EPTBooks you'd want your kids to read - Page 5
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Rkie
United States1278 Posts
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Eskanasi
Australia3 Posts
On September 22 2010 22:28 Thereisnosaurus wrote: A short history of nearly everything: 11-13, possibly a tricky book, but the best introduction to science that I can imagine. It gives every field of science a glamour and flame that nothing else I've run into has managed. I'm all for showing my progeny the potential complexity and intrigue in as many different fields of interest as possible, and this is about the best book in the world for hitting a lot of birds with one asteroid. As soon as I read the title I thought of that book. I actually did read it at the age of 12 or 11, and I continued skimming over it like I would a fiction book for about 2 years afterwards. I loved it and think that EVERYONE should read it, it gets you through half the high school syllabus in an extremely entertaining and accessible manner. | ||
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AJ-
United States316 Posts
these are all coming of age to adult literature it's been said but Old Kingdom series (garth nix) -> Sword of Truth series (terry goodking). thrillers from Vince Flynn, Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, etc A Separate Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Middlesex, Killer Angels honorable mentions | ||
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
Even for adults an entertaining read. A good way to bridge the complexity of various inventions and techniques to the world of understanding of children. As soon as they can read it becomes functional but before that the good illustrations should already do a nice job. | ||
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hakundo
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Trotske
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Gatsbi
United States1134 Posts
Way too much pseudoscience bs in today's world, this book teaches critical thinking and skepticism with a scientific emphasis. This is a book I want not only my future children to read, but every single person in the entire world. It doesn't try to impose its ideas too harshly, it teaches you HOW to think and to not take everything you hear as fact. Plus, Carl Sagan was the biggest badass that has and probably will ever live. I'd make them watch the entire Cosmos TV series before they read this book too. Edit: Just saw {CC}StealthBlue already posted it, but I'm keeping this here. Seriously everyone needs to read this, it would solve so much of the world's problems if everyone just read and understood it. ![[image loading]](http://monologuestudio.com/su/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/demon-haunted_world.jpg) | ||
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Trezeguet
United States2656 Posts
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Ordained
United States779 Posts
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hoborg
United States430 Posts
On September 23 2010 01:59 MuR)Ernu wrote: twilight saga books Considering anytime my dad gave me something to read I ignored it and read something else, this is a fantastic plan. I'd hide Roald Dahl books somewhere in the house, though. When I was in elementary school, I tried to take out "The Witches" from the school library, and the librarian wouldn't let me! THAT'S how you get someone to read a book. | ||
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Half
United States2554 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HB47PYNFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) shallow "entertainment" and "culture" won't be tolerated in my household | ||
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blagoonga123
United States2068 Posts
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EternaLEnVy
Canada513 Posts
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
other books have been mentioned but I didn't see anyone mention The Busy World of Richard Scarry not only are they fantastic books they have a equally fantastic TV-series to go with them meaning I can segway them from the TV into books in a very smooth way. | ||
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gun.slinger
Canada258 Posts
Awesome mom, yeah I know. | ||
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Oddysay
Canada597 Posts
On September 23 2010 01:59 MuR)Ernu wrote: twilight saga books children cruelty right here guy ! | ||
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lvatural
United States347 Posts
But for an actual little kid... ![[image loading]](http://theharperstudio.com/wp-content/themes/harperStudio/images/2009/08/harold.jpg) I still remember reading this goddamn page from when I was small. Harold and his purple crayon ftw. | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
To the OP - you would seriously recommend 1984 for a 12-year old? That's insane. We had it as a set text by 14. I had read it by 11. I think I read it a bit too young, TBH, but 12-13 seems about right for self-directed reading. When you first read a book as a child, you miss a lot. I wouldn't expect a kid of that age to get every nuance of 1984, I re-read it a year or two back and there was a lot I missed or forgot. Nevertheless, I did get a lot from it when I read it and the important thing was I *had* read it of my own will. Those books have had such a powerful effect on culture and popular thought that a kid who reads them early will benefit all over the place. I also think a lot of books, like Discworld, hitchhiker's guide (which is totally on my list by the way( and name of the wind are somewhat postmodern. They are best approached after a child has read a few 'classic' fantasy books. Discworld is as much a deconstruction of fantasy as a construction of it, and to really get the magic in those books you need to key into what they're talking about, whether it's race relations, freedom of the press, sexism or whatever. A ten year old can get the lord of the rings. It's not hard, there's no subtext. Discworld is a little trickier. Name of the wind is more serious, but it has that same 'if you've read a lot of other fantasy you'll get a lot more from it' feel. The same goes for the other two dystopias, but they should be read anyway. They introduce so many ideas as well as warnings. I think BNW is one of the reasons I've never touched drugs ,for example, and never even felt the compulsion to do so. | ||
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
On September 23 2010 03:24 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote: I'm definitely agreeing with all of the dystopia sentiments. Those books are absolutely incredible. I can't think of how I want to word what I'm trying to say, but they provide the basis for a healthy distrust of overbearingly large government. I dont want to turn this into a discussion about politics, but I would have them read Lord of the Flies or other such books as well to show the consequences of absolutely no regulation. There should be a healthy balance so they can make a choice for themselves. | ||
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