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To: shoff
I assume it is.

Buy old books. Find them used on Amazon or Ebay.

There are plenty of old children's series published in the 1940s - 1960s that are traditional and non-woke. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are the most famous, but here are some others I enjoyed as a kid...

* Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators.

* The Mushroom Planet.

* The Happy Hollisters.

* Three Boys.

9 posted on 11/14/2022 9:40:32 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

This. I am conserving old books, especially about history. Digital literature can be changed with he flip of a switch.


13 posted on 11/14/2022 9:56:26 PM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: Angelino97

I don’t know the others you mentioned, but the Mushroom Planet books (by Eleanor Cameron) were great! I read them all when I was a kid. Very imaginative, no wokeness.


19 posted on 11/14/2022 10:10:10 PM PST by Alvin Diogenes
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To: Angelino97

Some good ideas there .but she is a little young for reading. I will keep your idea of old books (Maybe Nancy Drew) when she is a little older.


22 posted on 11/14/2022 10:36:22 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Angelino97
"Buy old books.Buy old books.

I think the old books suggestion is good, but for a 3 year old going on 4 I'd suggest the classic illustrated fairy tales volumes.
28 posted on 11/15/2022 12:01:03 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Angelino97

9. Try the “Tom Swift Jr” series for the boys. Sci-fi with kids taking the lead in saving the world.


37 posted on 11/15/2022 3:00:38 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Angelino97
Buy old books. Find them used on Amazon or Ebay.

That's the best advice!

My parents homeschooled me with a massive home library (the whole clan, all bibliophiles). I had kid books that dated back to the 19th c! Old textbooks. Old encyclopedias. No tv or movies except what they carefully selected, and of course I was allowed some access to the computer, but I grew up with the mindset of the early 20th c.

I would add that while it's a thrill to get a magazine in the mail, it's more fun to get a visit from a grandparent bringing a learning experience -- a book, a building set, a musical instrument or a telescope or a radio kit...

38 posted on 11/15/2022 3:06:56 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Angelino97

What about the Harry Potter books? I don’t know.


46 posted on 11/15/2022 4:51:47 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Angelino97

Abe Books: abebooks.com


53 posted on 11/15/2022 8:09:10 AM PST by GingisK
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