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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 1035 Views
Hrm. Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:15:36 PM 970 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:42 PM 742 Views
Elaine - 29/10/2009 01:58:11 PM 877 Views
My choices. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM 968 Views
As a book, read for literature, read as literature, The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:28:55 PM 931 Views
True. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:33:50 PM 839 Views
Re: My choices. Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:34:51 AM 875 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:34:38 PM 912 Views
Hahahhahahahhahahehehehehehahahahahah Camilla - 06/11/2009 04:28:11 PM 950 Views
Aha, thou hast crackèd. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 04:35:34 PM 871 Views
This is harder for me than your last question. Danu - 01/11/2009 03:21:46 AM 934 Views
I don't think your lists are very long. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:35:29 PM 895 Views
Everything by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm. The Shrike - 29/10/2009 03:31:21 PM 859 Views
Ooh, yes. Rebekah - 29/10/2009 03:36:53 PM 824 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 736 Views
Dude. Don't censor your kids' books. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/10/2009 02:19:22 PM 344 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 459 Views
Wait, what? I only read under the covers when I was scared. *NM* rebelaessedai - 31/10/2009 05:46:13 AM 396 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 711 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 05/11/2009 09:18:15 PM 946 Views
Such a bizarre mental image to an American. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/11/2009 01:41:14 AM 372 Views
I could not work out why it would be a bizarre image. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:26 PM 854 Views
Precisely. I was wondering how the sheets wouldn't burst into flames. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/11/2009 06:54:49 AM 364 Views
Nice. Very nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:27:58 PM 730 Views
Re: I dunno. Six? I could read by then. Danae al'Thor - 06/11/2009 10:33:06 PM 900 Views
The only one coming to mind right now, Fantasy - 29/10/2009 10:29:09 PM 877 Views
Good choices. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:11 PM 433 Views
snoopcester - 29/10/2009 11:48:51 PM 871 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:28:31 PM 903 Views
Goodnight Moon Comet Sedai - 30/10/2009 12:00:20 AM 954 Views
Awww, sounds cute! Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:29:22 PM 1065 Views
The Phantom Tollbooth springs to mind. Ghavrel - 30/10/2009 12:34:14 AM 799 Views
I never read that, and I feel slightly sad that I didn't. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:30:43 PM 838 Views
Two posts in a row about books to pass on to children ... Nate - 30/10/2009 01:07:22 AM 851 Views
Re: You needed the posts to figure this out? Danae al'Thor - 30/10/2009 08:49:33 AM 768 Views
Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:31:37 PM 923 Views
Three Musketeers Camilla - 30/10/2009 10:19:22 AM 919 Views
Yes yes. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:07 PM 944 Views
I've given a great number of books to my children. PhotoJim - 30/10/2009 11:57:13 AM 865 Views
Heh, nice. Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:36:42 PM 928 Views
I realise I forgot to include Beatrix Potter in my list. The shame. *NM* Rebekah - 06/11/2009 03:37:19 PM 333 Views
Re: What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading? sarasedai - 08/11/2009 04:19:18 PM 979 Views
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