My kids (a boy and a girl) are now five years old, and my wife or I read to them every night before bed. I'd like to start reading larger books to them which we can stretch out throughout a week or more, by reading them a chapter a night. Please help me put together a great reading list of age-appropriate books that will capture their imaginations and inspire happy dreams.
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posted by zarq
on Apr 2, 2013 -
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My daughter is 3 years old, and I'm looking for recommendations for books to read aloud to her at night.
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posted by Nickel Pickle
on Mar 24, 2013 -
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Help me identify this book? Hardback, with illustrations of towns & shops; lots of detail, kind of cartoony, escalators & stairs crossing. 1960s/70s? Know it's not much to go on, but it's all he gave me. Have at it guys.
posted by ulanbator3
on Jan 27, 2013 -
8 answers
My five-year-old son and I just finished reading
Bone, and we need a new comic to read together. I'd prefer something with an ongoing story, but good non-serial comics are also welcome.
posted by mokin
on Jan 21, 2013 -
19 answers
Can you recommend an excellent board game (preferably involving some skill and thinking, and not an e-game) and an excellent illustrated book with a girls' sports theme (preferably soccer but not necessarily) as gifts for a 4 year-old girl?
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posted by Dansaman
on Oct 19, 2012 -
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I'm looking for recommendations for childrens' educational book series. It's for a 4-5 year old, but writing level is not important, as long as it has good pictures we can talk about (e.g. the DK Eyewitness series). Preferably, each volume is devoted to a single subject (no encyclopedias), and be available cheaply second-hand. Thanks!
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posted by carter
on Oct 6, 2012 -
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What are some rhyming kids' books (4-7 yrs) that are actually enjoyable for the poetry, as well as the story and pictures?
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posted by Bardolph
on Jul 13, 2012 -
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I need recommendations for books to give my nephews for their 2nd, 4th, and 6th respective birthdays!
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posted by Kpele
on Jun 20, 2012 -
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Children's novel: Protagonist is the son of deceased missionaries, retaining only a comforter and a photograph. He lives with an aunt and uncle, and the plot concerns his reintegration into non-missionary society. Setting is an island in New England, and there are scenes of driving on the ice in the winter to get to the mainland.
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posted by longtime_lurker
on Mar 20, 2012 -
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Does anyone know of any books for children around the age of 9 (a rather intelligent 9 year old mind you) that explores philosophical concepts, specifically metaphysics and epistemology. I gave him some old philosophy textbooks of mine, but they were a little too much for him I think.
posted by fightoplankton
on Mar 19, 2012 -
24 answers
What are the best books for young kids? I have two nephews and a niece (two 1 year olds and a 5 1/2 year old), and I've resolved to get them books for their birthdays and other gifting holidays. I realize that makes me the lame aunt, but I think it's important to surround them with as many books as they can get their hands on!
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posted by two lights above the sea
on Jan 18, 2012 -
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I need help identifying a children's book about a Giant who always oversleeps.
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posted by garius
on Nov 8, 2011 -
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I'm reading (and really enjoying)
The Glass Castle, and my wife and are about to have our first kid. What other memoirs or non-fiction books should I read that focus on parenting, raising kids in unorthodox ways, or just plain unique families?
posted by nitsuj
on Jul 14, 2011 -
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Finished The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh for the third time. Help us pick something new to read before bed to our two-year-old twin boys...
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posted by togdon
on Jul 11, 2011 -
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Can you think of any children's books that reference pretzels? I'm trying to remember a book in which a child spends her allowance on a pretzel stick and slowly licks the salt off--but it's NOT
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posted by pipti
on Mar 26, 2011 -
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Can you think of any children's books in which palm-reading is a plot point? I'm looking for books for kids about 7-12, so not primers, but not young adult, either.
posted by pipti
on Feb 10, 2011 -
7 answers
Need a book recommendation for my middle schooler. She just finished reading
The Gadget by Paul Zindel, and is interested in other books or movies, for that matter, that involve betrayal by a friend.
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posted by kbar1
on Feb 6, 2011 -
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Can you please recommend some children's book titles featuring father/child interaction instead of mother/child interaction?
