Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too

[Anonymous]

Dory!

[Anonymous]

Maybe Gumluck?

[Anonymous]

+1 for Little House series, especially Farmer Boy
Series of Unfortunate Events
Mysterious Benedict Society

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:D’Aulaires (sp?) Greek and Norse myths

+1
I have great memories of reading these with my dad as a kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 for Little House series, especially Farmer Boy
Series of Unfortunate Events
Mysterious Benedict Society

Fair warning. Farmer Boy didn't scare me when I was 6, but it scared my son when he was 7-8. It opens with a teacher brandishing a whip because the teens had beat the previous teacher to death.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 for Little House series, especially Farmer Boy
Series of Unfortunate Events
Mysterious Benedict Society

Fair warning. Farmer Boy didn't scare me when I was 6, but it scared my son when he was 7-8. It opens with a teacher brandishing a whip because the teens had beat the previous teacher to death.

What...? I seem to remember Strawberry Girl having a similar plot point. What is with all the male one room schoolhouse teachers getting beaten up?

[Anonymous]

Half Magic

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Anonymous wrote:Frog and Toad

Awesome at any age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Half Magic

Was wondering if anyone would bring up Edward Eager books. Your kid would think they're fun, and reread them as a tween and see the darker side

[Anonymous]

+1 on Humphrey and Mysterious Benedict Society,

also IQ, My Father's Dragon, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Search for Delicious, Catwings, Impossible Creatures, Jumby, The Once and Future King, The Inquistor's Tale, so many more.

[Anonymous]

Beverly Cleary is perfect for that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 on Humphrey and Mysterious Benedict Society,

also IQ, My Father's Dragon, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Search for Delicious, Catwings, Impossible Creatures, Jumby, The Once and Future King, The Inquistor's Tale, so many more.

^^ Jumbies

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Anonymous wrote:+1 for Little House series, especially Farmer Boy
Series of Unfortunate Events
Mysterious Benedict Society

We just read Little House in the Big Woods and it is just ok. Just of gross detail about food processing. I could do with put details of how they made head cheese