North Texas Objectivist Society (NTOS) Message Board › Looking for book suggestions for kids
Looking for book suggestions for kids
| Sherry | ||
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Hey there - I am interested in seeing what others have read when they were younger and enjoyed and/or what you have given your kids to read. This would be for kids 7 to 13 years old.
One series I loved as a kid was "The Great Brain Series". I am searching to find used copies, but of course Halfprice Books NEVER has them...may have to go online! I bought " The Girl Who Owned A City" several weeks ago, but haven't had time to read it yet. I heard from a very good source (Julia) that it is a wonderful book. Anyhoo - what do you suggest? I am looking for books that are fun, but are actually written well. Thanks! |
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| Mark | ||
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Not really objectivist books, and I assume you already know about them, but I love the Harry Potter series. (Maybe a little old for the 7 year old.) I also liked the Phillip Pullman "His Dark Materials" series. (A little anti catholic venom anyone? It's sort of "god exists, but he is an ineffective jerk controlled by the catholic church" themed.) Again, probably too old for the 7 year old. |
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| Pytheus | ||
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The amazing "Nimble the Thimble Mouse" is an early reader for kids 4-8. "Nimble", the hero, is an Odysseus-like character who defeats the evil rats. The author is clearly a genius.
Check it out at www.thimblemouse.com |
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| Sherry | ||
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Yes - I should have mentioned Nimble! =)
Rebecca just read the unabridged Wonderful Wizard of Oz this weekend. I bought it Saturday night and she finished it by Sunday late afternoon. You couldn't tear her away from it! |
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| Robert Canright | ||
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My 11 year old son liked the Eragon series of books by Christopher Paolini.
He liked the Spiderwick Chronicles. He read them all. On the other hand, he does not enjoy Plutarch, but he and I sit down every week and read some from Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. We are reading now about Alexander the Great in Vol 2.. We read and we discuss. There is always a worthwhile lesson. Robert Canright |
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| Sherry | ||
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My older 2 girls like Eragon as well, and one of the kids (cannot remember off hand which one at this moment) has read the first Spiderwick book.
Eden and Eve just finished The Girl Who Owned A City last week and both loved it. Rebecca has just finished a book of Greek mythology for her "free reading". I wish I could find some more of the books I read as a kid. |
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| Scott Connery | ||
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Have spacesuit will travel by Heinlein is a favorite young adult book of mine.
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| Sherry | ||
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Thanks Scott. We have a lot of Heinlein in the house, but not that one. I will keep an eye out for it at the library or HalfPrice Books.
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| Scott Connery | ||
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It has most of the quality of Heinlein without the incest.
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| Sherry | ||
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Ah. Avoiding incest topics at this age would be good, haha.
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