Posted on 06/19/2008 7:10:37 PM PDT by incredulous joe
My 10-year-old son listened to “My Antonia” on CD with me. Really. Try some classics you hated in high school :-).
My little nieces and nephews, all grown up now, loved ANY Dr. Seuss book! Not sure if that’s to your kids’ taste, but that wouild be my suggestion.
The Tale of Despereaux.
My little girls (10 and 8) like the “Royal Diaries” series. These generally have excellent historical research and good values.
Is that one of those rodent fantasies? I think I’ve seen it around the house, so somebody’s had it out of the library.
I loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder books as a kid. Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys were good too.
They never go out of style.
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a MUST read. It’s also a good “read aloud” book in which you can act out all the characters, and the kids will love it. 100-years-old and delightful as ever.
My son would feign to be put off by the “princess” aspect. Truth be told he will devour anything with a historical angle. I frequently catch him dipping into my daughter’s “American Girl” books, at which poit he looks up and goes “WHAAAATT!”.
“Nothin’, dude. Reading is cool.”
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. It’s perfect for both of them. I loved this story as a kid. I need to pull this one out for my daughter.
Sadly, my 2 are past Dr. Seuss and into “chapter books”.
We did enjoy them and still do on occassion. They launched our interest in reading.
“Feign” is the key, like Tom with “My Antonia.” There’s lots of action in those books, battles and assassinations and all that, just what boys like. Think of the boy in the movie “The Princess Bride.”
Wish I could go back and read it again for the very first time.
My boys read all the Hardy Boy books....there was a big difference in the books my husband read as a child and the newer versions....they seemed to have dumb them down in the recent versions....
If Redwall was a fave, I would suggest taking a look at “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan... in my bookstore, for young readers, I always suggest the classic “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” by E.L. Konigsburg...magritte
That’s a great summer movie and possibly the theme for another thread.
Yes, it’s about a mouse.
Laura Ingalls Wilder books.
Nancy Drew books are certainly great mysteries.
My dd read Island of the Blue Dolphins two summers ago, at age 10. She also really liked The Summer I Shrank My Grandmother by Woodruff and Julie of the Wolves.
Oh, and Treasure Island...of course, Dad.
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