Shes the only real reader in our house, she loves her books! . I’m so proud of her.
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Terry Cross says
Yes , they do. Diary of Wimpy Kid and Treasure Hunters are 2 of their favorite series
susan smoaks says
yes they love to read graphic novels. i do too.
Kathleen says
My daughter enjoys graphic novels. Her favorite book series is Harry Potter.
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Paula Hafner says
My son likes all sorts of books including graphic novels. He has been working on an Avengar’s book. He also likes the Captain Underpants series.
Kristi C says
My son likes graphic novels. Right now, his favorite is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Paol Trenny says
My kids love reading “Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World!”.
beth shepherd says
My son does and he likes Harry potter. Thank you
Christine Jensen says
Mine definitely do. they particularly enjoy the Diary of Wimpy kid series
Aubrey says
My son likes diary of a wimpy kid.
Steph says
Yes, my kids like graphic novels. They like Timmy Failure, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the Stick Cat series
Kristen says
He does. He likes The Phantom Tollbooth.
Anita says
Yes, my kids like graphic novels, and they LOVE Poptropica! I don’t think they have a favorite series… unless it would be The Hunger Games, which of course, isn’t a graphic novel series. 🙂
beth cole says
My daughter loves them. My son doesn’t love to read a lot, so this would be a good way to motivate him. We could read them together.
Omar Dabbous says
It depends on the graphic novel, but I like some of them. My favorite book series is Harry Potter! :~)
Emily Endrizzi says
My kids do like graphic novels. My son’s favorite series is Zeek Meeks.
Bridgette says
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is their favorite. They’d love them!
vickie couturier says
yes the older grandsons love to read,they love the Harry Potter series
Stefanie Hartman says
my son loves ‘diary of wimpy kid’ 🙂
latanya says
my son likes reading comic books like sonic the hedgehog
Barrie says
One of my kids loves books that combine lots of pictures with different fonts, and have more of a comic-book design. I think it ihelps break up all that scary text! They are also big fans of the Smile, Drama, Sisters books by Raina Telgemeier and re-read them all the time- which I think you can do with a graphic novel format.
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Sandra Watts says
My son does like to read from time to time. He would like these. They look fun.
Kimberly says
Both of my boys love graphic novels! Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate are just a couple of their favorites. I think they would both love these books!
Silvia D says
my daughter loves graphic novel, she likes all kinds but mostly japanese , pokemon and mangas.
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Stacie says
Amulet for my older son, but my younger son might like the hotdog series…I am trying to find something, anything, he might like to read!