Kids' books

[MissBrattified]

What books do your children love to read? I've tried to get mine interested in the ones I used to read with little success...but they do have their own favorites.

Hannah loves books by Bill Wallace, and the "Hank the Cowdog" series.

Sarah's into Goosebumps, any flavor. She also likes the Archangel comic books from our local Christian bookstore.

Jeffrey loves Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, and The Pigeon Wants a Hot Dog (all by Mo Willems)


We all love to read the silly poems from Falling Up and Where the Sidewalk Ends(Shel Silverstein), and the Junie B. Jones books are so funny, even Jeff laughs when I'm reading them aloud!

What books have you managed to get your kids interested in?

[ReformedDave]

What books do your children love to read? I've tried to get mine interested in the ones I used to read with little success...but they do have their own favorites.

Hannah loves books by Bill Wallace, and the "Hank the Cowdog" series.

Sarah's into Goosebumps, any flavor. She also likes the Archangel comic books from our local Christian bookstore.

Jeffrey loves Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, and The Pigeon Wants a Hot Dog (all by Mo Willems)


We all love to read the silly poems from Falling Up and Where the Sidewalk Ends(Shel Silverstein), and the Junie B. Jones books are so funny, even Jeff laughs when I'm reading them aloud!

What books have you managed to get your kids interested in?

Since we have no children I pick on other friends and family members kids. I got my niece interested in the Narnia series. (and that was before the movies)

[Darcie]

My son loves those pigeon books too. Also Chicka, Chick 123.

[MissBrattified]

Since we have no children I pick on other friends and family members kids. I got my niece interested in the Narnia series. (and that was before the movies)

My middle one (Sarah) has read some of the Narnia books, but Hannah's more into...easy reading. *sigh* She'd rather be outside catching toads or drawing.

I remember picking up The Screwtape Letters when I was 13 or 14 and trying to get through it, and really didn't understand it...but now it's brilliant!!!! :)

[Blubayou]

Most older kids love the Roald Dahl books.

[Jekyll]

Lotsa kids' stuff is written for adults

[ReformedDave]

My middle one (Sarah) has read some of the Narnia books, but Hannah's more into...easy reading. *sigh* She'd rather be outside catching toads or drawing.

I remember picking up The Screwtape Letters when I was 13 or 14 and trying to get through it, and really didn't understand it...but now it's brilliant!!!! :)

I love snakes, lizards, toads, tarantulas and C. S. Lewis!!!!!

[Pressing-On]

Abigail,
My children absolutely loved The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald. I read to them more than they read on their own, but it was nice family time. We sat in front of the fireplace so many times reading. And yes, it does get cold in Texas. (lol) I was in the Drama Club and Poetry Interpretation in High School, so the reading out loud was something I enjoyed anyway.

If they were sick they wanted me to read The Great Brain. lol

Had them crying on many books, Lassie, one of Louis L'Amour's books. lol

I also read them just about every Newbery, Scholastic and Caldecott Book.

[MissBrattified]

Most older kids love the Roald Dahl books.

How did I forget about him? I think both the girls have read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.

A couple of cute new books are Diary of a Wimpy Kid and How to Eat Fried Worms. The fried worms book was so cute and funny, that the movie was a disappointment to all of us.

[MissBrattified]

Abigail,
My children absolutely loved The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald. I read to them more than they read on their own, but it was nice family time. We sat in front of the fireplace so many times reading. And yes, it does get cold in Texas. (lol) I was in the Drama Club and Poetry Interpretation in High School, so the reading out loud was something I enjoyed anyway.

If they were sick they wanted me to read The Great Brain. lol

Awesome, I'll see about ordering that one. I'm making their book list for the first quarter right now.

Had them crying on many books, Lassie, one of Louis L'Amour's books. lol

LOL!!! Hannah might like Louis L'Amour...I'll have to try that.

[Pressing-On]

How did I forget about him? I think both the girls have read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.

A couple of cute new books are Diary of a Wimpy Kid and How to Eat Fried Worms. The fried worms book was so cute and funny, that the movie was a disappointment to all of us.
I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Not the movies, just the book. Loved it!

I also loved, The Golden Name Day.

