Children's book recommendations

[Irish Murdoch]

Lemony Snickett, Artemis Fowl, and the other fantasy stuff.

It's off-topic, but I have been reading the Lemony Snicket books with my son, and they are simply *SUPERB*: instant classics. They are literate, clever, ingenious, and carry a superb message about the nuanced nature of ethical life. Never mind my son: I can't wait for number twelve! They are such a relief after the lumpen prose of that illiterate goon J.K. Rowling ....

 

[Dragon]

Irish,

How about the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett? Not exactly sceptical but he takes well known legends, myths and beliefs to absurd (but strangely logical) places, or else he's turning them completely on their heads. Very funny.

 

[alfaniner]

Re: Re: Children's book recommendations

... When I was young I really liked a series of books called Encyclopedia Brown. They were very entertaining and got you to do a little thinking in the mean time.

JPK

Precisely the series which I was going to recommend. May be a little advanced for even a bright seven-year-old, but it is a series I remember well. And what better name for an adversary than "Bugs Meany"?

 

[Orangutan]

I remember loving "Where the wild thing's are" at that age. Buy books to feed his imagination. Buy toys that make him want to know how things work like, magnets or gyroscopes or microscopes or magic tricks (you can often find activity books with thinks to try that also the toy in the larger book stoors if you really want him to read). Books that just tell you how things work arn't always that interesting if you can't play with what you're learning.

O.

 

[Jas]

Re: Re: Re: Children's book recommendations

Second italics mine.

Or is it just me?

I think it would make a great sig line...

 

[Jas]

I have been reading the Lemony Snicket books with my son, and they are simply *SUPERB*: instant classics. They are literate, clever, ingenious, and carry a superb message about the nuanced nature of ethical life.

I love how he explains words: "Which in this case, boys and girls, means that...".

I agree, they are much better than Harry Potter.