tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post4088071309580440144..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Books for boys. Or girls. Or both?nappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26708757275602975122014-06-04T19:14:33.981-04:002014-06-04T19:14:33.981-04:00The Little House series, a great idea!! I hope w...The Little House series, a great idea!! I hope we carry on reading out loud for as long as possible and with a girl and a boy I definitely look for books that are not too gender specific (mostly, though LMM has got a penchant for a girly horse book at the mo...). As mentioned above Charlotte's web is another wonderful book and fav of oursTanyahttp://www.bump2baiscs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-61597105550587509552014-05-27T09:19:25.582-04:002014-05-27T09:19:25.582-04:00Thanks for reminding me about E Nesbit - I loved t...Thanks for reminding me about E Nesbit - I loved the Treasure Seekers and Five Children and It as a child. Need to get the boys onto those<br /><br />Littleboy 1 has read all the Roald Dahl stories - they are timeless, and gender-less too. nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-53425373840626598672014-05-26T10:01:16.317-04:002014-05-26T10:01:16.317-04:00Great post! Totally agree. My girls enjoy a good...Great post! Totally agree. My girls enjoy a good fantasy/adventure book just as much as they enjoy the princess/fairy books. Right now we're reading "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". They enjoy the Roald Dahl stories as well. It's fun reading the EE Milne books again too. I read them a few years ago and now reading them again, my 7 year old giggles through the stories. So fun to see how they absorb the same story differently a couple of years later :) The definition of timeless I think!Was Living Down Underhttp://waslivingdownunder.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26658815373823529382014-05-25T03:51:59.866-04:002014-05-25T03:51:59.866-04:00I completely agree with you: I read the boys all ...I completely agree with you: I read the boys all of my favorites when they were small -including Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, and the Little House Books. I am reading 'Charlotte's Web' to my 4th graders at the moment (their English isn't quite good enough to get it on their own, so I'm reading it with them and it is a joy) and the boys enjoy it as much as the girls. One series that #2 really loved in elementary school was Spiderwick - it is about a thousand times better than the film and we were both terribly disappointed after having loved the books so much. I was a huge audiobook fan when they were small and we listened to just about every Narnia book on CD in the car going to and from soccer/music lessons/ whatever. <br />I read all the Milne books with my mother growing up and we still quote each other verses from the poetry collections ("King John was not a bad man, he had his little ways, and sometimes no one spoke to him for days and days and days.")MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-60994616629758711242014-05-24T19:56:30.693-04:002014-05-24T19:56:30.693-04:00My son likes science fiction and world history boo...My son likes science fiction and world history books In my view, time spent reading, is time well spent. <br /><br />We also like "Murderous Maths" by Kjartan Poskitt, "Logic Puzzles," - Osborne Activity Cards, and "Maths Quest," by David Glover. These books/activity puzzles make math fun and develop strong skills at the same time.<br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-45417169889543512012014-05-24T19:37:15.321-04:002014-05-24T19:37:15.321-04:00Thanks for the Secret Garden recommendation - just...Thanks for the Secret Garden recommendation - just watched it with my 9 yr old daughter who loved it! Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166988754300136546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-53340174130886024842014-05-24T05:27:45.850-04:002014-05-24T05:27:45.850-04:00THe Phoenix and the Carpet! That's ringing som...THe Phoenix and the Carpet! That's ringing some distant nostalgic bells...<br /><br />My kids are fairly gender-divided in their reading, so you've made me think. Actually, the older two have pretty much stopped reading, which is so sad. Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-65941091227922781642014-05-24T03:31:55.537-04:002014-05-24T03:31:55.537-04:00Completely agree. My 13yr old girl was completely ...Completely agree. My 13yr old girl was completely into the whole Percy Jackson series. Our 16yr son is mostly into fantasy of all sorts now but when he was younger we read all sorts to him.<br /><br />One series we've all loved, adults and kids, boys and girls, is Suzanne Collins' Underland Chronicles, which your 9 yr old might enjoy if he's already into Percy Jackson.<br /><br />As you say, good writing is good writing. Just wish that my kids had inherited my love of historical fiction, as I kept all my childhood favourites. I've read them all the Geoffrey Trease books, and they enjoyed them, but they never pick them up on their own.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-38314181757849634832014-05-24T03:29:52.629-04:002014-05-24T03:29:52.629-04:00The Phoenix and the Carpet,the 70s BBC version.The Phoenix and the Carpet,the 70s BBC version.Elodienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-75151664765953095102014-05-24T03:28:30.532-04:002014-05-24T03:28:30.532-04:00Really interesting post.My boys are 10 and dd9. Al...Really interesting post.My boys are 10 and dd9. All 3 are avid readers.My 3 loved the Little House series I read to them and adore the TV series.<br /><br />Just finished reading The Secret Garden to them which dd loved but the boys did get restless during(the Yorkshire language I think). However they adored the TV series,we have the same DVD.The music really took me back.<br /><br />They love the ENesbit books.I'm currently looking for the BBC series of that too.It's becoming an obsession!<br /><br />Elodienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-76367405117064215382014-05-23T17:46:31.383-04:002014-05-23T17:46:31.383-04:00Anthony Horowitz was on the news a few months back...Anthony Horowitz was on the news a few months back, saying just the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com