[Jekyll]

Connecticut Yankee in King Aurthur's Court :)

[MissBrattified]

Great suggestions, guys, keep 'em comin'!

PO, how many books per week or month do you think is reasonable, on top of their regular curriculum? When I was a kid, I read 3-4 books a week, sometimes (and that was on a slow week).

One a week? Every other week? Book plus a report? Or just read for the fun of it?

[MissBrattified]

Connecticut Yankee in King Aurthur's Court :)

Fun! Another one of my favorites!

I'm reading Jeffrey the cutest little book right now, called The End of the Beginning, Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (And an Even Smaller Ant)

One book I never managed to plod through was Ivanhoe.

[Jekyll]

Fun! Another one of my favorites!

I'm reading Jeffrey the cutest little book right now, called The End of the Beginning, Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (And an Even Smaller Ant)

One book I never managed to plod through was Ivanhoe.
Start em on Ayn Rand...never too early :evilglee

[MissBrattified]

Start em on Ayn Rand...never too early :evilglee

LOL!!!! I had to look her up! I wonder how I would present her views to a 5th grader? :D

[Pressing-On]

Great suggestions, guys, keep 'em comin'!

PO, how many books per week or month do you think is reasonable, on top of their regular curriculum? When I was a kid, I read 3-4 books a week, sometimes (and that was on a slow week).

One a week? Every other week? Book plus a report? Or just read for the fun of it?
I used to sit on our porch swing and read and read and read. I loved the Happy Hollisters. I read the whole set to my children. They loved them also.

Well, our curriculum was pretty involved, therefore, I didn't want their reading pleasure to feel like work. I was afraid they wouldn't enjoy it. The only book reports we did were the ones lined out in their curriculum. I also allowed oral reports for verbal expression.

You'll have to decide how many you want them to read. Every child is different. I know from experience that they read more as they get older, at least my kids did. Maybe because I read to them every single day. (lol) We didn't have a t.v. That's probably why. I miss those days. Glad we don't have satellite anymore. I want to live in a forest and be a hermit. lol

[Pressing-On]

Connecticut Yankee in King Aurthur's Court :)

Lord, so many parts of that book are sooooooooo boring!!! lol

[Pressing-On]

Awesome, I'll see about ordering that one. I'm making their book list for the first quarter right now.


The Great Brain is a series of books - I think 7. I'd check in my Library but Papa Bear is asleep and it would wake him up. :D

[Jekyll]

Basic supply and demand, market forces can take care of themselves...

The human hero cannot abide by the standards and the norm of society. He cannot be subject to achievements and accolades of normality.

Present her views that they can have the power to be anything God wants them to be. Her views in a very simple pistachio shell.

[Jekyll]

Lord, so many parts of that book are sooooooooo boring!!! lol
NOT to nerds *big cheesy grin*

[Pressing-On]

NOT to nerds *big cheesy grin*

:ursofunny

[Jekyll]

Of course, The Boxcar Children

Goosebumps introduces them to the edge, thinking that anti-society stuff is cool (almost rebellion - but maybe not that strong), a GREAT segue to Harry.

[Pressing-On]

Of course, The Boxcar Children

Goosebumps introduces them to the edge, thinking that anti-society stuff is cool (almost rebellion - but maybe not that strong), a GREAT segue to Harry.

Yes, my kids also loved The Boxcar Children.

Nope, no Goosebumps or the Babysitter's Club! :club

[Pressing-On]

Here's more that I remember I especially liked:

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Hatchett
The Whipping Boy
The Sign of the Beaver
Up a Road Slowly - Irene Hunt - all of her stuff is great
Across Five Aprils
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare - anything by her is great
The Witch of Blackbird Pond - excellent - not what the title implies
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Family Under the Bridge
The Five Little Peppers
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Amos Fortune, Free Man
The Door in the Wall
Johnny Tremain
Adam of the Road
The Matchlock Gun
The Singing Tree - Loved it!
Caddie Woodlawn

[ReformedDave]

Here's more that I remember I especially liked:

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Hatchett
The Whipping Boy
The Sign of the Beaver
Up a Road Slowly - Irene Hunt - all of her stuff is great
Across Five Aprils
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare - anything by her is great
The Witch of Blackbird Pond - excellent - not what the title implies
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Family Under the Bridge
The Five Little Peppers
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Amos Fortune, Free Man
The Door in the Wall
Johnny Tremain
Adam of the Road
The Matchlock Gun
The Singing Tree - Loved it!
Caddie Woodlawn

I loved the 'Hardy boys' and 'the three investigator' series.

