Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now.
This weeks theme is books I want my children to read. Now, the prompt says future children, but I already have a couple and got myself spayed when the second one was born so I'm not having any more in the future, so I'm just going to go with the books that I'd like my currently living children to read at some point.
1: Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder - While this series is a romanticized version of life on the prairie during America's infancy, it's the best one I know of to show kids kind of what it was like to live in America back then, and that's good for any child.
2: Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan - While I have not personally read these books, bloggers that I trust have highly recommended them. I think they'd be a great way to get my kids interested in Greek mythology.
3: The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank - I think it's important for kids to learn about WWII, and this is a good introduction to it without getting too far into the real horrors of the camps.
4: Goosebumps by R.L. Stein - Maybe it's weird to want my kids to read horror stories, but I think this series helped a lot of kids, including myself, love reading, and if it can do that for my kids, then I want them to read them.
5: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner - If I remember this series right, I think it would help develop deductive reasoning in kids, and that's something everyone should be decent at doing.
And I'm stopping at five this week because I'm having a hard time coming up with other specific books I absolutely want my kids to read. I'm more interested in having my kids read books that they are interested in so that they will always love to read. They'll read more overall that way anyway, and will hopefully continue to love reading well into adulthood. And that's what's really important to me.
What about you? What books do you want your current or future children to read someday? - Katie
*If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to leave a link to your post so I can see your list.*
1: Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder - While this series is a romanticized version of life on the prairie during America's infancy, it's the best one I know of to show kids kind of what it was like to live in America back then, and that's good for any child.
2: Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan - While I have not personally read these books, bloggers that I trust have highly recommended them. I think they'd be a great way to get my kids interested in Greek mythology.
3: The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank - I think it's important for kids to learn about WWII, and this is a good introduction to it without getting too far into the real horrors of the camps.
4: Goosebumps by R.L. Stein - Maybe it's weird to want my kids to read horror stories, but I think this series helped a lot of kids, including myself, love reading, and if it can do that for my kids, then I want them to read them.
5: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner - If I remember this series right, I think it would help develop deductive reasoning in kids, and that's something everyone should be decent at doing.
And I'm stopping at five this week because I'm having a hard time coming up with other specific books I absolutely want my kids to read. I'm more interested in having my kids read books that they are interested in so that they will always love to read. They'll read more overall that way anyway, and will hopefully continue to love reading well into adulthood. And that's what's really important to me.
What about you? What books do you want your current or future children to read someday? - Katie
*If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to leave a link to your post so I can see your list.*
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Anne Frank offers so much to children, like the hopes of a young person, and presents the very real horrors of a world where one group tries to destroy another group. Very powerful.
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Thank you for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteOh yes, definitely the Little House books. I remember having the box set when I was a child and I loved them dearly - in fact, wish I still had them!
ReplyDeleteI managed to find the box set at my thrift store several months ago (I'd been buying the books individually when I found them before that). I snagged the box set of course so I have them for my kids when they're ready to read them.
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I loved the Little House books as a kid, so I totally agree! Also, good for you - I think that kids should definitely read what appeals to them and not force anything on them.
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Honestly, I just keep thinking about how reading was my least favorite subject in school even though I already loved to read, because I hated being told what to read and when, and I don't want to do that to my kids. I think too many people don't like reading because they didn't have enough choice in what they read during their formative years for whatever reason, so they never really discovered how fun it is.
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Such a great list! I loved Goosebumps as a kid, so I'd definitely love to share that with my kids :)
ReplyDeleteThey're a great introduction to horror for kids. I've started building up my Goosebumps library but it's slow going because there are so many of them.
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I agree, everyone should read The Diary of Anne Frank. Very important!
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the few books that was required reading in school that I actually enjoyed reading (I've ALWAYS been fascinated by WWII and the holocaust though, so that helped a lot.)
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I loved The Boxcar Children as a kid! I didn’t like the sequels as much as the original, though.
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It's weird, because I honestly don't know if I really liked the books all that much as a kid (like I can't really remember reading many of them or any of the plots), but I see them as a gender neutral option for mystery whereas books like The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew will largely appeal to specific genders.
DeleteThanks for stopping by. - Katie
Percy Jackson was on my list this week too! I loved those books when I was younger, I hope your kids enjoy them too :)
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