Conservative books for children? Here are some:
“The Great Brain” series.
“A Little Princess” and anything else by Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Little Britches”
“Call it Courage”
“The Phantom Tollbooth”
Help me out here, freepers. I’m sure there are many others.
I don’t know if these books can be considered “conservative” books, but they’re all good, classic books for kids:
“Wind in the Willows”, Kenneth Graham
any of the “Cat in the Hat” books, Dr. Seuss
“Black Beauty”, Anna Sewell; other books for horse-crazy kids are ones by Marguerite Henry and Walter Farley
“The Wizard of Oz”
“The Hobbit”, JRR Tolkien (I think the Rings Trilogy is too much for younger kids, but they can handle “the Hobbit” if Mom or Dad reads it to them)
the “Narnia” books, CS Lewis
Thank you for the suggestions. Please keep them coming.
I have a miserable time finding children’s book that are not either corrosive, stupid, banal, or a sign that someone needed therapy but couldn’t afford it. Some of the so-called classics haven’t worked that well for us, either.
We’ve really liked the Five Little Monkeys series (for preschool) since they’re both silly from a child’s perspective, but ultimately have good lessons and are parent-friendly and actually funny. They also make great use of predictable language, without being too predictable.