[Pressing-On]

I loved the 'Hardy boys' and 'the three investigator' series.

I liked Nancy Drew, but I confess, I have never read a Hardy Boy book. lol

[Pressing-On]

Abigail,
Another thing to look for is the Library book sales. I paid .25 for hardbacks. I turned around and sold them for the same at the annual Homeschool book fair. So, you do get your money back.

[ReformedDave]

I liked Nancy Drew, but I confess, I have never read a Hardy Boy book. lol

Boy! When I was 6 or 7 that's all I could think about!

[Pressing-On]

Boy! When I was 6 or 7 that's all I could think about!

Right, but think of it now - the technology would be so outdated. It would have to be boring. lol

[MissBrattified]

I loved the 'Hardy boys' and 'the three investigator' series.

I read every Hardy Boy's, Nancy Drew, Trixie Beldon, Three Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown and Bobbsey Twins that our library had on the shelf!!!!! :D

I also remember when the new Hardy Boy's & Nancy Drew paperbacks came out, with the new storylines and "modern" covers--they weren't nearly as good as the old originals.

[MissBrattified]

Right, but think of it now - the technology would be so outdated. It would have to be boring. lol

Actually, every now and then Jeff reads a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boy's book to the kids aloud--they love it!!!!

[Pressing-On]

I read every Hardy Boy's, Nancy Drew, Trixie Beldon, Three Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown and Bobbsey Twins that our library had on the shelf!!!!! :D

I also remember when the new Hardy Boy's & Nancy Drew paperbacks came out, with the new storylines and "modern" covers--they weren't nearly as good as the old originals.
How did I forget Encyclopedia Brown? I saw one in Hastings today and was thinking how my kids loved them.

[Pressing-On]

Actually, every now and then Jeff reads a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boy's book to the kids aloud--they love it!!!!

I picked up one - either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys and thought it was boring now. lol

I'm glad to see some Christian authors coming around with more exciting stuff - Dee Henderson, Terri Blackstone. Of course, these would be books for adults. Leisure fiction reading when you don't want to think. LOL

[LadyChocolate]

I guess to start with, both of my older boys are into Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. We have an enormous amount of both.

I'll just list them..

Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Boxcar Children
Sugar Creek Gang
Sherlock Holmes
Power Mark Comics (christian themed)

They have recently been into:

Red Rock Mysteries by Jerry Jenkins christian series for young readers
The Cooper Kids by Frank Peretti
KidsBoro Focus on the family
Father Gilbert Focus on the family
Jonathan Parks ( I love these)
Little House Series

AND...Veggie tales and Thomas the Train for my youngest! Dr.Suess.....

My older two also read books about History, Military, Inventing, Science... I don't think there is a day to go by that they don't read a book...

And finally, they all have their personal ADVENTURE BIBLES that they read...

They read just about anything EXCEPT Harry Potter...The Golden Compass... anything that looks witchy or demonic. I don't even let them read the magic tree house books..... I know it may sound silly, but I don't like magic of any kind....Even if it's so-called "innocent".

[LadyChocolate]

I picked up one - either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys and thought it was boring now. lol

I'm glad to see some Christian authors coming around with more exciting stuff - Dee Henderson, Terri Blackstone. Of course, these would be books for adults. Leisure fiction reading when you don't want to think. LOL

They have great series now for children also.... They have the girly foo fooey stuff and then the mysteries for the boys! Mine love it. Frank Peretti and Jerry Jenkins have some out... They are thrilling but not freaky for children. Nor are they boring.

Ladies, Tamara Alexander is a great writer! Ya gotta check out her "Fountain Creek Chronicles" I loved them. I picked it up in the bookstore and could not put it down... so I had to buy it...Went home and finished it that night and went back to the bookstore and bought the next one in line! They were great!
(just thought I'd throw that in)

[Theresa]

I was an avid reader as a child, product of no TV, but that was a good thing. I'd much rather read a book than watch a movie.

