/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18910454]

I have a kid on the way and could use a little book collection. I would appreciate it if he doesn't grow up to be a old dumb fuck like his old man so I plan on reading to him every night. Including in the womb reading to him. So yeah, got any books for this /lit/?

[Anonymous No.18910456]

>>18910454
Blood Meridian

[Anonymous No.18910467]

>>18910454
>I plan on reading to him every night.

At last some decency in the world. Based future father.

[Anonymous No.18910488]

>>18910454
The Republic by Plato

[Anonymous No.18910501]

Acquire Homer, Xenophon, & Herodotus.

[Anonymous No.18910508]

>>18910454
The giving tree
The hungry caterpillar
Get kids novels like Harry Potter to read to him early on, and point at the words and tell him what they are. Use words like table, so you can show him the written word, the spoken word, and the actual table.

t. early childhood psychology anon

[Anonymous No.18910512]

>>18910454
You have a unique chance. Don't mess it up.

[Anonymous No.18911137]

>>18910454
Every kid has to have Animalia
Also, when he's old enough to listen, The Swiss Family Robinson

[Anonymous No.18911279]

>>18910454
Check out the “I Can Read!” book series. It was my early childhood.

[Anonymous No.18912246]

Children's encyclopedias with a lot of pictures. Space ships and dinosaurs are cool too. Books about weapons and military stuff but with a lot of pictures. If it's a girl just get her a barbie lol

[Anonymous No.18912894]

>>18910454
The Hobbit
Obviously not for when he's just learning basic words and whatnot, but there's a reason that the Hobbit has been a mainstay in children's literature for almost a century. A fun adventure that instills a desire to see the world in a young child's brain is an incredibly important thing. Reading is great (and it's the mark of a good father that you want to read to your son), but it's important that one doesn't retreat into books instead of seeing the world.

Also, don't give your kid a personal iPad (or ideally any iPad). My god, the amount of times I go out to eat and see a family where the kids just have screens stuck in their faces so their parents don't have to talk to them is heartbreaking. Talking to kids is important, you need that face to face time with adults when you're growing up.

[Anonymous No.18912947]

>>18910454
>Including in the womb reading to him
lmao whispering up the missus' cunt

>Books about weapons and military stuff
nutter alert

[Anonymous No.18912979]

>>18910454
Alice in Wonderland
The Secret Garden
Narnia
Finnegan's Wake
Summa Theologica

[Anonymous No.18913018]

>>18910454
>Including in the womb reading to him
This is retarded

[Anonymous No.18913028]

>>18910454
Thee Psychick Bible

[Anonymous No.18913030]

My boy liked Hercules stories because there are cool monsters in them. I read up on them and then just told them. My girl needs to hear Green Eggs and Ham every night. They both like Berenstain Bears (inb4 timeline shift). Little Bear and Frog and Toad are good (inb4 authors are gay, doesn’t affect the stories either way). Golden Books are cheap and pretty classic. I love Richard Scarry, I Am A Bunny has great artwork, lots of his books are good for showing older tech, Busytown stuff has fun messes and also lots of tech, current and antiquated. They love Mother Goose.
Read ANYTHING to them, put off any form of video as long as possible. Learn to tell stories without books. Sing to them. It matters.

[Anonymous No.18913146]

>>18910454
Here are my top 50 picture books.
Remove Beekle. It's actually not that good.

[Anonymous No.18913154]

>>18910454
Here are my top 50 picture books.
Remove Beekle. It's actually not that good.