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Lads. I have a 3 year old boy and a 1 year old girl. What books would you recommend I read to them in these early years? I’d like to get them familiar with children’s classics and get them hearing about ancient myths and legends. Are there any good resources you can point me to? Thanks in advance

>> No.20968170

>>20968124
Brothers Grimm

>> No.20968176

>>20968124
Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

>> No.20968179

>>20968124
it depends if you want them to be moral or not, if the latter - bible verses, simplified, if the former - greek mythology

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20968180

>>20968124
Hansel and Grettel

>> No.20968181

>>20968124

15 to be going on with:

https://archived.moe/lit/thread/19259701/#19264229

>> No.20968214

My dad read us Narnia when me and my siblings were young. 3 is probably a bit young for that I suppose

>> No.20968226

I started really early and my mom not only read to me but started forcing me to read even fairly difficult books. Find books conducive to reading to them and teaching them to read at the same time.
Simple picture book classics are key to that.

>> No.20968227

>>20968226
>fairly difficult books.
like what?

>> No.20968230

>>20968124
The hungry hungry caterpillar

>> No.20968267

>>20968124
"The Brothers Lionheart", when they're about 6. Highly recommended.
It positively affected my approach towards mortality. Some parents say that it is "too dark" for children or whatever, but that's just because it avoids your average sugar-coating of death. It also very engaging.

I also highly recommend the "Five Children and It" trilogy (Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet).

>> No.20968279

>>20968176
This.
That's the stuff that can accompany you through your entire life from your earliest years.
They do require your enthusiasm if you're going to read them to your children, though.

>> No.20968285

>>20968227
I honestly can barely remember. I vaguely remember when I was like 5 she forced me to binge read the entire little house on the prairie series despite not being f*male. There was a lot leading up to that ofc.

>> No.20968288

>>20968124
Hmmm...Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. Start em off right. If you want something cheerier, try C.S. Lewis

>> No.20968344

>>20968124
Cat in the hat

>> No.20968354

>>20968124
The Bible

>> No.20968359

Roald Dahl is a treasured memory of my childhood reading. He writes about good children receiving rewards and naughty children being punished, which I think is extremely absent from contemporary children's media.

>> No.20968360

>>20968124
no books. just sit them in front of a screen that's blasting porn all day. sissification hypno porn for the boy and cock addiction bimbo slut hypno for the girl. thank me in 5 years.

>> No.20968366

>>20968124
What are their names?

>> No.20968372

>>20968359
I read him too. Shame the woke mob went after him over muh auntie semitism

>> No.20968382

Aesop's fables

>> No.20968878

start with the Greeks

>> No.20969060

>>20968124
The chronicles of Narnia

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>>20968124
Nothing. Read in front of your children often and they will more than likely pick up on the habit. You can't force kids to adopt behaviors and hobbies.

>> No.20969076

>>20968124
>What books would you recommend I read to them in these early years?
kid books, what the fuck else are you going to read them.

>> No.20969087

>>20969075
poor anon. you missed out on the sublime pleasure of having your parents read bedtime stories to you. truly sad.

>> No.20969100

>>20969087
No my mom forced me to read books and play phonics games to the point I absolutely despised reading as a kid.

>> No.20969113

>>20969100
yeah, like i said, you missed out on having bedtime stories read to you. op was asking what to read to them, not what he should give them to read. i agree that forcing an interest on a kid is not good. so I'm doubly sorry that you were forced to do something you didn't enjoy. may you heal from your traumas anon

>> No.20969144

>>20969113
I was read bedtime stories too. You can read your kids whatever you want but if the goal is make them avid readers, which I'm assuming is OPs real objective, then don't force it.

>> No.20969146

>>20969100
Sounds nice

>> No.20969156

>>20969144
In that case, I wholeheartedly agree.

>> No.20969167

>>20969100
Can you describe what you and your mother looked like back then? I'm trying to vividly picture these situations in my head but I don't know what you two looked like at all

>> No.20969327

>>20969167
Devastatingly handsome and beautiful.

>> No.20969333

>>20969075
My mim definitely forced the habit on me. It's possible if you have sufficient time and are willing to force the matter.

>> No.20969343

>>20968359
Kids love this too, that's why they make Caillou Gets Grounded Grounded Grounded videos

>> No.20969425

>>20968366
Sneed and Chuck