BUT...Ramona Quimby is still my favorite...ever.


I got my daughter the whole collection of Ramona books, I cant wait till she is old enough to read LOL

[LadyChocolate]

I was an avid reader as a child, product of no TV, but that was a good thing. I'd much rather read a book than watch a movie.

BUT...Ramona Quimby is still my favorite...ever.


I got my daughter the whole collection of Ramona books, I cant wait till she is old enough to read LOL

Oh, same here! I'd much rather read a novel than to see it. We did have tv in our home but I read more....The stories are so much more exciting in my crazy mind! :)

[Theresa]

Oh, same here! I'd much rather read a novel than to see it. We did have tv in our home but I read more....The stories are so much more exciting in my crazy mind! :)

books made into movies are ALWAYS a disappointment

[MissBrattified]

They have great series now for children also.... They have the girly foo fooey stuff and then the mysteries for the boys! Mine love it. Frank Peretti and Jerry Jenkins have some out... They are thrilling but not freaky for children. Nor are they boring.

Sarah might like those, since she loves Goosebumps so much!!!!

[MissBrattified]

books made into movies are ALWAYS a disappointment

I agree!!!

[Pro31:28]

My son who is almost 15, loves anything to do with Martyrs (The Jesus Freaks series is his favorite). Or anything at all to do with sports
My Baby girl (who will be 11 tomorrow sniff sniff) will read anything! She loves Nancy Drew, Narnia, and pretty much anything that is historical fiction...

[tamor]

My youngest daughter is 20 and a college junior. She is home for the summer, and has been to the library a couple of times in the last few weeks and checked out several Judy Blume books and other similar ones that she read when she was in school.

[Sweet Pea]

I used to sit on our porch swing and read and read and read. I loved the Happy Hollisters. I read the whole set to my children. They loved them also.

Well, our curriculum was pretty involved, therefore, I didn't want their reading pleasure to feel like work. I was afraid they wouldn't enjoy it. The only book reports we did were the ones lined out in their curriculum. I also allowed oral reports for verbal expression.

You'll have to decide how many you want them to read. Every child is different. I know from experience that they read more as they get older, at least my kids did. Maybe because I read to them every single day. (lol) We didn't have a t.v. That's probably why. I miss those days. Glad we don't have satellite anymore. I want to live in a forest and be a hermit. lol

I loved the Happy Hollisters as well! And the Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series!

[Pressing-On]

I loved the Happy Hollisters as well! And the Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series!

:highfive

I called my oldest sister this morning to tell her I found some kindred spirits pertaining to the Happy Hollisters!! My mother had ordered the series through the mail, for my sister's birthday, and I think she received a new book every month.

I had to wait until she was finished so I could read them. So exciting!!! lol

She told me she is missing a few. I told her to check www.abebooks.com. They have them, as well as, some good older books. Love this site.

Exiles in the Sahara - Kelman Frost is another good children's story.

West Lathrop has some really good books, The Unwilling Pirate, being one of them.

[Ron]

My oldest is into reading so much she would read the Newspaper!!
She is a voracious reader & can gobble a book at one sitting.

She is currently reading Emily of new moon.

[Pressing-On]

My oldest is into reading so much she would read the Newspaper!!
She is a voracious reader & can gobble a book at one sitting.

She is currently reading Emily of new moon.
Well, be careful with LM Montgomery. The girls in her books come across as very disrespectful and rebellious. I only liked Anne of Green Gables, but the other books, I didn't read them to my children. Didn't like them at all.

Magic for Marigold is the one I am thinking of. Totally stopped reading it.

[Cindy]

My Dad use to read encyclopedia's. And almost anything he could get his hands on. I found some Laura Wilder's Little House On The Prairie books at a garage sale for my oldest granddaugther. She also loves the Narnia series. My little grandkids love Little Einstien and Baby Einstien. I have always been an avid reader. I did read some Nancy Drew growing up. Books are way better than TV or movies. IMO

[Ron]

Well, be careful with LM Montgomery. The girls in her books come across as very disrespectful and rebellious. I only liked Anne of Green Gables, but the other books, I didn't read them to my children. Didn't like them at all.

