Reading 'out of age limit'

I have recently introduced my five year old to The Hobbit. It's such a wonderful introduction to fantasy and my son absolutely is in love with it. He IS Gandalf, he says, and puts on my grey hoodie, grabs a wooden stick for a pipe, and a giant stick for a staff, and we sit on the swing and read a chapter a night. It takes a long while but he looooves it.If you have kids and enjoy reading, I really would encourage picking up a book 'out of their age level' that YOU like. I read Faust and Jekyll and Hyde to my child in infancy; it's just sounds and bonding. When he was a toddler and i wanted a bath and reading, I would put him toys on the bathroom floor and read God knows what to him, censoring vulgarity or inappropriate horror themes (as I tend to read), "Taylor [was murdered] had a really bad day" I would read to him, with both of us laughing. There are so many countless benefits to reading out loud to your child at ANY age. Bonding, vocabulary, patience, critical thinking, building a moral code, learning to listen, pronunciation and enunciation, and to have an IMAGINATION.I'm shocked at how tight laced and restricting even Kindgergarten can be. Children need some fancy they can imagine by themselves, without a loud blaring TV or screen, or even a picture book.You can't imagine the adult conversations you can have with a child when you share adult experiences appropriately, especially when guised as a fanciful wizard in robes or a fearful hobbit with a heart that yearns to be courageous!Any other reccomendations for what to start after The Hobbit would be appreciated. We started on chapter books when he was 3 and a half, increasing the chapter size each year, and now he can easily handle an hour and a half of reading befire we call it a break. He typically HAS to finish a chapter! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xnfJRT