The night my son asked me to tell him a bedtime story about Star Wars I realized my children might
watch too much television. When I asked him what he knew about Star Wars he said “Like the show Star Wars Rebels with Chopper”. He has
never seen the show, but he has seen many commercials for Star Wars Rebels on Disney Junior and countless commercials for all
the new toys related to the new movie. So I made up a story using the names of
the Star Wars characters I know and I
thought that was the end of it. It wasn’t and my son started asking me a
million questions about the force. A few months ago I got a World of Reading Star Wars book called Use the
Force! and decided my son should read it with me, though I think a four year
old is a little young for good vs evil and all the violence that comes with Star Wars. My son is SO into this book
he can practically read it himself.
Fortunately, the new Star Wars
movie has some great companion books. I was even more fortunate to get my hands
on 5 Minute Star Wars Stories which
touches upon all seven movies and now I no longer need to make up my own stories about Han Solo. My son is definitely not watching any Star Wars movies or television shows
anytime soon and I am okay with him telling me every picture of Kylo Ren is
Darth Vader because that is the power of a book, it keeps his imagination
running wild and the vivid imagery of violence at bay. If you have any young
children interested in the Star Wars franchise,
these books were made for your home library!