Magic for Marigold is the one I am thinking of. Totally stopped reading it.

HMMM, you gots me curious now.
I know Anne was precocious with an overactive imagination.

[Pressing-On]

HMMM, you gots me curious now.
I know Anne was precocious with an overactive imagination.

And a little rude. I thought some of her other books portrayed the girls as being even more, hmmmm, independent in thinking than necessary for their age.

[Ron]

And a little rude. I thought some of her other books portrayed the girls as being even more, hmmmm, independent in thinking than necessary for their age.

Wasn't Anne deep down a good girl who just got into trouble a lot, wasn't she someone who being an Orphan, just let her day dreams get away with herself??

Wasn't she a little like PO?:aaa

[Pressing-On]

Wasn't Anne deep down a good girl who just got into trouble a lot, wasn't she someone who being an Orphan, just let her day dreams get away with herself??

Wasn't she a little like PO?:aaa

I was never an orphan! :killinme

[Ferd]

Well, be careful with LM Montgomery. The girls in her books come across as very disrespectful and rebellious. I only liked Anne of Green Gables, but the other books, I didn't read them to my children. Didn't like them at all.

Magic for Marigold is the one I am thinking of. Totally stopped reading it.

isnt that Anne of Green Gables somehow connected to Sarah Long and Boring?

[Ferd]

Right now The Little Engine That Could gets almost nightly review.

The Boat probably gets second billing.

[Pressing-On]

isnt that Anne of Green Gables somehow connected to Sarah Long and Boring?

No. LOL! Sarah Plain and Tall is written by Patricia MacLachlan.

It's not boring!!!

[Ferd]

No. LOL! Sarah Plain and Tall is written by Patricia MacLachlan.

It's not boring!!!

yea right!

Thank God I have boys! LOL!

[Ferd]

No. LOL! Sarah Plain and Tall is written by Patricia MacLachlan.

It's not boring!!!

Evidently I was confusing Sarah long and boring with Anne not quite so long but just as boring....


oh well.

[Pressing-On]

yea right!

Thank God I have boys! LOL!

Evidently I was confusing Sarah long and boring with Anne not quite so long but just as boring....


oh well.

Go watch The Last Samurai!! :macho You'll feel better!!

:killinme

[tamor]

My oldest is into reading so much she would read the Newspaper!! She is a voracious reader & can gobble a book at one sitting.


Both of my girls loved to read the newspaper when they were young. They would grab it as soon as I brought it in and fight over different sections of it!

My Dad use to read encyclopedia's. And almost anything he could get his hands on.

My hubby loves to read encyclopedias and dictionaries. What a nerd! :toofunny

[Ferd]

Go watch The Last Samurai!! :macho You'll feel better!!

:killinme

LOL! well at least you have this right!

LOL! well at least you have this right!

without explosions and mayhem, books and movies are boring affairs filled with angst and unrequited idiocy

[Ferd]

Both of my girls loved to read the newspaper when they were young. They would grab it as soon as I brought it in and fight over different sections of it!



My hubby loves to read encyclopedias and dictionaries. What a nerd! :toofunny

me too! as a kid, I would have the World Book encyclopedia out and would read about some subject then get all the links and sub links.

I have read the entire thing thru several times.

Wikipedia is my friend.

[Pressing-On]

LOL! well at least you have this right!

LOL! well at least you have this right!

without explosions and mayhem, books and movies are boring affairs filled with angst and unrequited idiocy

LOL! Every time we watch a movie my husband will say, "Is John Wayne coming on yet?" Why doesn't he like Miss Potter? :killinme

[tamor]

LOL! Every time we watch a movie my husband will say, "Is John Wayne coming on yet?" Why doesn't he like Miss Potter? :killinme


:toofunny :toofunny

[tamor]

me too! as a kid, I would have the World Book encyclopedia out and would read about some subject then get all the links and sub links.

I have read the entire thing thru several times.

Wikipedia is my friend.

