Please recommend me classic children's literature to read aloud to five-year-olds.
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posted by schmoo
on Sep 15, 2012 -
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I have never been a reader. I want to be. Recommend where I can start; online at lunchtimes at work. Bonus points for shorter stories (at first).
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posted by Cogentesque
on Sep 7, 2012 -
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Please help me ID/ find a source for a specific ghost story about starved ghost children eating the new occupants of a house! Quickly...
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posted by Jeanne
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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After enjoying a
1920 screenwriting book by the flapper humorist Anita Loos, I am wondering what other pre-WW2 writing advice books might be fun and interesting to read. Any suggestions?
posted by steinsaltz
on Jul 27, 2012 -
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Another lost book question: I though FOR SURE it was Kick in the Head Stories, but upon rereading, it's not. Possibly misremembered, mildly NSFW.
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posted by Grandysaur
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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I read this book of creepy short stories when I was younger and I can't find the book. One story was about a kid who is turned into a plant and another was about a guy being buried in the Hoover Dam.
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posted by theuninvitedguest
on May 31, 2012 -
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Please recommend stories about mental battles. Specifically, people overcoming deep-seated fears or beliefs.
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posted by fix
on May 3, 2012 -
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Looking for fiction books about musicians, especially with a single musician as the main character
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posted by grokfest
on Jan 1, 2012 -
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I'm having a baby soon and I want to buy a few children's books to have something to put in the new bookshelves and later on read to my baby. What books do you recommend?
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posted by CrazyLemonade
on Nov 1, 2011 -
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It's my grandmother's birthday next week, and I'd like to give her some sort of book with cute and funny short stories/jokes, a la
Reader's Digest. It should also be clean humor
only. Any suggestions?
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posted by iamfantastikate
on Sep 21, 2011 -
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Give your best examples of the SF/ Survivalist/ Wish Fullfillment sub-genre "libertarian engineers do everything better" or "objectivist superman saves history". More specifically ones where someone is the last man on earth/sendt back in time and constructs a free market utopia through sheer smarts and rationality ( with himself on the top of it, of course).
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posted by The Whelk
on Jun 9, 2011 -
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Help find me a Book of Short Stories that you could use as introductions for various talks/discussions/presentations...
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posted by fozzie33
on May 26, 2011 -
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I love superhero fiction. I love stories that look into what superhero powers would be like--its psychological and social ramifications. I love the mythology that has developed around superheroes. I love the darkness and moral complexity many modern superhero stories involve.... But I just cannot get into comics or any visual storytelling of that sort. So, can you point me to any good novels about superheroes?
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posted by meese
on Feb 6, 2011 -
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Pulpfilter: Trying to find a story (possibly Doc Savage?) involving the protagonist buried up to his head and given only a fork-full of water/day to survive.
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posted by swashedbuckles
on Jan 6, 2011 -
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What is your favorite travel book/essay/blog? Who are your favorite travel writers?
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posted by rinosaur
on Oct 29, 2010 -
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Looking for books written by someone who lived a normal stable life and due to a tragic unexpected event beyond their control, their life was turned upside down.
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posted by vizsla
on Oct 11, 2010 -
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Looking for suggestions for stories, novels, or comics in the vein of Mervyn Peake and China Mieville.
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posted by Ritchie
on Sep 28, 2009 -
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I want a book that I have to put into the freezer.
I've read
this question, which was looking for thrillers, and
this post looking for short stories, but I can't seem to find a thread looking for scary, engrossing novels where supernatural is okay.
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posted by Addlepated
on Mar 31, 2009 -
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I'd like recommendations for short stories that are strange, humorous, or have a surprising twist.
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posted by Rinku
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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John Updike's death reminded me that I have a book of his short stories. Which ones should I read first?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Jan 30, 2009 -
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This post reminded me of something I needed to ask. -> What are some good books to read to kids, for those of us who are not very good at (or comfortable with) being characters or using different voices? Surely there are some librarians on Ask Mefi that have experience with storytime?
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posted by nomnomnom
on Oct 19, 2008 -
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I'm looking for werewolf literature. Any fiction with a halfway decent plot. Novels, short stories, folklore. Comics or graphic novels also okay.
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posted by Ritchie
on Oct 16, 2008 -
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What are some good sci fi novels/short stories that focus on robots? Difficulty: no Asimov.
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posted by olinerd
on Jul 19, 2008 -
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If you please—I urgently require a few good recommendations of novels that have India as a backdrop.
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posted by hadjiboy
on Jan 13, 2008 -
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I'm looking for a series of hardback science fiction anthologies I dimly remember from childhood (sometime in the mid 80s). I think it had a one word title with a number, and the series went up to at least number five. I remember two stories in particular...
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posted by Artw
on Jan 13, 2008 -
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i am looking for a children's book that my friend read when she was in elementary school (5-10 years ago.) the book is about a boy and a girl who go on an adventure through a magical world and save the people from a monster. then, the girl dies, and the boy has to boil her in a pot to bring her back to life.
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posted by comfortinsound
on Apr 2, 2007 -
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Novels, short stories, movies--all are welcome. I find shadow stories spooky and interesting. My fave was a kid book called "The Shades" which explains how the shadows of people live their own lives. Know of any others?
posted by largecorp
on Dec 15, 2006 -
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I want to write a Christmas-themed essay for my book review blog, and I'm trying to come up with some Christmas lit to review. It might be fun, for instance, to gather together a selection of Christmas tripe such as
Santa's Christmas Prayer (link not safe for those who have any literary sensibilities and have just eaten) and go to town on it. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, to write something about Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol. Which Christmas novels/stories/poems do you love and loathe? I don't review movies, so text only please...
posted by orange swan
on Nov 28, 2006 -
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my favorite book when i was a kid was a book with a series of 2-minute or so short stories. inside the front cover there were pictures that symbolized the stories and i would point to the one i wanted my dad to read. i remember some of the stories. one story was of a little girl who wanted a yellow raincoat. a second story was about a boy named Pele or something. a third story had to do with Couscous the detective. i have a 1 yr old son and i wanted to get that book for him but i can't find it. anyone have any ideas what this book might be called or how to get it? thanks
posted by dstrouse91
on Feb 24, 2005 -
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posted by deliriouscool
on Nov 18, 2004 -
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