pooh bear Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 My ds, 10, has just got a Kindle and wants me to fill it up for him, with some good classic books. Well I have added the old stand byes, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Sherlock Holmes, others by Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Andrew Lang, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Pyle. There are some others that I would like to download, but I want to make sure that they are OK for ds to read. I am looking at downloading books by H. Rider Haggard - He has read King Solomon's Mines H. G. Wells - He has read War of the Worlds John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps Rafael Sabatini Is there anything by these authors that would not be suitable for a 10 yo? Are there any other authors that you can recommend? Not the usual run of the mill ones, but the ones that don't get mentioned very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Victor Appleton has the Tom Swift series, Carlo Collodi wrote Pinocchio, David Cory has several adventure books for young boys (ds9 likes them), Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, Hugh Lofting wrote Dr. Doolittle, Edith Nesbit Five children and It. These are all available for free through www.gutenberg.org or one of the other free sites. I haven't read any of the ones you asked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Swiss Family Robinson. I can't think of any others off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalphs Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Off the top of my head... Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Robin Hood and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green A couple of my favorite resources for selecting books are... How to Grow a Young Reader by Kathryn Lindskoog The Hand That Rocks the Cradle by Nathaniel Bluedorn Honey for a Child's Heart, Honey for a Teen's Heart by Gladys Hunt You can view the books at www.amazon.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 This website has hotlinked lists of books in Ambleside Online that are available on Kindle. There are a lot of good classic books on that list even if you aren't using AO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAS in LA Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. It's for boys and girls with plenty of adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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