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[tigriswolf]

 So, what was your favorite childhood book?  Or your favorite kid book? 

(There is a purpose to this.  It involves helping children learn how to read.  So tell me!)

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[mercurydraconix.livejournal.com]

Hm.

Matilda, Roald Dahl.
The Boxcar Children. Gertrude Chandler Warner.
A Little Princess. Francis Hodgson Burnett.
Dealing With Dragons. Patricia C Wrede. (and the rest of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Harriet the Spy. Louise Fitzhugh.
The Redwall books. Brian Jaques.

[mercurydraconix.livejournal.com]

i meant to say, gender will probably play a big difference, and yet at the same time, maybe not as much as you might think.

for example, my brother (who, admittedly, was pretty awesome for a boy, particularly in terms of reading material) was really enthusiastic about Matilda - when I gave my nephew The Witches (because he and his father are SUPER SENSITIVE about Girl Stuff) my brother was all "uh, Matilda was better..." He also really liked Dealing With Dragons, which has one not completely lame male character, and the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce.

On the other hand, my nephews are .. not so enlightened. If there aren't ninjas or explosions or ninjas who are also turtles or at least Male Main Characters, they're ... not interested. And I know I was all "oh no, I'm not reading Hardy Boys, I might like mysteries but there has to be girls. Nancy Drew for me!"

[tigriswolf]

My cousins are like that. It's annoying.

[tigriswolf]

Oh, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles! AWESOME series.