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My choices. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM
For the younger ones:
Peter Pan
Through the Looking-Glass and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Winnie the Pooh
Pippi Longstocking
The Hardy Boys
The Famous Five and The Secret Seven, etc

For a little older:
The Little Prince
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit


Later still:
The Three Musketeers
Pride and Prejudice
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Bone People (NZ book)
Madame Bovary (hopefully in French, if Tim & I have done a proper job re education. :P)
Crime and Punishment
Anna Karenina

So they have a proper grounding in literature since so many works reference these:
The Iliad and the Odyssey
The Aeneid
Metamorphoses
Decameron
The Divine Comedy


There are so many more, though. So many. Hopefully by the time our darlings are old enough to read for themselves we'll have a well-stocked library for them to devour.
*MySmiley*

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? Rebekah - 29/10/2009 12:02:04 PM 1153 Views
Hrm. Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:15:36 PM 1100 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:42 PM 847 Views
Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:58:11 PM 997 Views
My choices. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM 1070 Views
As a book, read for literature, read as literature, The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:28:55 PM 1047 Views
True. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:33:50 PM 959 Views
Re: My choices. Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:34:51 AM 993 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:34:38 PM 1029 Views
Hahahhahahahhahahehehehehehahahahahah Camilla - 06/11/2009 04:28:11 PM 1076 Views
Aha, thou hast crackèd. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 04:35:34 PM 981 Views
This is harder for me than your last question. Danu - 01/11/2009 03:21:46 AM 1039 Views
I don't think your lists are very long. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:35:29 PM 1034 Views
Everything by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm. The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:31:21 PM 1003 Views
Ooh, yes. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:36:53 PM 927 Views
Re: they're going to get locked into a library full of books I will allow them to read. Danae al'Thor - 29/10/2009 08:20:04 PM 851 Views
Dude. Don't censor your kids' books. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/10/2009 02:19:22 PM 395 Views
Re: Dude. How will they learn to read under the covers if I don't? *NM* Danae al'Thor - 30/10/2009 04:06:08 PM 509 Views
Wait, what? I only read under the covers when I was scared. *NM* rebelaessedai - 31/10/2009 05:46:13 AM 451 Views
Re: I read under the covers, by torchlight, with a decoy book so they'd not know what I was reading. Danae al'Thor - 31/10/2009 09:30:18 AM 823 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 05/11/2009 09:18:15 PM 1065 Views
Such a bizarre mental image to an American. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/11/2009 01:41:14 AM 432 Views
I could not work out why it would be a bizarre image. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:26 PM 963 Views
Precisely. I was wondering how the sheets wouldn't burst into flames. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/11/2009 06:54:49 AM 424 Views
Nice. Very nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:58 PM 845 Views
Re: I dunno. Six? I could read by then. Danae al'Thor - 06/11/2009 10:33:06 PM 1035 Views
The only one coming to mind right now, Fantasy - 29/10/2009 10:29:09 PM 995 Views
Good choices. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:11 PM 487 Views
snoopcester - 29/10/2009 11:48:51 PM 1013 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:31 PM 1007 Views
Goodnight Moon Comet Sedai - 30/10/2009 12:00:20 AM 1067 Views
Awww, sounds cute! Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:29:22 PM 1224 Views
The Phantom Tollbooth springs to mind. Ghavrel - 30/10/2009 12:34:14 AM 917 Views
I never read that, and I feel slightly sad that I didn't. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:30:43 PM 949 Views
Two posts in a row about books to pass on to children ... Nate - 30/10/2009 01:07:22 AM 955 Views
Re: You needed the posts to figure this out? Danae al'Thor - 30/10/2009 08:49:33 AM 927 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:31:37 PM 1036 Views
Three Musketeers Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:19:22 AM 1044 Views
Yes yes. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:07 PM 1061 Views
I've given a great number of books to my children. PhotoJim - 30/10/2009 11:57:13 AM 990 Views
Heh, nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:42 PM 1048 Views
I realise I forgot to include Beatrix Potter in my list. The shame. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:37:19 PM 381 Views
Re: What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? sarasedai - 08/11/2009 04:19:18 PM 1088 Views
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