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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 1196 Views
Hrm. Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:15:36 PM 1152 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:42 PM 897 Views
Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:58:11 PM 1033 Views
My choices. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM 1118 Views
As a book, read for literature, read as literature, The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:28:55 PM 1089 Views
True. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:33:50 PM 998 Views
Re: My choices. Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:34:51 AM 1033 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:34:38 PM 1092 Views
Hahahhahahahhahahehehehehehahahahahah Camilla - 06/11/2009 04:28:11 PM 1127 Views
Aha, thou hast crackèd. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 04:35:34 PM 1027 Views
This is harder for me than your last question. Danu - 01/11/2009 03:21:46 AM 1085 Views
I don't think your lists are very long. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:35:29 PM 1088 Views
Everything by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm. The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:31:21 PM 1055 Views
Ooh, yes. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:36:53 PM 970 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 901 Views
Dude. Don't censor your kids' books. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/10/2009 02:19:22 PM 415 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 526 Views
Wait, what? I only read under the covers when I was scared. *NM* rebelaessedai - 31/10/2009 05:46:13 AM 479 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 870 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 05/11/2009 09:18:15 PM 1122 Views
Such a bizarre mental image to an American. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/11/2009 01:41:14 AM 451 Views
I could not work out why it would be a bizarre image. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:26 PM 1003 Views
Precisely. I was wondering how the sheets wouldn't burst into flames. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/11/2009 06:54:49 AM 444 Views
Nice. Very nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:58 PM 915 Views
Re: I dunno. Six? I could read by then. Danae al'Thor - 06/11/2009 10:33:06 PM 1085 Views
The only one coming to mind right now, Fantasy - 29/10/2009 10:29:09 PM 1043 Views
Good choices. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:11 PM 511 Views
snoopcester - 29/10/2009 11:48:51 PM 1052 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:31 PM 1052 Views
Goodnight Moon Comet Sedai - 30/10/2009 12:00:20 AM 1117 Views
Awww, sounds cute! Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:29:22 PM 1270 Views
The Phantom Tollbooth springs to mind. Ghavrel - 30/10/2009 12:34:14 AM 959 Views
I never read that, and I feel slightly sad that I didn't. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:30:43 PM 999 Views
Two posts in a row about books to pass on to children ... Nate - 30/10/2009 01:07:22 AM 1017 Views
Re: You needed the posts to figure this out? Danae al'Thor - 30/10/2009 08:49:33 AM 971 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:31:37 PM 1076 Views
Three Musketeers Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:19:22 AM 1091 Views
Yes yes. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:07 PM 1115 Views
I've given a great number of books to my children. PhotoJim - 30/10/2009 11:57:13 AM 1041 Views
Heh, nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:42 PM 1093 Views
I realise I forgot to include Beatrix Potter in my list. The shame. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:37:19 PM 401 Views
Re: What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? sarasedai - 08/11/2009 04:19:18 PM 1132 Views
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