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posted by sciurus
on Jan 18, 2011 -
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Help me make a list of nursery must haves (books and nursery rhyme CDs) that any english speaking toddler should have!
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posted by Omnomnom
on Jan 5, 2011 -
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I'm trying to remember a children's book. There is an explosive so powerful that a single grain of it would cause a huge blast. It is in the possession of a sinister person. Our tiny hero rides a bird, steals the explosive, and (spoiler) drops it in the ocean, where it detonates relatively harmlessly.
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posted by Eater
on Jan 4, 2011 -
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Which town in Norway is the setting for the start of Jostein Gardner's book "The Christmas Mystery"? We'd love to take our children to visit...
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posted by monster max
on Jan 3, 2011 -
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In search of fun - but informative - wedding books for our young ring bearers (ages 6 and 4) and younger flower girl (age 3)?
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posted by acorn1515
on Nov 29, 2010 -
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What do your children delight in when you read them picture books? I'm a writer who has been commissioned to write the text for one, and not having children, I was hoping for some insight.
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posted by PersonAndSalt
on Nov 7, 2010 -
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My daughter's birthday is coming up, and I'm looking for book recs. Lately, she's fascinated by time travel and, to a lesser extent, World War II. I'd love to buy her some books about these subjects, but am sort of stuck on what, exactly, to buy.
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posted by MeghanC
on Oct 24, 2010 -
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What movies and books should I introduce to my kids as they move towards adulthood? I would like to give my kids a solid foundation in books and movies outside of what will be thrown at them by the media and their friends. I turn to Mefi to give me a list of the literary and cinematic signposts that would broaden and round out a toddler, tween, or teenager.
posted by jasondigitized
on Sep 14, 2010 -
36 answers
I work with kids in an afterschool program ranging in age from 3-10. I'm contemplating having themes for a week where we do a lot of creative activities revolving around the theme. So, one week the theme might be "jungle animals" and we could make animal masks from paper plates, draw animals, make jungle animal puppets and do a puppet show, play a game outside involving jungle animals, read a picture book about jungle animals, etc.
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posted by booksherpa
on Sep 3, 2010 -
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Looking for intelligent writing (especially memoirs) on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting that aren't fluffy/mainstream "how-to" guides, as a gift to an expectant couple in their early/mid 20s.
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posted by autoclavicle
on Aug 30, 2010 -
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I'm buying books for a little girl and post-dating them for her third, fourth [...] twelfth birthdays. I need book recommendations for each year of her life!
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posted by zoomorphic
on Jul 6, 2010 -
59 answers
Frabjous day! My eight-year-old cousin likes biographies. What are good biography resources that are age appropriate?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Dec 30, 2009 -
22 answers
A friend's father passed away suddenly and he is having difficulty formulating a way to tell his daughter. What books would you recommend?
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posted by spec80
on Dec 16, 2009 -
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I'm trying to remember the name of a book I read as a kid in the early '80s. I believe it was published in the mid-to-late '70s. It was about some children watching telephone wires and thinking they could actually see the conversations as they were transmitted from home to home. It culminated with the kids trying to race their own conversation between two homes. I think it's called something like "The Spaghetti Telephone Race" but google offers zero in the way of help with that. Does anyone know what book I'm talking about?
posted by mprove
on Oct 21, 2009 -
1 answer
Help me find the title of this children's book about a boy building a cage/trap for a monster.
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posted by Kabanos
on Sep 16, 2009 -
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I've taken responsibility for a very small children's library and I'd love your ideas for making it awesome.
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posted by serazin
on Sep 3, 2009 -
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What made-up names does your very young child call favorite movies, books, games, or television shows?
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posted by Mo Nickels
on Jun 6, 2009 -
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Please help me identify this comical children's adventure story book from the 80s...
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posted by kumonoi
on May 8, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a couple of picture books I loved as a kid, in the late eighties. Unfortunately, the only thing I have to go on is really vivid memories of the pictures.
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posted by anderjen
on Mar 9, 2009 -
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