Book suggestion needed...or I'll give you the people's elbow!
December 15, 2008 7:31 AM   Subscribe

The bookstore I run is beginning a weekly "celebrity" hosted Kids reading program. I need recommendations for books for the hosts to read, but specifically, I need a book recommendation for our kick off week which is hosted by a WWE wrestler.

I know there is at least one group of juvenile offenders, disabled and special needs children coming in, but I don't know what to expect otherwise.

I need suggestions that would cover a wide range of ages and interests, but also not take a prohibitively long time to read aloud.

We have a pretty ginormous kids section, so hopefully I'll be able to find any books suggested, but please feel free to give me a wide selection to choose from just in case!
posted by highfidelity to Media & Arts (8 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I would love to hear Dinosaur vs. Bedtime read by a professional wrestler. Roar! Roar!
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:47 AM on December 15, 2008


Best answer: Where the Wild Things Are. Although I do have to admit that I love that book and would love to hear it from anyone.
posted by theichibun at 8:01 AM on December 15, 2008


It's very short, and for very little kids, but "Little Gorilla" is very sweet, beautifully illustrated and would be great read by a professional wrestler.
posted by dirtdirt at 8:05 AM on December 15, 2008


Can you get in touch with the wrestler himself? Maybe ask him what his favorite book growing up was.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:47 AM on December 15, 2008


Response by poster: Unfortunately, he was already asked if he had anything in mind to read and had no suggestions.
posted by highfidelity at 9:22 AM on December 15, 2008


Smash!Crash! by Jon Scieszka.
posted by Alex Voyd at 9:57 AM on December 15, 2008


Another picture book - The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers.

Some chapter books - The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, The Twits or any of Roald Dahl's other y.a. stuff, Elisabetta Dami's Geronimo Stilton books, The 13 Clocks by James Thurber.
posted by Alex Voyd at 10:23 AM on December 15, 2008


I like the idea of dinosaur books read by a wrestler. We're the Noisy Dinosaurs (Crash, Bang, Wallop) by John Watson is a good one!
posted by h00py at 3:11 PM on December 15, 2008


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