I remember reading it and loving it as a kid. Full disclosure, I am a science geek and loved that all the books weren't about princesses and unicorns.

Whoa, I don't related to this at all. I loved A Wrinkle in Time the best, but I liked the other books in the series as well. Many Waters, a retelling of Noah's Ark with the twins was one of my favorites. I didn't find it too odd--it's a scifi book about a girl who is a bit of an outcast with brilliant but somewhat odd physicist parents. It's got a lot of fantasy in it, but it is also dark and creepy and interesting, and as a child spurred interest in physics, which I had previously dismissed as "too math-y." Anyway it's a lovely book.

I also disagree that From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler doesn't work when read aloud. We had an audiobook with an excellent narrator, and I loved listening to it, even though I had already read it.

My favorite Madeline L'Engle book is Dragons in the Water. I don't know how it is as a read aloud, but if you're interested in books with magical/fantasy leanings I'd try:

Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Peter Pan
Mary Popins
Half Magic
Wolves of Wiloughby Chase
The Mouse and His Child
Time Cat
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland

I found those books creepy and disturbing. Even when I hear or read "A Wrinkle in Time" I feel weird. Those books are screwy.

I read it when I was 7. My mother insisted because it was one of her favorites. I enjoyed it. I don't think it's a read aloud, comment as you go, kind of book.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? I loved it when I read it on my own. I was 6 and it was a wonderful escape.

That's nice, but what does a six-year-old have to escape from?

I love this book, too. But I was a little older, in the 5th grade (11 y.o.). My teacher read it out loud to the class after lunch each day. I was mesmerized by the story. It was a treat to go to a quiet place and just listen to the story unfold.

This was one of my favorites along with the Henry series.

We read it in 5th grade, too. I'd already read it on my own and I was so excited that we were going to be reading one of my favorite books. I haven't re-read it as an adult.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? I loved it when I read it on my own. I was 6 and it was a wonderful escape.

That's nice, but what does a six-year-old have to escape from?

I love this book, too. But I was a little older, in the 5th grade (11 y.o.). My teacher read it out loud to the class after lunch each day. I was mesmerized by the story. It was a treat to go to a quiet place and just listen to the story unfold.

This was one of my favorites along with the Henry series.

It's OK, OP. Some people are just very literal thinkers.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are 8 and 9, and yes reading it aloud.
Just too strange for us. At least my kids comments are really making me laugh. We would all love to escape into the imaginary world, but we can't even figure out what world we're going to!
Trying to recreate the incredible Harry Potter aura and it's just not happening!!

You need something a lot simpler than Wrinkle in Time. Try the Percy Jackson series.

Or if they like adventure, you could try the Ashtown Burials series. It's awesome, but it's a little grittier and more intense than Harry Potter.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are 8 and 9, and yes reading it aloud.
Just too strange for us. At least my kids comments are really making me laugh. We would all love to escape into the imaginary world, but we can't even figure out what world we're going to!
Trying to recreate the incredible Harry Potter aura and it's just not happening!!

You need something a lot simpler than Wrinkle in Time. Try the Percy Jackson series.

Hated it too.

Never loved these books, and the follow-ons creeped me out.

I was never crazy about it either. I loved some of her other series though-the less fantasy ones.

I second the Susan Cooper, Dark is Rising recommendation. Loved those! Also John Christopher's Tripod trilogy.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? I loved it when I read it on my own. I was 6 and it was a wonderful escape.

That's nice, but what does a six-year-old have to escape from?

Literal much? I think the PP meant escaping into the imagination.

OP, I loved the first book. I thought the last two weren't as enjoyable.

Not necessarily. Children who read above their age level (the OP was announcing her precocity, which might have been what was really annoying the PP) sometimes do so because they need to imaginatively escape from the dysfunction that's around them.

NP. The dysfunction of what...reading above their age level? Lots of kids enjoy "escaping" into a good book. It's an expression. Amazing how some people on here can find literally anything to be offended by.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? I loved it when I read it on my own. I was 6 and it was a wonderful escape.

That's nice, but what does a six-year-old have to escape from?

Literal much? I think the PP meant escaping into the imagination.

OP, I loved the first book. I thought the last two weren't as enjoyable.

Not necessarily. Children who read above their age level (the OP was announcing her precocity, which might have been what was really annoying the PP) sometimes do so because they need to imaginatively escape from the dysfunction that's around them.