EPTTo think back and remember how I hated reading books when I was younger, and largely due to school. Ohh how many books I was forced to read to pass classes, which were uninteresting. uninspired, unoriginal SHIT that I wouldn't have otherwise touched even with a gun pointed to my head. They didn't change my point of view, they didn't make me think differently, they were there for the sole purpose of fucking up my free time.
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Latham
9563 Posts
To think back and remember how I hated reading books when I was younger, and largely due to school. Ohh how many books I was forced to read to pass classes, which were uninteresting. uninspired, unoriginal SHIT that I wouldn't have otherwise touched even with a gun pointed to my head. They didn't change my point of view, they didn't make me think differently, they were there for the sole purpose of fucking up my free time. | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
Gotta dig these books up and read them again, especially Brave New World. I remember shitting my pants when I read that book, so awesome! | ||
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Reflex
Canada703 Posts
Blood n' vinegarrr!!!!!!! | ||
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ellerina
Philippines452 Posts
If I had a daughter, I'd love it if she read books like Tamora Pierce, the Little House books (originals, please), Anne of the Green Gables series, and Little Women. Greek mythology is a good choice too, and usually has different story versions available for different age groups. And then a transition into fantasy with Robin McKinley, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, Ursula K. Le Guin, eventually leading into Tolkien etc., and science fiction with non fiction and the classics in between as s/he chooses. Primarily, I just want my kids to enjoy and love reading and eventually seek out Shakespeare and the like because they want to (although many classics will probably end up on their class lists anyway). I'm ok with helping them by giving them the kiddie illustrated versions and hopefully they'll be curious about the 'real' version as they mature. | ||
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TonyL2
England1953 Posts
And the best one: ![[image loading]](http://wolfeyebrows.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-very-hungry-caterpillar400x300.jpg) Apparently a copy is sold every 30 seconds | ||
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-fj.
Samoa462 Posts
This was my favorite book when I was a little kid. It's about economic class, ingenuity, and growing up. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On September 22 2010 23:51 Equinox_kr wrote: Jeez, I went through the replies and they are all books I fucking LOVE but forgot about. Gotta dig these books up and read them again, especially Brave New World. I remember shitting my pants when I read that book, so awesome! Do you really wanna read that again then? | ||
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ZhenMiChan
Netherlands1181 Posts
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news
892 Posts
On September 22 2010 23:31 drlame wrote: Imo, to read 1984 and/or Fahrenheit 451 between the ages of 12-15 is a bit too early. Sure what you mentioned are all great books, but you shouldn't neglect the child's need for imagination. My parents fed me with the Hemingways and the Steinbecks but those books meant nothing to me at such an early age. Absolutely. Kids need to broaden their horizons at that age. I would stuff my kid with sci fi, how can they not read Heinlein (omg Orphans of the Sky), Harry Harrison (especially Deathworld series), Van Vogt (The Monster, everyone has to read that, one of the best short stories ever written), Wyndhams The Day of the Triffids, everything Bradbury, the list goes on and on. I just found out that apparently Francis Carsac was never translated into English, what a shame, he was one of the hugely popular sci fi writers. | ||
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mardi
United States1164 Posts
Mythology (i accidentally read this in 2nd grade. I didn't fully understand it till I reread it in high school) Harry Potter Series - very easy to read with an entertaining storyline 3 dystopia novels like said above Dr. Seuss Books - best rapper of all time | ||
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Hikari
1914 Posts
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/oQ43j.jpg) The Alchemist is a great book that details to transition from child to adult. Probably best for a 13-15 year old. | ||
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bN`
Slovenia504 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Pippi_Longstocking_book_cover.jpg/384px-Pippi_Longstocking_book_cover.jpg) That's the only one I would insist on being read mostly because it combines fantasy and make believe with social critism and questining authoroty. | ||
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
Terry Pratchet. A great read for a child as it touches a lot of things in a very humoreus way. Roald Dahl. Really enjoyed his stories. Especially "Danny, the champion of the world" and "The Twits". But not only his children's book but also his short stories for more adult people and his TV serie "Tales of the Unexpected" are great. | ||
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natalie
United Kingdom2 Posts
On September 22 2010 22:34 ProjectVirtue wrote: Phillip Pullman for the win, other than that, i haven't really read many books myself so theres not much I can ask my kids to read. Hopefully they'll read it twice like i did, second time through amber spyglass was tear jerking T_T The His Dark Materials Trilogy is an amazing read, not only would it be interesting for children as well as adults, but it is actually educational in a sense, with the gentle introduction of physics. Highly recommended! This is a book that had my whole primary school in awe of it. The teacher would bring it out once a day and read us a silly, rude poem that would have us laughing for its entirety  ![[image loading]](http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c2/c11652.jpg) | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
I'd want my kid to discover his favourite genre and books for himself. No point in recommending him books if he wont like the genre anyway >_> I also wont make him read, if he wont want to read books, I wont make him. To think back and remember how I hated reading books when I was younger, and largely due to school. Ohh how many books I was forced to read to pass classes, which were uninteresting. uninspired, unoriginal SHIT that I wouldn't have otherwise touched even with a gun pointed to my head. They didn't change my point of view, they didn't make me think differently, they were there for the sole purpose of fucking up my free time. Amen brother. This isn't a thread about books you must force a kid to read before you have respect for them, but on books you would give to them in the confidence that they'd pick it up and read it of their own volition. I guess I was kind of lucky in that I grew up with a dad who had a library of all the golden age american writers, vonnegut, asimov, heinelen, steinback, heller, etc, and a grandmother and mother who got me/had all the books like the hobbit/narnia and things like the railway children, little grey men, beatrix potter books etc, so I got on one hand a load of these hard, brilliant visionary writers, and on the other hand a load of fantasy and myth and mystery. Once I was nine or so I just couldn't put a book down, I was constantly getting in trouble for reading up the back of class. I mean, I read as much animorphs and goosebumps as I did lowry, l'engle and le'guin, but I *did* read the timeless books and by the time I was twelve or thirteen I was munching through books like the amber spyglass or the 4th harry potter in a day. Like, get book, start reading, end book, go to bed at 2 am. Compared to stuff like that, books like I robot or catch 22 were, heh, child's play. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On September 23 2010 00:21 mardi wrote: The Giving Tree - tear jerker Mythology (i accidentally read this in 2nd grade. I didn't fully understand it till I reread it in high school) Harry Potter Series - very easy to read with an entertaining storyline 3 dystopia novels like said above Dr. Seuss Books - best rapper of all time Omg, I remember The Giving Tree, such a good story :'( | ||
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
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