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I'd recommend the Artemis Fowl series, especially the first 3 books. I've read them all, and the last couple ran out of steam. But they are highly imaginative and well written. About a mastermind kid/thief who finds an underground fairy society. They are probably best for a pre-teen (10-12 year-old) boy.
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In the same fantasy vein, the Fablehaven series is really good. About a couple of kids who are thrust into an ancient magical society. Again, it's probably best with preteen/teen readers. If I were to compare it to Harry Potter, I'd say is is not as well written but much more creative. Some of the ideas and plots are quite original."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
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My son read the Fablehaven series when he was 10 and liked it quite a bit.Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostDyslexics are teople poo...Comment
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My grandkids actually enjoy the Beatrix Potter books ( Peter Rabbit et al ). Of course they are 4 and 1 so take that into account
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I'd planned to start a similar thread a while back after hitting a lull in book ideas, but never did. My 6-year old and I started the Beverly Cleary books about a year and half ago and read all of them over the period of a few months (minus the few teen-oriented ones). I remembered loving the books when I was young and my daughter did, too, so that made my reading much more enjoyable. Henry, Ramona and the gang rock.
We just finished The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe tonight and I think we'll continue the series soon.
Another set that we really enjoyed were these two from the Mousehunter Series by a British author:
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Unfortunately, our library doesn't carry the last book of the trilogy so Santa may have to bring it. They were a lot of fun and a little older than she would read on her own, but she picked up on it and enjoyed the adventure. It's Harry Potter-like based on a girl who's about 12 or so.I have nothing else to say at this time.Comment
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My boy is 8 years old. He loves the following series of books:
**Goosebump series - the books are kind of scary in a little boy age group.
**Magic Treehouse series - he loved these as well. He read the first 30 of these books, in 2 months. He went right thru them.
I grew up loving the Three Investigators books and I plan on giving him a few of those to see if he likes 'em. I also want him to try out Encyclopedia Brown as well.Comment
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I just bought the entire Lemony Snicket hardcover series (13 books) plus the Beatrice Letters (hardcover) and the Lemony Snicket Unathorized biography (hardcover) off craigslist....for $25! :rockon1:
Time to introduce the Puffy Check to the Baudelaire orphans!Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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The Three Investigators!!! I loved their trailer headquarters hidden in Jupiter's dad's salvage yard.Originally posted by UteStar View Post"It's devastating, because we lost to a team that's not even in the Pac-12. To lose to Utah State is horrible." - John White IVComment
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Bargain. Hopefully they don't smell of cats.Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post"It's devastating, because we lost to a team that's not even in the Pac-12. To lose to Utah State is horrible." - John White IVComment
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Nicely done. Those books look so nice on the shelf. The look of those hardcovers is what piqued my interest in the series in the first place.Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
My daughter has also been enjoying the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. It's a five-book series by Lloyd Alexander that reads a little like Lord of the Rings for the younger set. Great characters and heroic adventure. I'd say it's appropriate for about 8 and up. The first two books, The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron were adapted into Disney's animatedBlack Cauldron back in the 80s. Don't let that dissuade you, as the books are far superior.
Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...
None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.
I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.
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Ha, i asked about pets and smoking specifically. they are mint. great shape. the guy that sold them to me was weird. he spoke to me through his bedroom window as I approached the driveway. I think he may be a serial killer. Or an engineer. Hard to differentiate.Originally posted by kccougar View Post
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My eight year old loves both of these series as well.Originally posted by UteStar View PostDyslexics are teople poo...Comment
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Beginning in the late '70s and continuing into the current milennium, we read all the time to each of our kids growing up, and I always enjoyed it--truly one of the greatest experiences a parent can have. My favorites, though obviously dated, included books by William Steig (The Amazing Bone, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Amos & Boris, etc.) and The Chronicles of Narnia. One of many proud moments came a few days after reading some Lewis Carroll to young filsdepac, when at the dinner table he announced some glad tidings (some athletic or school accomplishment) by declaring "O frabjous day, callooh callay!", and I took my beamish boy into my arms, immensely proud he'd been paying attention.
This may seem wrong, but I think it's at least as important to choose books that you like, as much as picking books you think the kids will like. I found that if I was in to the book, I'd read with considerable brio--I was on stage!--and the kids seemed to be entertained.
I think I posted this notsohumblebrag a few years ago, but I loved this blogpost by my oldest daughter, as it reflects the enduring joy that comes from parents reading to their kids. If you're doing so, keep it up; if you're not, start NOW.Comment
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The Doomsday Prepper posts in the Emergency Preparedness thread reminded me to post about the book, Noah's Castle, by John Rowe Townsend.
I first read this book when I was in elementary school - I think I just picked it up off the shelf in the school library. But this book stayed with me for some reason, enough that I thought about it regularly through the years and occasionally looked for it in other libraries. These days it is a little easier as it has been reprinted.
Anyway, the book is about a family, whose father sees economic collapse coming to their country's economy and begins to store food and supplies, and then the struggle the family has when hard times do come and they have all that they need while others do not.
My wife bought it for Christmas this year so I had my older boys read it, and they both liked it, though they called it depressing. I believe it was a departure from the typical books they read. I guess it probably had the same effect on me as a kid, and maybe that's why it made such an impression on me when I was younger.
I'm reading it now to my 8-year old, and she is enjoying the book as well. She asks me to read from it every night.
I had read that Noah's Castle was at one time made into a british television series, and in looking for a picture just now, I found interesting the different jacket illustrations that have been used for both the books and TV. It really is not a violent book though some of the artwork depicts it that way.
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My six-year old daughter and I will read the last chapter of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH tonight. That's been one of my favorite books ever since I first read it in grade school.
Tomorrow we move on to Wonderstruck, which is author/illustrator Brian Selznick's follow-up to The Invention of Hugo Cabret. She got it for Christmas and is excited because she loved both the book and film of Hugo Cabret.
Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...
None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.
I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.
--Portland UteComment
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