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Which children's books are you going to force your kids to read for their own good?

>> No.801552
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801552

Joyce nostalgia

>> No.801573

>>801543
those look good

>> No.801588

The Chronicles of Narnia
Sabriel
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Chrestomanci
The Jungle Book
Carries War
Goodnight Mister Tom
Animals of Farthing Wood
101 Dalmatians
The Borrowers
I could go on but this is getting silly

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801589

This.

>> No.801590

animal farm
the hobbit

>> No.801593

i read the middle book in OP's picture.
all i can say is: what the fuck.

>> No.801594

>>801588
I forgot The Hobbit
Always the Hobbit

>> No.801619

>>801589
Protip : this is not a children book, at best it's a book children can read.

>> No.801729

The Little Prince
The Chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter
Sabriel/Lireal/Abhorrsen
Tamora Pierce's Tortall series (esp. for young girls)
Lois Lowry
Grimm's and Anderson's fairy tales
Beatrix Potter
The Princess Bride
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Treasure Island
Peter Pan
The Jungle Book
The Wizard of Oz

depends what stage the kid is at and all of that stuff, i mean that's just like a no matter what list above. and i would probs read out loud to them some of the more difficult works for some bonding time. :]

>> No.801732

The Edge Chronicles.

Anyone who's read them loves them.

>> No.801736

The Bartimaeus Trilogy

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>>801543

>Which children's books are you going to force your kids to read for their own good?

>force your kids

Alice Miller, google it faggot... and read a fucking book.


>>801736
>>801732
>>801729
>>801619
>>801594
>>801593
>>801590
>>801589
>>801588
>>801573
>>801552

Are all you fucking faggots actually responding as if you would FORCE your kids to do anything?


pic related, its me.

>> No.801749

>>801742

hey, it's just a colloquial term. i'm sure OP didnt mean we'd have them tied up in a chair reading. more like we would suggest these books over and over annoyingly. like most parents do. chill out man.

>> No.801753

>>801742

Actually, I would.

Without encouragement and a leading step, they'll be lax, and I couldn't stand to have that. Granted, they might not grow up to be good at the things I like, but god damn it they're not going to sit around all day. I'd never be able to forgive myself.

>> No.801758

>>801753

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about or you are trolling, please... if you are going to have kids read Alice Miller.

>> No.801760

I'll force my kids to read books I want them to hate when they get older.

>> No.801761

>>801758

So you're forcing me to read Alice Miller?

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>>801742

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>>801761

>please... if you are going to have kids read Alice Miller.

>>801761

>So you're forcing me to read Alice Miller?

>> No.801768

>>801764

So you're forcing me to read Alice Miller if I'm to have kids, in order to appease social convention?

>> No.801771

>>801768

>So you're forcing me to read Alice Miller if I'm to have kids, in order to appease social convention?

>asserting that requesting someone politely to read a book is force.

>asserting that its social convention to read books on psychology.

>> No.801772

aSoIaF

>> No.801773

>>801771

> Asserting that it's not easy as fuck to troll /lit/

> Implying that you look smarter if you find a synonym for "implying" to stop people realising you're using the implying meme

>> No.801776

>>801773

>asserting that "asserting" is a synonym for "implying"

>> No.802004

>>801593
It was HARRRRDCOOORRREE!

Children's fiction needs more harrowing tales like this , other Robin Jarvis books, The wolves of Willoughby Chase and Watership Down.

Damn I love Robin Jarvis. Shit got fucking real every time.

>> No.802015

>>801742
You're right. I wouldn't force them to read anything.

I'd just give them the book and give them an incentive to read it.

If my progeny are anything like me then they'll like reading anyway.

>> No.802022

The qur'an

>> No.802029

MOTHERFUCKING REDWALL

YOU'LL READ STIRRING TALES ABOUT HEROIC MICE AND WOODLAND CREATURES KICKING ASS WITH SWORDS & SHIT AND YOU'LL LIKE IT YOU LITTLE SHITS

>> No.802047

I'm saving all of my Goosebumps books for my future children, I have around fifty.

And all the regulars, Hobbit, Harry Potter, Ulysses, etc.