I drive almost everywhere we go. Anytime we get in the car, he has his Bible and a book with him. It doesn't matter if we're just going across town, he thinks he has to read. I have looked over and he would be reading the dictionary and I just rolled my eyes and turned up the radio! :toofunny

[Ron]

Both of my girls loved to read the newspaper when they were young. They would grab it as soon as I brought it in and fight over different sections of it!



My hubby loves to read encyclopedias and dictionaries. What a nerd! :toofunny

I have been reading newspapers since I was ten & had a paper route for four years.

I also read our old Encyclopedias such as Funk & Wagnells & Art Linkletters.

[dizzyde]

Trying to think of any that haven't been mentioned, my daughter loved "The Littles" by John Peterson, "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton, all of the E. B. White books (I can't remember if anyone mentioned him).

The American Girl books are kind of cute. Oh, Heidi! The Amelia Bedelia books, The Secret Garden and The Little Princess.

And sorry PO, but I loved the LM Montgomery books. My favorites were the Little House books and Nancy Drew.

My daughter LOVED Shel Silverstein!

Many will probably disagree, and I would definitely read it first before I let my kids read it but "The Giver" by Lois Lowry remains one of my daughters favorite books.

She is (currently, she keeps switching) an English Lit major and was always in AP English in High School, she is a voracious reader, so a lot of what she has read, a lot of people wouldn't agree with. However, I have never felt that shielding your child from viewpoints that challenge their thinking was a bad thing as long as you are aware and you are discussing it with them. I am of course talking about older children.

If they go on to secular college, they are going to have to classes that challenge their beliefs at some point, they need to develop their critical thinking skills before that happens, IMO.

[Pro31:28]

Trying to think of any that haven't been mentioned, my daughter loved "The Littles" by John Peterson, "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton, all of the E. B. White books (I can't remember if anyone mentioned him).

The American Girl books are kind of cute. Oh, Heidi! The Amelia Bedelia books, The Secret Garden and The Little Princess.

And sorry PO, but I loved the LM Montgomery books. My favorites were the Little House books and Nancy Drew.

My daughter LOVED Shel Silverstein!

Many will probably disagree, and I would definitely read it first before I let my kids read it but "The Giver" by Lois Lowry remains one of my daughters favorite books.

She is (currently, she keeps switching) an English Lit major and was always in AP English in High School, she is a voracious reader, so a lot of what she has read, a lot of people wouldn't agree with. However, I have never felt that shielding your child from viewpoints that challenge their thinking was a bad thing as long as you are aware and you are discussing it with them. I am of course talking about older children.

If they go on to secular college, they are going to have to classes that challenge their beliefs at some point, they need to develop their critical thinking skills before that happens, IMO.


Cody had to read "The Giver" this year for school, I read it too, it was very thought provoking... I think some people here could use a dose of it!

[Pro31:28]

Oh! and Encyclopedia Brown, don't forget him!

[Pressing-On]

Trying to think of any that haven't been mentioned, my daughter loved "The Littles" by John Peterson, "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton, all of the E. B. White books (I can't remember if anyone mentioned him).

The American Girl books are kind of cute. Oh, Heidi! The Amelia Bedelia books, The Secret Garden and The Little Princess.

And sorry PO, but I loved the LM Montgomery books. My favorites were the Little House books and Nancy Drew.

My daughter LOVED Shel Silverstein!

Many will probably disagree, and I would definitely read it first before I let my kids read it but "The Giver" by Lois Lowry remains one of my daughters favorite books.

She is (currently, she keeps switching) an English Lit major and was always in AP English in High School, she is a voracious reader, so a lot of what she has read, a lot of people wouldn't agree with. However, I have never felt that shielding your child from viewpoints that challenge their thinking was a bad thing as long as you are aware and you are discussing it with them. I am of course talking about older children.

If they go on to secular college, they are going to have to classes that challenge their beliefs at some point, they need to develop their critical thinking skills before that happens, IMO.
My daughter loved the Lois Lowry books. I read one of hers, probably the Giver. Which one was about the children of Ambassador parents and terrorism?

Loved Amelia Bedelia and Paddington.

We did a skit at our church banquet and my daughter was Amelia - dressing a chicken. lol

[tamor]

My daughter loved the Lois Lowry books. I read one of hers, probably the Giver. Which one was about the children of Ambassador parents and terrorism?

