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Books For Plebs's avatar

Oh what an amazing list! A lot of my childhood favorites on here!

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Chris M's avatar

There is a lot going on with my health right now. I remember some of these books from childhood, and others are new to me. I'm 56 but thinking this list might be good for my fatigued mind. I loved Little House on the Prairie so much!

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Daniel Murphy's avatar

“Read to your kids,” my friend Faith Moore said recently. “Civilization literally depends on this.”

Amen. Unequivocally.

And, how can we get your list into the hands of more parents, Boze?!?

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Alice Walls's avatar

Thank you for this list! We’ve been reading picture books to our 6 and 3 year old sons since they were babies, but last year we started reading books like these to them. I think these compelling stories had something to do with the older one really dedicating himself to learning to read since then; even the younger one is pretending to read much more often than before.

I’m currently building our library and getting ready to start Charlotte Mason homeschooling. We have quite a few of these titles. I highly recommend ThriftBooks for anyone looking to grow their home library on a budget.

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T. Benjamin White's avatar

The Giver is excellent. I recently wrote about how I used to teach it, back when I was a teacher, and how powerful that book is.

https://thecurriculum.substack.com/p/02-no-one-wants-what-the-giver-offers

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Good News Yet To Hear's avatar

This is a stunning list! Thank you! Many to add to the reading list for my 9 and 7 yo’s. They also love Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild and Rumer Gooden.

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Joanne Girard's avatar

I recently re-read Aiken's WWC and after 40 years, and still loved it. I spent so many Saturday mornings at the local library as a girl and have a serious book habit that has stuck for life. It helped that my parents surrounded us with books. All those Dell Yearling paperbacks! Reading is a gift for a lifetime.

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Rajendra Kshirsagar's avatar

Great list. I would include Terry Pratchett's books for younger readers. I haven't read them but having read his books for adults, I am confident that these will be funny and engaging.

https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/book-series/younger-readers/

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H. A. Titus's avatar

I’ve read most of the books on the list, but not all—and my kids have only read some. Saving this to inform my next audiobook and school read-alouds purchases!

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Richard Robinson's avatar

Some great books but is this not a rather patronising way to approach them? When I was a kid if someone had suggested reading [age category] books I'd have run a mile. How about calling them 'excellent stories you might not have read'? There are some in the list that I haven't and I now will (M71).

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Emily MacDonald's avatar

Thank you so much for putting this together. My daughters and I listen to audio books every single time we get in the car and sometimes at home while doing chores. A number of books on here that we’ve never read.

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Joseph Stitt's avatar

This is a wonderful list. Thanks also for the Verne image, which imprinted on me at a very early age.

My childhood dream of having a Nautilus of my own hasn't come to be. There is still time, though, and maybe the delay is for the best given how much work I still have to do on my skills as a keyboardist.

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Lucy Seton-Watson's avatar

Boze, That’s the edition of the Roger Lancelyn Green King Arthur I grew up with! Dearly loved. How wonderful to see it! Lost later in a fire.

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