The Haunted House (Choose Your Own Adventure Jr.) Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2007

Best way to encourage kids to read is to have them immersed!

My eight year old grandson, really enjoys being able to choose which way to go, this book makes reading more fun for him, and that can only be good!!

I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books when I was a kid (and they still have the same ones out there!), but those are really too long and complicated to be appropriate for a child under the age of about 8. This new series - the CYOA Dragonlarks - is fantastic for much younger children. My 4-year old has several of them and I read them to him. He thinks it's fantastic to be able to choose what will happen next, and each section of the book (between choices) is short and to the point so he doesn't lose interest. Even my 9-year old likes listening and reading them, although they are aimed at younger children. The Haunted House is clever part of this series - it looks a little scary, but isn't really at all, so my son can feel like he's being "edgy" without actually getting scared.

I bought this book for my 8 year old in my ever persistent quest to get him to read more. It worked! He has read and reread this book so much I believe he has found his way through to at least 12 endings. He has already asked for another one, which to me is a win.The reading level is probably for 6-8 year olds, but if you have a strong reader they may get bored with the dragonlark series. For my reluctant reader however, it gave him the confidence he needed to tackle a longer book. The endings are kinda cheesy but my son likes them. Also there are times when he's reading to me that I have to check that he went to the right page because the story seems a little disjointed, the story line doesn't bother my son though.All in all, anything that gets my kid to read is a win in my book, and I have already ordered more from this series.

Great purchase

As a child of the 80s, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books. Recently, something clicked in my head and I said "Hey! Do they still publish those books?" I looked online and, lo and behold, they do! Being the father of a young daughter, I really, really wanted to get one for her. So, I asked her: "Sweetie, if I got you a book where you could make the choices about how the story played out, would you want to read it?" She said "Huh?". I said, "Well, it's like you're the hero of the book and you get to choose what to do. The book will offer you a choice and you turn to a certain page, based on that choice". She said, "Oh, yeah! That sounds neat!". So, I ordered this book for her. Long story short, she loved it! She has read it many times now and I've had to order other titles in the series for her. It makes me glad because she's getting the same level of enjoyment from these books that I got from CYoA books when I was younger. I believe that your child will enjoy them, too, if they like to read and love to use their imagination.

My husband and i were both fans of choose your own adventure books as a kid so we were excited for our kid to get of age to understand and appreciate them. However we found the various story options are a little haphazard, often choppy and incomplete, it leaves my 7 year old confused because the story will progress in a normal gradual way then suddenly end, and often the ending is odd. I get they want to make it simple for the younger reader but its a little too simple. He still likes it but unfortunately it's not one of his favorites. But still a great option to start kids on these types of books.

These are similar to the Twist-a-Plot books series. Our family loves anything haunted house/halloween themed so this book was right up our alley. I have an 8 year old and an 11 year old that both enjoy these books. Our 5 year old, although he can't read the books, loves to get in on choosing different endings. They can't wait to get to the bottom of a page to decide what to do next. As soon as they finish one senario, they immediately start over, making different choices to see how the story changes.Great books, easy read