Loved Amelia Bedelia and Paddington.

We did a skit at our church banquet and my daughter was Amelia - dressing a chicken. lol


Amelia Bedelia was one of our favorites! My girls still talk about her from time to time.

[Pressing-On]

Amelia Bedelia was one of our favorites! My girls still talk about her from time to time.
Yes, she is a nut case. lol

[Pro31:28]

My daughter loved the Lois Lowry books. I read one of hers, probably the Giver. Which one was about the children of Ambassador parents and terrorism?

Loved Amelia Bedelia and Paddington.

We did a skit at our church banquet and my daughter was Amelia - dressing a chicken. lol

The Giver is the one about the boy who lives in a place where they have no feelings, only duty. Children are given to the most appropriate parents, and then after raising the kids, they go live separately in the "old people's home" until they are... um I forget the reference.
But everyone does exactly what they are told even to the point of the children being told what profession they have to go into.
No love, no hate, only rules

[Pro31:28]

ANd don't forget Mrs. PiggleWiggle! She was the coolest!

[Blubayou]

Mrs. B. Look up the Newbery Award list - This award is given to one book a year that is considered outstanding children's literature. Some of the books would be considered pre teen to teen books- and you need to screen them. But there are some wonderful books on the list. The Caldicot Award is given for illustration in children's literature and there are some great books on the list for younger kids.

[tamor]

ANd don't forget Mrs. PiggleWiggle! She was the coolest!


I loved Mrs. PiggleWiggle!!

[Blubayou]

Your girls might like the Beverly Cleary books. They are older but good, fun literature.

[Nahum]

Gary Pauley's book The Hatchet is a favorite of my sons.

Anne of Green Gables was my daughter's favorite series.

[dizzyde]

Cody had to read "The Giver" this year for school, I read it too, it was very thought provoking... I think some people here could use a dose of it!

Yes, she always refers to that book as the first book that really challenged her. I think that is a good thing!

[Baron1710]

My brother and I read Louis L'amour.

[dizzyde]

My brother and I read Louis L'amour.

Yeah, but look where you grew up... (the early years)

[Baron1710]

Yeah, but look where you grew up... (the early years)

The Kern County Library being just down the street from the school didn't hurt either.

[Pro31:28]

And you are proud of that.....

[dizzyde]

The Kern County Library being just down the street from the school didn't hurt either.

I spent MANY hours there, it is all scary now. That whole area is scary. It is sad.

[Baron1710]

I spent MANY hours there, it is all scary now. That whole area is scary. It is sad.

That's too bad I used to ride my bike all over that area. Thrifty's for an Ice cream, the arcade, the library and the ever popular Taco Bell where Lance and I got kicked out for seeing how many of those hot sauces we could drink.

[Pro31:28]

That's too bad I used to ride my bike all over that area. Thrifty's for an Ice cream, the arcade, the library and the ever popular Taco Bell where Lance and I got kicked out for seeing how many of those hot sauces we could drink.

And how did that work out for ya?

[dizzyde]

That's too bad I used to ride my bike all over that area. Thrifty's for an Ice cream, the arcade, the library and the ever popular Taco Bell where Lance and I got kicked out for seeing how many of those hot sauces we could drink.


Well, Thriftys is now a Dollar Tree, there is a WIC office a few doors down, and a Mexican grocery store at the other end. AND, a full time security guard in the parking lot. The Taco Bell, last time I checked was a food store where you could redeem WIC coupons.

The library now has metal detectors as you enter...

[MissBrattified]

Mrs. B. Look up the Newbery Award list - This award is given to one book a year that is considered outstanding children's literature. Some of the books would be considered pre teen to teen books- and you need to screen them. But there are some wonderful books on the list. The Caldicot Award is given for illustration in children's literature and there are some great books on the list for younger kids.

Good idea!

And I can't believe I forgot about the Anne of Green Gables series!!!! I loved those!

This is why I need my AFF friends!!!! :roseglasses

[Ferd]

anne of not so long but clearly as boring....

gag.

[MissBrattified]

anne of not so long but clearly as boring....

gag.

