Books play an important role in shaping a person’s worldview. Therefore, parents need to be very serious about choosing children's works. The best works of great children's writers have not only an exciting plot, but also a deep meaning that helps the child to form valuable human qualities within himself.
Readers are presented with the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old, list.
10. The Little Prince
Tale-parable of Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The little Prince" opens the top ten best foreign books for children 11-12 years old. The main character talks about the events that happened to him six years ago. During the flight, something went wrong in the engine of the aircraft, and the pilot, flying without a mechanic and passengers, was forced to land in the sands of the Sahara, a thousand miles from civilization. Nevertheless, at dawn he was awakened by the bride from where the little boy came from ...
9. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel of American writer Harriet Beecher Stow Uncle Tom’s Cabin recommended for reading to children 11-12 years old. The main character of the book, the Negro Tom, due to a combination of circumstances falls from one owner to another. A polite and courteous Kentucky Shelby, with whom Tom serves as a steward. St. Clair, who wants to give Tom freedom. The Legri planter, capable of inflicting the most brutal torture on a Negro ... Passing from one master to another, Tom maintains faith in human kindness and adheres steadily to Christian virtues ...
8. Robinson Crusoe
The top ten best foreign books for readers 11-12 years old includes an adventure novel by Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe". The full title of the work is “Life, the extraordinary and amazing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a sailor from York, who lived for 28 years all alone on an uninhabited island off the coast of America near the mouth of the Orinoco River, where he was thrown by a shipwreck, during which the entire crew of the ship except him died, setting out his unexpected release by pirates; written by himself. " This amazing story will appeal to everyone: those who love adventure and science fiction, and those who are interested in the real life of people and want to learn to understand their character and actions, and those who love the description of travel and long-distance travels. The book Defoe has it all! After all, it is written on the basis of real events.
7. Treasure Island
Novel by Scottish writer Robert Lewis Stevenson "Treasure Island" is one of the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old. The little reader will learn about the incredible and exciting adventures of Jim Hawkins and the brave captain Smollett, one-legged John Silver and the treacherous pirates, about the mysterious map and pirate treasure, and will also visit a mysterious and mysterious island with a dangerous expedition. An exciting plot, a delicate style of storytelling, genuine historical flavor and romance will captivate the reader from the first to the last line.
6. The Adventures of Oliver Twist
The Adventure of Charles Dickens The Adventures of Oliver Twist rightfully takes its place in the list of the best foreign books recommended for reading to children 11-12 years old. This is the story of a little orphan Oliver, who was born in a workhouse, escaped from it from cruelty and bullying in the streets of London and fell into the robber den of London thieves and murderers. An innocent and pure soul of a child suffers from evil surrounded by colorful villains: the insidious Fagin, the menacingly dangerous Billy Sykes and the courtesan with the gentle and kind soul of Nancy. The purity and piety of a child who grew up among rudeness and humiliation, leads not only to salvation, but also reveals the secret of his birth.
5. Walking castle
The list of the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old includes a fabulous novel by Diana Wynn Jones "Walking castle". Based on the work, an anime cartoon was released, which was a huge success, and was nominated for an Oscar. The main character of Sophie’s fabulous and exciting story lives in a fictional country where witches and mermaids, seven-mile boots and talking dogs are commonplace. Therefore, when the terrible curse of the insidious Swamp Witch falls upon her, Sophie has no choice but to turn for help to the mysterious sorcerer Hawle, who lives in a walking castle. However, in order to break free of the spell, Sophie has to solve many puzzles and live in the castle at Hole much longer than she expected. And for this you need to make friends with a fiery demon, catch a lobster star, eavesdrop on the singing of mermaids, find a mandrake and much, much more.
4. Children of Captain Grant
French novel Jules Verne "The Children of Captain Grant" is one of the best foreign books recommended for reading to children 11-12 years old. The work includes three parts in which the same characters appear. Heroes travel across three oceans, looking for the shipwrecked Scottish patriot - Captain Grant. The work widely depicts pictures of nature and the life of people in various parts of the world.
3. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Fairy Tale by Rudyard Kipling Rikki-Tikki-Tavi enters the list of the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old. Mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is the main character of the story Rudyard Kipling. It so happened that the little Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was left alone, without parents and ended up in a family of people who sheltered and fell in love with him. A brave mongoose, together with the bird Darzi and shrew Chuchundra, save people from the cobras Naga and Nagayna and kill the young snakes in order to save their friends.
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer »Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - One of the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old, which young readers will read with pleasure in one breath. In world literature there is a great many images of boys - adventurers, but Twain's hero is unique and original. At first glance, this is a completely ordinary boy from a small provincial American town. Like the thousands and millions of his neighbors, Tom does not like to do household chores, hates going to school, prefers worn clothes to his elegant clothes, and as for shoes, he tries to do without it. A visit to the church, and especially Sunday school, is a real torture for him. Tom has a lot of friends - the same pranks as he himself. His intelligent head is constantly clogged with all sorts of fantasies and inventions.
1. Peppy Long Stocking
Fairy Tale Astrid Lindgren Peppy Long Stocking tops the list of the best foreign books for children 11-12 years old. The main character of the work is Peppilotta Victualia Rulgardina Krisminta Efraimsdotter Longstocking. The red-haired, freckled beast, along with her favorites, a monkey and a horse, lives in the Chicken Villa. Little Peppy has incredible strength, so she can easily raise a horse with even one hand. The girl does not want to obey the generally accepted rules and decrees of adults. Many are annoyed by the tricks of an unbearable girl, but nobody can cope with it. Peppy Long Stocking is the embodiment of the image of all the children who secretly dream to be the same as the main character of the book.