Beowulf

I'm reading Beowulf with my 10-year-old daughter, the Seamus Heaney edition. What a great adventure story. This edition has the Old English on one side of the double-page spread and Heaney's translation/interpretation on the opposite page. We've been reading aloud the Old English and trying to recognize words from the Heaney text. Try it -- it's more fun than it sounds. Beowulf would be a good read if you are new to "classic" literature or have to read something "good for you" and aren't very excited. Plus it's short!