I saw that. LOL!!! Anne wasn't boring. She was a red-headed version of the naughty kid I aspired to be. :D

[Ferd]

I saw that. LOL!!! Anne wasn't boring. She was a red-headed version of the naughty kid I aspired to be. :D

clearly having boys is good for me.

If I had a girl, I would have to read, and even like those books!

[Baron1710]

clearly having boys is good for me.

If I had a girl, I would have to read, and even like those books!

It's not true Ferd. I have a girl, my sister read them, and I still don't.

[Ferd]

It's not true Ferd. I have a girl, my sister read them, and I still don't.

i am glad for you my friend. Its a hard thing.

[MissBrattified]

It's not true Ferd. I have a girl, my sister read them, and I still don't.

Oh, now, Baron, my husband reads books to the girls sometimes, and he doesn't read books about tractors and cowboys. It doesn't trample your manhood to read a girly book to your girl!

[Ferd]

Oh, now, Baron, my husband reads books to the girls sometimes, and he doesn't read books about tractors and cowboys. It doesn't trample your manhood to read a girly book to your girl!


like I said, thank the lord for my boys!

[MissBrattified]

LOL, Ferd, you have NO idea. Jeff has endured the girls giving him facials, sticking barrettes in his hair, having tea, and all sorts of other horrid things. He is very tolerant.

[Pressing-On]

Abigail,
My children absolutely loved The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald. I read to them more than they read on their own, but it was nice family time. We sat in front of the fireplace so many times reading. And yes, it does get cold in Texas. (lol) I was in the Drama Club and Poetry Interpretation in High School, so the reading out loud was something I enjoyed anyway.

If they were sick they wanted me to read The Great Brain. lol

Had them crying on many books, Lassie, one of Louis L'Amour's books. lol

I also read them just about every Newbery, Scholastic and Caldecott Books.

Mrs. B. Look up the Newbery Award list - This award is given to one book a year that is considered outstanding children's literature. Some of the books would be considered pre teen to teen books- and you need to screen them. But there are some wonderful books on the list. The Caldicot Award is given for illustration in children's literature and there are some great books on the list for younger kids.

Good idea!

And I can't believe I forgot about the Anne of Green Gables series!!!! I loved those!

This is why I need my AFF friends!!!! :roseglasses

Hello! Page El Numero Uno:D

[Pro31:28]

It's not true Ferd. I have a girl, my sister read them, and I still don't.

This is coming from te guy who spent an HOUR of a good Saturday on ONE passage in Matthew with his daughter....

[Baron1710]

Oh, now, Baron, my husband reads books to the girls sometimes, and he doesn't read books about tractors and cowboys. It doesn't trample your manhood to read a girly book to your girl!

Fortunately for me my daughter reads at a post high school level (not bad for a 5th grader) so if anything she reads to me.

[Baron1710]

LOL, Ferd, you have NO idea. Jeff has endured the girls giving him facials, sticking barrettes in his hair, having tea, and all sorts of other horrid things. He is very tolerant.


Is that what they call it these days?

[Ferd]

LOL, Ferd, you have NO idea. Jeff has endured the girls giving him facials, sticking barrettes in his hair, having tea, and all sorts of other horrid things. He is very tolerant.

He is a good man! I would be forced to do the same...

I am more comfortable playing war and wrestling and reading books about trains and such.

[Jekyll]

MY kids like Mark, Luke, 1 Samuel, What a Difference a Line Makes, Power Before the Throne, In Search of Holiness...

[RandyWayne]

MY kids like Mark, Luke, 1 Samuel, What a Difference a Line Makes, Power Before the Throne, In Search of Holiness...

And do they also listen to the classic 33 1/3RPM LP of "Hanna-Barbara characters sing "Don't Bob Your Hair Little Girl""? LOL

[Pro31:28]

And do they also listen to the classic 33 1/3RPM LP of "Hanna-Barbara characters sing "Don't Bob Your Hair Little Girl""? LOL

:ursofunny

[tamor]

MY kids like Mark, Luke, 1 Samuel, What a Difference a Line Makes, Power Before the Throne, In Search of Holiness...

Nice.