Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
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| Blueberries for Sal |
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+1. My kids could not relate at all. I wonder if the influence of the show gave more context/interest to the books. |
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The Island of the Blue Dolphins (fail)
Sarah Bishop (fail) Little Women (they liked this but haven't read it on their own) Heidi (win) Little House (fail) |
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So many - My kids are grown now, but we shared a lot of old favorites and made some new ones along the way.
Off the top of my head: “The Big Red Storybook” - is what I called a collection of fairy tales from my childhood in a big, red book Mother Goose rhymes Dr. Seuss We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Just-So Stories and Rikki Tikki Tavi Boxcar Children Nate the Great Cam Jansen C D B Amelia Bedelia The Night Before Christmas Encyclopedia Brown Green Knowe Nancy Drew Danny Dunn Beverly Cleary From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Westing Game The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Island of the Blue Dolphins The Secret Garden The Little Prince The Keeper of the Isis Light Trixie Belden Some of these one would like, but wouldn’t appeal to the other. I was really disappointed I couldn’t interest either in Little Women. My grandmother had given me the Little House books as a girl. I found them dull as dust, but have fond memories of her reading them to me. Since a relative gave my kids a set, we tried reading them, and although they liked them better than I had, they still didn’t want to finish the series. |
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Yes this. Though she did read the graphic novels and liked the netflix series. |
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Charlottes Web and Trumpet of the Swan did not disappoint with my kids. We listened on audio - truly fabulous!
I don't remember if Nate the Great was around when I was a kid, but they were excellent on audio, as well. My kids still love to use the Rosamond voice - it's hilarious! |
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| I read A Wrinkle in Time at least a dozen times as a young teen and couldn’t wait to introduce it to my daughter. She read one chapter and noped out. I’m still not over it. |
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| I loved books by Sharon Creech when I was 10-12. I hope my daughter finds all of the strong, interesting girls that she writes about as compelling as I did. |
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She just turned 5. |
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I actually found new books that my kids read, that I loved possibly more than those I'd seen in my own childhood. But I expect that's a different thread.
Bog Baby Clever Jack Takes the Cake The Gruffalo The Lorax |
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Anything by E. L. Konigsburg, especially From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler Anything by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , especially The Egypt Game and The Headless Cupid The books in the Green Knowe series by Lucy M. Boston Anything by Robin MCKinley, especially The Blue Sword and The Hero And The Crown |
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There are some cool stories in here that I've read to my kids to mixed reaction. But the ones I really hope stick are
- The ABCs of mathematics - Goodnight Numbers - Everything Kids (Scratch Coding) - sudoku for kids - Chess puzzles for kids |
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Yes! Read many of her books with my kids. Such a great writer. |
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I love children’s books and was so excited to have my first kid. Here are the ones I remember-
The Berenstein Bears The 5 Chinese Brothers Stellaluna Madeline Strega Nonna Amber Brown is Not a Crayon Amelia Bedelia Sarah Plain and Tall Goosebumps and Animorphs Number the Stars- a good way to reach ab Holocaust The Giver Sweet Valley High Also +1 Mrs Piggle Wiggle +1 Boxcar children +1 Babysitters club |