[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 2.04 MB, 1371x1387, Ännu_sitter_Tuvstarr_kvar_och_ser_ner_i_vattnet.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2264611 No.2264611 [Reply] [Original]

For the upcoming holiday, I'm hoping to buy three books for some children I know. However I don't necessarily want them to be "children's books", just any book that is well-made and possible for them to understand.

More information on the kids:
1.) 4 years old, Male, likes trucks and sports, not really bright
2.) 8 years old, Female, smart
3.) 10 years old, Female, likes classical mythology, good reading abilities

Any ideas?

>> No.2264615

phantom tollbooth, motherfucker

>> No.2264616

>>2264615
This. Motherfucker.

>> No.2264618

>>2264615
Very interesting. I've never heard of it before.

>> No.2264625

Lolita by Nabokov
Mein Kampf by Hitler
The 120 Days of Sodom by Sade

>> No.2264628

For #3 buy her a copy of The Hobbit

>> No.2264633

Harry Potter remains as one of the greatest books a kid can read. If they still haven't, I'm sure they will love it.

>> No.2264637

Harry Potter.

>> No.2264641

>>2264633
>>2264637
Ah fuck, that's right. I knew there was something i was planning to get. Although I do remember one of them saying they were scared of it because of magic or something. Wusses.

>> No.2264643

Hard to argue with some of these posts... You're getting surprisingly solid advice. Phantom Tollbooth.... The Hobbit... fuck yeah.

I would add: The House with A Clock in Its Walls (and maybe a couple of the other books in the series)

>> No.2264645

The Little Prince
Puzzle Island
Sophie's World

>> No.2264651

I've found that a shit-ton of kids who love to read Harry Potter never really read anything else

in other words, while HP might be fine, it's not the book I would go to to inspire a habit of reading in young people

it seems to be devoured more like a movie or video game for some reason

>> No.2264653

Artemis Fowl is surprinsigly good, specially the first 3 books. You may take a look at that as well.

>> No.2264657

>>2264651
i think a lot of people only read the first couple books and then watched the movies and that's it

also, it's not really fair to say "a large population of people read this and then stopped reading so it's not efficacious in promoting reading." we should really be asking whether more people read in this world compared to a world where harry potter never existed. it could be the case that a lot of people who read it don't read now, and yet it was still really good at promoting reading. we just don't know.

>> No.2264662

>>2264657
no sense

>> No.2264663

At 10 I read His Dark Materials. Good shit. Also Wind on Fire Trilogy for either of the girls. Hobbit is a brilliant rec for that age. If you think they could put up with something long and tricksy, maybe some Dickens?

What else was I read at that age... Redwall? Fucken awesome. Robin Jarvis - the Deptford Mice is a cool, kinda scary anthro trilogy. Dianna Wynne Jones, Skulduggery Pleasant...

You got a lot of options, anon. Buy them everything. 7 to 12 was a golden age of reading for me - cultivate that interest in them.

No idea for the boy tho. Some classic like where the Wild things are?

>> No.2264675

A Wrinkle in Time, maybe? I'm no expert on kid-accessible novels.

>> No.2264681

is 8 too old for Matilda? if not, get that kid Matilda

>> No.2264682
File: 246 KB, 892x899, sagan-om-algtjuren-skutt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2264682

Very good suggestions so far. Much appreciated.

>> No.2264692
File: 45 KB, 315x475, salamandastron.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
2264692

the 8-yr-old might could get into the redwall series

pic related is one of my favorites; the protagonist is a headstrong girl badger, so depending on her disposition she might even relate.

as for (1), maybe find a graphical-novelization of Transformers 2. (3) might could get into a dumbed-down version of 'the odyssey'.

>> No.2264701

>>2264692
Good suggestion and also and interesting point about graphic novels. I've been curious about them recently, but I don't know any that would be good for a kid.