No, I have no point...
I've always felt like I'd like to have spent more time with my kids. I've traveled for my job off and on, sometimes as much as 20 weeks a year; and now Hannah and I share custody, so I only get them half time.
However, I was on a date with Samantha tonight to see the movie Hellboy (not exactly Citizen Kane, but not bad.) On the way back we started talking about the books I'd read aloud to her and David, and there were quite a few, which made me feel better.
But what I'm really interested in is what other people have read to their kids -- and what I could still read to my kids that would be interesting to teenagers.
So if you feel like it, give me some ideas in the comments; in the meantime, here's what I remember reading to my kids...
Lots of Dr. Suess
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Tarzan
The Yearling
Where The Red Fern Grows
Deathwatch
The Survivor
The Giver
A Wrinkle In Time
The White Mountains
The City of Gold and Lead
The Pool of Fire
The Hobbit
Cheaper By The Dozen
The Enemy
Mama's Bank Account
Old Yeller
Savage Sam
Have Space Suit, Will Travel
The Education of Little Tree
The Bible (no, not the whole thing)
posted by Rob @ 2:55:00 AM
10 comments
10 Comments:
Try reading "The Book Thief" together. It was the best book I read last year, and technically in the "Young Adult" category, although I don't know that I'd have limited it that way. It was fantastic; narrated by Death, though, so don't expect a light read!
No Zane Grey books ? I think those were one of your favorites when you were a kid.
This might not be the same for your kids, but when I was their age my favorites were: Count of Montekristo, Three Musketeers, and Stories of Sherlock Holmes. All of them not only classics, but also a lot of fun. If you could get thru Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, I’m sure these will be piece of cake for you and kids.
thx guys - all good suggestions.
Island of the Blue Dolphins too, just remembered
The Education of Little Tree
A Tree grows in Brooklyn
The Little Tree
just a coincidence that it's all about trees
thx alleykat -- and i added The Education of Little Tree to the list of "already dids".
PS. i loved that book -- but did u know about the author's past life? it's interesting... http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/2001/12/20/carter/
wow, I never knew that, I'm takin' that book off my Google favorite book.
I read a really good authorized-by-the-author-condensed version of the Gulag Archipelago. I'd recommend that to anybody and everybody. The whole book is so depressing that almost no one finishes it, thereby missing the best part which is an almost happy ending.
I read a really good authorized-by-the-author-condensed version of the Gulag Archipelago. I'd recommend that to anybody and everybody. The whole book is so depressing that almost no one finishes it, thereby missing the best part which is an almost happy ending.
Post a Comment
<< Home