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Elaine Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 01:58:11 PM
I only know about girls :confused:

So, on the basis that we are better anyway, I will be recommending Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery and similar, to be followed by Austen and Bronte. Then they can read whatever they like. Oooh, and Roald Dahl. And Philippa Pearce. OK, the list is very very long.


It's going to be fun, really. :D


Cos we get to read them all again :D

I actually have all the Montgomery books from Gutenberg on my work PC for when it all gets too unbearably horrible. Instant elsewhere-ness with a spot of soul soothing.
Elaine
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What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? Rebekah - 29/10/2009 12:02:04 PM 958 Views
Hrm. Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:15:36 PM 829 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:42 PM 663 Views
Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:58:11 PM 802 Views
My choices. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM 884 Views
As a book, read for literature, read as literature, The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:28:55 PM 855 Views
True. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:33:50 PM 771 Views
Re: My choices. Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:34:51 AM 803 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:34:38 PM 841 Views
Hahahhahahahhahahehehehehehahahahahah Camilla - 06/11/2009 04:28:11 PM 872 Views
Aha, thou hast crackèd. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 04:35:34 PM 793 Views
This is harder for me than your last question. Danu - 01/11/2009 03:21:46 AM 861 Views
I don't think your lists are very long. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:35:29 PM 803 Views
Everything by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm. The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:31:21 PM 756 Views
Ooh, yes. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:36:53 PM 749 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 663 Views
Dude. Don't censor your kids' books. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/10/2009 02:19:22 PM 307 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 422 Views
Wait, what? I only read under the covers when I was scared. *NM* rebelaessedai - 31/10/2009 05:46:13 AM 362 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 638 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 05/11/2009 09:18:15 PM 872 Views
Such a bizarre mental image to an American. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/11/2009 01:41:14 AM 336 Views
I could not work out why it would be a bizarre image. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:26 PM 788 Views
Precisely. I was wondering how the sheets wouldn't burst into flames. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/11/2009 06:54:49 AM 333 Views
Nice. Very nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:58 PM 647 Views
Re: I dunno. Six? I could read by then. Danae al'Thor - 06/11/2009 10:33:06 PM 811 Views
The only one coming to mind right now, Fantasy - 29/10/2009 10:29:09 PM 796 Views
Good choices. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:11 PM 394 Views
snoopcester - 29/10/2009 11:48:51 PM 802 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:31 PM 829 Views
Goodnight Moon Comet Sedai - 30/10/2009 12:00:20 AM 889 Views
Awww, sounds cute! Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:29:22 PM 996 Views
The Phantom Tollbooth springs to mind. Ghavrel - 30/10/2009 12:34:14 AM 725 Views
I never read that, and I feel slightly sad that I didn't. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:30:43 PM 771 Views
Two posts in a row about books to pass on to children ... Nate - 30/10/2009 01:07:22 AM 775 Views
Re: You needed the posts to figure this out? Danae al'Thor - 30/10/2009 08:49:33 AM 662 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:31:37 PM 850 Views
Three Musketeers Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:19:22 AM 827 Views
Yes yes. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:07 PM 859 Views
I've given a great number of books to my children. PhotoJim - 30/10/2009 11:57:13 AM 790 Views
Heh, nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:42 PM 853 Views
I realise I forgot to include Beatrix Potter in my list. The shame. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:37:19 PM 298 Views
Re: What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? sarasedai - 08/11/2009 04:19:18 PM 907 Views
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