Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 20:00     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
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.


Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 19:50     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Anonymous wrote:D’Aulaires (sp?) Greek and Norse myths


+1
I have great memories of reading these with my dad as a kid.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 19:45     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
+1 for Little House series, especially Farmer Boy
Series of Unfortunate Events
Mysterious Benedict Society
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 19:42     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Maybe Gumluck?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 19:41     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Dory!
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 19:35     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Misty of Chincoteague
Little House on the Prairie books
Original Winnie-the-Pooh
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 17:13     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nihm
Owls in the Family
The Dog that Wouldn’t Be
Narnia books
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 17:11     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trumpet of the Swan


DS8 loved that one! Wind in the Willows we never got through, but maybe we could try again. I always thought it was a preschool read aloud so I think we tried it too early.

For Wild Robot lovers, how are the rest of the books. We read the first, I think there are two more titles?


Wind in the Willows is actually a hard read. While a younger child may enjoy it, an older child would get a lot more out of it. It’s a beautiful book and the themes about friendship are complex
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 16:08     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
D’Aulaires (sp?) Greek and Norse myths
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 16:07     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Frog and Toad
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 15:56     Subject: Re:Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
The 21 Balloons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twenty-One_Balloons
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 15:29     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Armstrong, Journey of a Mouse to the Moon. It has absolutely beautiful artwork while be a super cute story.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 15:23     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Holes, though some parts are dark
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 09:52     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trumpet of the Swan


DS8 loved that one! Wind in the Willows we never got through, but maybe we could try again. I always thought it was a preschool read aloud so I think we tried it too early.

For Wild Robot lovers, how are the rest of the books. We read the first, I think there are two more titles?


Personal anecdote: my kids and I could never get into The Wind in the Willows. We've read most of the other suggestions on that thread, but just found it boring. I know in some people's minds that's almost a crime.

Have only heard good things about the entire Wild Robot series (all my kids read them to themselves, so I have not).


I like Wind in the Willows but some chapters are better than others. I personally find the whole Toad plot line a bit annoying but I like the other bits.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2025 09:18     Subject: Favorite read aloud books that are well written and fun for parents too
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trumpet of the Swan


DS8 loved that one! Wind in the Willows we never got through, but maybe we could try again. I always thought it was a preschool read aloud so I think we tried it too early.

For Wild Robot lovers, how are the rest of the books. We read the first, I think there are two more titles?


Personal anecdote: my kids and I could never get into The Wind in the Willows. We've read most of the other suggestions on that thread, but just found it boring. I know in some people's minds that's almost a crime.

Have only heard good things about the entire Wild Robot series (all my kids read them to themselves, so I have not).