Posted on 06/19/2008 7:10:37 PM PDT by incredulous joe
Robin Wright and Cary Elwes must have been the most beautiful couple breathing that year.
I’m saving “Watership Down” for next year ~ when my little girl will enjoy it more.
That’s an awesome book for young and old.
BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Why do so many men love that movie? My husband is such a kid when that’s on.
Comprising the Three Volumes, Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island
Excellent stories.
Yes, that’s a good one. :)
Thanks for that recommendation. My oldest just turned 10 a couple of weeks ago and is devouring books this summer (not good for the digestion, I know). She loves history (like her dear mother) and those would be right up her alley. I see our local library has several of that series.
One book still sticks in my mind from my childhood - "The Silver Sword". That one had us waiting with bated breath for tomorrow's chapter.
I love this thread, I’m getting good ideas.
We’ve read to our (much younger) kids Charlotte’s Web, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass & we read excerpts from Book of Virtues (Bill Bennett).
You don’t have to break out the DVD for your hubby to go back in time. Simply utter thesse magic words;
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die”.
My faves as a kid:
Heidi
Treasure Island
Books about horses: My Friend Flicka, Black Beauty, all the books by Marguerite Henry
My daughter read many of the Dear America series by Scholastic and liked them very much.
OH my gosh -— MY favorite! My daughter and I read it this Fall when she was studying the Holocaust. Her class read “The Hiding Place” which she also loved.
He mutters them ALL the time!!!!
Pinging EmilyGeiger! She always knows the best books for kids that age group!
The “McDonald Hall” series by Gordon Korman (aka the “Bruno and Boots” series, after the main characters)
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Laura Ingalls Wilder books—my favorite was “Farmer Boy”
Watership Down by Richard Adams (probably a bit too advanced for a 7 and 10 year old, but still a great book)
The “Black Stallion” books by Walter Farley
I’ll try some of the E.B. White, too.
The summers go by too fast.
My kids are getting a little older, but I couldn’t imagine them growing up without reading some of the classics mentioned in this thread. many great suggestions.
Likewise, growing up without seeing “The Sound of Music” or “Fiddler on the Roof”, it’s just unimaginable.
Thanks for beginning this thread - I’m getting some great ideas!
Almost too many to respond to! I’m going to the library in the morning.
Another Frances Hodges Burnett children’s novel with “The Secret Garden”
The good thing about the Burnett’s stories is there have been various screen adaptations of them.
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