Since Henry discovered chapter books, he's been burning through them. We started when he was two with Charlotte's Web. He loved it so much, we probably read it to him 4 or 5 times.
Since then, we've gone through most of the Little House books, Pippi Longstocking, Stuart Little, and.. I can't remember what else. We need suggestions for some more.
Here's the criteria: nothing too scary. The boy gets freaked out by ominous music, so it's got to be pretty light. He likes fantasy. He likes history. He isn't a huge fan of the absurd (like Pippi). He's not ready for Harry Potter, and I can't stand any of the Chronicles of Narnia (the allegory gives me a rash). He might be ready for some Cornelia Fudge...
What do you recommend? What did you like when you were a kid? What do your kids/grand kids like?
black beauty
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wizard of oz
peter pan - there are different "official" versions
BFG - thought there are nasty giants
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What Jo said and
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Little Prince
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
Bojan
Thanks, guys. This really helps.
ReplyDeleteIgraine the Brave, I don't know that one. What's it like?
also ...
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Flat Stanley (very short 2 book series)
jo
It's a Cornelia Funk book about a princes who wants to be a night her brother magician and her parents magicians who accidentally turned themselves into pigs in the middle of a siege :) It's fun. Dannika and I read it in a day.
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ReplyDeleteSpelling forgiven. When one comments on blogs at 5:45 in the morning, one doesn't worry too much about these things.
ReplyDeleteHow is the baby sleeping, Bojan?
Also Swallows and Amazons - a long (5 book?) series dating from 1930s about an adventurous group of kids in the lake district of jolly old E. Dated but good though perhaps too old. I don't think there are scary bits
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