Books you'd want your kids to read - Page 6
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Spiffeh
United States830 Posts
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
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. absolutely. Possibly V for Vendetta at some point, but that is really a late-teenager, post highschool text. So much subtlety and reference. I think the Harry Potter books are, amusingly, actually the best political series for young people out there. Rowling does an amazing job of balancing the pros and cons of no regulation (crazy shit happening everywhere, bad guys taking over, extortion etc) and over-regulation (the ministry during voldemort's ascendancy). It's a very powerful progression in the books, from a coddling- pro-authority view in the first 3 books, to a very questioning, anti authoritarian, independant feel in the later ones. Very much a coming of age philosophically as well as physically. | ||
puckstop101
Canada132 Posts
or for girls the nancy drew books | ||
0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
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Chro
United States240 Posts
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arterian
Canada1157 Posts
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HeIios
Sweden2523 Posts
Primarily: + Show Spoiler + Emil i Lönneberga Pippi Ronja Rövardotter | ||
GoDannY
Germany442 Posts
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Dance.
United States389 Posts
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stormtemplar
United States2140 Posts
On September 23 2010 10:10 lvatural wrote: I'd just stick with the classics, but by the time my 'kids' can really appreciate the novel...they won't be kids anymore. But then again they should read what interests them. Actually I'll be happy if my kids even take the time to read a novel instead of watching MTV reality shows or reading Lady Gaga's twitter or some other bullshit. But for an actual little kid... I still remember reading this goddamn page from when I was small. Harold and his purple crayon ftw. Oh god, used to LOVE that book...Yeah I agree totally. | ||
Adaptation
Canada427 Posts
Alice in Wonderland for the early early age. Dune is truly amazing, although the vocabulary is defenitly more 15+. | ||
Zingerac
United States138 Posts
Anything and everything by Kurt Vonnegut. | ||
MacroNcheesE
United States508 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
Lord of the Flies Fahrenheit 451 Harry Potter series His Dark Materials Redwall BFG (big friendly giant) All of Michael Crichton's books (Timeline, Jurassic park, Sphere, Prey, Congo) Lord of the Rings series (it's just sad that most of the younger generations will have watched the movies before reading the books, I will definitely stop my kids from doing that.) | ||
jongim
Canada289 Posts
Mathematics 2 Mathematics 3 Mathematics 4 Mathematics 5 Mathematics 6 Mathematics 7 Mathematics 8 Mathematics 9 Mathematics 10 Mathematics 11 Mathematics 12 Calculus | ||
semantics
10040 Posts
On September 23 2010 16:13 jongim wrote: Mathematics 1 Mathematics 2 Mathematics 3 Mathematics 4 Mathematics 5 Mathematics 6 Mathematics 7 Mathematics 8 Mathematics 9 Mathematics 10 Mathematics 11 Mathematics 12 Calculus Lol you're missing Calculus 2 Calculus 3 Calculus 4 Calculus 5 Calculus 6 Calculus 7 Calculus 8 Calculus 9 Calculus 10 Calculus 11 Calculus 12 Calculus 13 Calculus 14 Calculus 15 shit goes on for a long time Yes there are that many calc classes except they aren't called clac they are called things like differential equations etc. Atlas Shrugged imo one of the first books i read from cover to cover for the hell of it. | ||
MjrBuzz
United States219 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
Lord of the Rings Two of my favorite series/books. I usually read war, certain books on politics(Ron Paul for example)... dont think I would recommend that for children. | ||
jon arbuckle
Canada443 Posts
I would probably want my children go through the same stuff, more or less. I think Dickens' Hard Times would make for good bedtime stories. | ||
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