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What's your favorite children's book?

8 points by sova 10y ago

Some books that are aimed at kids are actually full of really good information. Do you have any favorites? My friend and I are looking for inspiration.

mohaps 10y ago
Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
vmorgulis 10y ago
Treasure Island - Stevenson
hackney 10y ago
I read so many books as a child it is impossible to recommend any. I did read a book recently titled 'Absolute Zero Gravity' (Betsy Devine & Joel Cohen) Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes. It is informative, historical, educational, and truly fascinating to read. For a child this can really awaken their cognitive imagination. Fiction-wise I would leave to the child to decide as that list is truly endless. The Witcher series by Sapkowski I couldn't hardly put down (the movie is a complete FAIL). One other I rather liked is titled 'The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe' by Defoe, Lovecrart, & Clines.
araamax 10y ago
Come Over To My House - Dr. Seuss
navbaker 10y ago
The Frog and Toad series had some great life lessons.
7402 10y ago
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (illustrations by Jules Feiffer)
SNACKeR99 10y ago
Spring Is Here by Taro Gomi
deleted 10y ago
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PhantomGremlin 10y ago
They didn't have this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep when my kids were young. Even better than the book is Samuel L Jackson narrating it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGKK6y8OtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGKK6y8OtQ It probably would have been my favorite! Just kidding. Maybe?
- sova 10y ago
  hahah amazing
roschdal 10y ago
Roald Dahm, The Witches https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(novel) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(novel)
- ChristianGeek 10y ago
  Roald Dahl, as I'm sure you know.
  - roschdal 10y ago
    Sorry, this is what I get for typing on my mobile.
gregorymichael 10y ago
Rosie Revere Engineer. https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp/1419708457 https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp... Also, I wrote a 900 word review of Brown Bear, Brown Bear analyzing it's subverisve warning about today's surveillance state. Pretty proud of that one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0805092447 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0805092447
- sova 10y ago
  talking about the surveillance state? interesting...
- ottocoder 10y ago
  Bravo! Easily the best review of a children's book I have read. I would love to read your review of the subsequent Polar Bear, Polar Bear - are the children now actors for the state since they are the ones making noises or are they subversives? My contribution to the discussion would be The Bear Snores On. Some great phrases in there that keep it interesting enough that I don't mind reading it 3 times a day, yet fun enough the little guy still enjoys it.
fiftyacorn 10y ago
Thomas the Tank Engine - teaches you to know your place I think it depends on age - my wife and her friends are teachers, and they think the most important thing is to learn the structure of language, and rhyming is an important part of that. They always recommend Julia Donaldsons books like the Grufalo, and Jack and The Flum Flum Tree for younger ones
bakztfuture 10y ago
The Giving Tree
jacquesm 10y ago
Grimm brothers Anything by Verne Tom Poes (but you'd need to read dutch for that) Master of the black mill (Krabat) (Harry Potter, but different and much older)
andrewl 10y ago
This is for older children, twelve and above I'd say, but I think the Alice books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) are great. Then they (and you) can read The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner, which opened up entirely new levels of the stories to me. For younger children, I'd say The Wind in the Willows.
AnimalMuppet 10y ago
Inspiration as in for writing one? If it's a book for young children (the kind that parents are going to read to them, and therefore have to read over and over), you need to make it not a bore for the parents. Maybe the best example I've seen is "The Bravest Ever Bear".
ericzawo 10y ago
Frank Asch's books George's Store, and Milk and Cookies. Also Robert Munsch's Love You Forever. Warning, make sure tissues are nearby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-oBkgJ4Ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-oBkgJ4Ow
panic 10y ago
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

8 points by sova 10y ago

Some books that are aimed at kids are actually full of really good information. Do you have any favorites? My friend and I are looking for inspiration.

mohaps 10y ago

Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss

vmorgulis 10y ago

Treasure Island - Stevenson

hackney 10y ago

I read so many books as a child it is impossible to recommend any. I did read a book recently titled 'Absolute Zero Gravity' (Betsy Devine & Joel Cohen) Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes. It is informative, historical, educational, and truly fascinating to read. For a child this can really awaken their cognitive imagination. Fiction-wise I would leave to the child to decide as that list is truly endless. The Witcher series by Sapkowski I couldn't hardly put down (the movie is a complete FAIL). One other I rather liked is titled 'The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe' by Defoe, Lovecrart, & Clines.

araamax 10y ago

Come Over To My House - Dr. Seuss

navbaker 10y ago

The Frog and Toad series had some great life lessons.

7402 10y ago

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (illustrations by Jules Feiffer)

SNACKeR99 10y ago

Spring Is Here by Taro Gomi

deleted 10y ago

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PhantomGremlin 10y ago

They didn't have this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Fuck_to_Sleep when my kids were young. Even better than the book is Samuel L Jackson narrating it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGKK6y8OtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGKK6y8OtQ It probably would have been my favorite! Just kidding. Maybe?

sova 10y ago
hahah amazing

roschdal 10y ago

Roald Dahm, The Witches https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(novel) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(novel)

ChristianGeek 10y ago
Roald Dahl, as I'm sure you know.
- roschdal 10y ago
  Sorry, this is what I get for typing on my mobile.

gregorymichael 10y ago

Rosie Revere Engineer. https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp/1419708457 https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp... Also, I wrote a 900 word review of Brown Bear, Brown Bear analyzing it's subverisve warning about today's surveillance state. Pretty proud of that one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0805092447 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0805092447

sova 10y ago
talking about the surveillance state? interesting...
ottocoder 10y ago
Bravo! Easily the best review of a children's book I have read. I would love to read your review of the subsequent Polar Bear, Polar Bear - are the children now actors for the state since they are the ones making noises or are they subversives? My contribution to the discussion would be The Bear Snores On. Some great phrases in there that keep it interesting enough that I don't mind reading it 3 times a day, yet fun enough the little guy still enjoys it.

fiftyacorn 10y ago

Thomas the Tank Engine - teaches you to know your place I think it depends on age - my wife and her friends are teachers, and they think the most important thing is to learn the structure of language, and rhyming is an important part of that. They always recommend Julia Donaldsons books like the Grufalo, and Jack and The Flum Flum Tree for younger ones

bakztfuture 10y ago

The Giving Tree

jacquesm 10y ago

Grimm brothers Anything by Verne Tom Poes (but you'd need to read dutch for that) Master of the black mill (Krabat) (Harry Potter, but different and much older)

andrewl 10y ago

This is for older children, twelve and above I'd say, but I think the Alice books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) are great. Then they (and you) can read The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner, which opened up entirely new levels of the stories to me. For younger children, I'd say The Wind in the Willows.

AnimalMuppet 10y ago

Inspiration as in for writing one? If it's a book for young children (the kind that parents are going to read to them, and therefore have to read over and over), you need to make it not a bore for the parents. Maybe the best example I've seen is "The Bravest Ever Bear".

ericzawo 10y ago

Frank Asch's books George's Store, and Milk and Cookies. Also Robert Munsch's Love You Forever. Warning, make sure tissues are nearby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-oBkgJ4Ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-oBkgJ4Ow

panic 10y ago

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle