................... Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My son just doesn't have the time or desire to be read aloud to. He's busy with school and computer, but my dd really misses read aloud!! So ...suggestions very welcome. She doesn't like anything scary or gory or depressing. Neither do I. We have loved many types of books. I bought two books off the sonlight eastern list and they were a real fail, too depressing. I don't want biographies or missionary stories...just something good to read, but not twaddle obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 How about something really fantastical and beautifully written, like The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge? Here are my thoughts on it: http://www.hopeisthewordblog.com/2012/11/29/read-aloud-thursday-the-little-white-horse-by-elizabeth-goudge/ If realistic fiction is more her thing, you can't go wrong with Eleanor Estes. We've enjoyed the Pye books (Ginger Pye and a Pinky Pye) and The Moffats. http://www.hopeisthewordblog.com/2010/09/09/read-aloud-thursday-ginger-pye-by-eleanor-estes/ http://www.hopeisthewordblog.com/2010/10/14/read-aloud-thursday-pinky-pye-by-eleanor-estes/ http://www.hopeisthewordblog.com/2013/01/31/read-aloud-thursday-the-moffats-by-eleanor-estes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Did you want a classic or something lighter? Is she particularly mature or more childish in her reading tastes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Chronicles of Narnia series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My DD's favorite recent read-alouds were Ella Enchanted and The Ordinary Princess. (Neither is as frufru as it sounds. LOL) She also loved The Little Princess and The Secret Garden. They both have an element of sadness but happy endings. Oops. Spoiler alert. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 OK, she read every single book already suggested,but some of them are quite good books! Other than Secret Garden but she is not ready for the mournful scary aspect of the cries. ANy more ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I fear this is out of print, but perhaps you can find it at your library. The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard with illustrations by Richard Jesse Watson From School Library Journal "A young girl, wishing to make her mother a birthday surprise, searches for her great-grandmother's secret recipe for the cake of the title. The recipe is found in an old diary, the secret ingredient turns up under the grand piano, and at midnight the cake is baked. Following directions, the girl spells LOVE backwards in the sugar, and three angels appear in the kitchen to add a spectacular icing and a golden thimble to the birthday morning surprise. Willard's considerable talents are confined here to what appears to be a marketable gift book, perfect for birthday parties. Watson decorates the story with full-color, realistically detailed pictures that rely heavily on stars, feathers, butterflies, and flowers to set the mood of magic and mirth. The mainstream American family of the story is balanced by three eccentrically ethnic angels: one a white-haired male in patchwork, one a Japanese beauty, and one a small black child with cornrows. Fine quality paper and gold-leaf endpapers provide the glossy packaging for this lighthearted, sugar-coated bit of whimsy." --Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. You might also look for books illustrated by Jane Ray. She has some wonderful collections of folk tales, etc. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Momo (hard to find, I had to order my copy from the UK) Howl's Moving Castle Thimble Summer (almost anything by Elizabeth Enright, actually) Ozma of Oz Mio, My Son Ballet Shoes Nurse Matilda Where the Mountain Meets the Moon At the Back of the North Wind Peter Pan and Wendy (or Peter Pan in Scarlet, if you've read the original Peter Pan already) The View from Saturday The Invention of Hugo Cabret Twig The City of Ember The Night Fairy Tumtum & Nutmeg The House Above the Trees The Wind Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Dd10 suggests the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Anne of Green Gables or Emily of New Moon series by L.M. Montgomery, Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series. Have fun! Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Sounds like she's read a lot of the young kid standards out there already... Have you done The Saturdays books? How about something by Wendy Mass, like Eleven Birthdays? Wendy Mass has a lot of books that are a nice tween bridge between younger kid middle grade novels and older kid YA novels. We recently read and enjoyed Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, which was light and fun. Seconding the fantasy suggestions Alte Veste made. Or maybe something by Diana Wynne Jones? Or Shannon Hale's Bayern series? Those are a little older, but not inappropriate and would be fine as a read aloud, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 DD9 and I just finished The Hobbit by Tolkien as a read-aloud, and we both loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I second The Hobbit. Percy Jackson is quite engaging. Both my son and I liked finding all the mythological references. My son is completely sucked into The Candy Shoppe War, but it is nothing classical. Just a fun, enjoyable read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 What about the Patricia St. John books? The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews is a favorite of my girls, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 OK, she read every single book already suggested,but some of them are quite good books! ... I don't think that anyone has mentioned the books found here. At first you may think these are all historical fiction, and they do have great stories set in ancient and medieval times! The Hittite Warrior, for instance. But they also have just old-fashioned good stories set in the modern era. If you would like something about charming, rich family life, check out the author, Hilda Van Stockum. Here is one of her popular books. Most of the Bethlehem Books are so well done, but not very well known! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Series of unfortunate events are fun read alouds. Tale of Despereaux is great to read aloud. Family under the Bridge is short and sweet. Classics like The Hobbit, or even LOTR. Historical fiction like Secret of the Andes or Julie of the Wolves. Something modern like Calpurnia Tate. Nurse Matilda or Mary Poppins books are fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 What about the Patricia St. John books? The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews is a favorite of my girls, too. Thanks Donna! I actually started reading the Last of the Whangdoodles aloud....and was totally concerned about a message it sent...my son even said he felt it was sending a really awful message. I ended up trashing it rather than giving it away....Have you read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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