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I started reading to my kids again, and I love it. Suggestions please.

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PippiL · 25/02/2013 21:43

I am so ashamed to say I got out of the habit. Their dad did it whilst I did "more important" things. I have missed out for a year or so now. Dd is 8 nearly 9 and ds is 5 nearly 6.

So I kicked my own crappy behind and started reading The Indian in the Cupboard. We are loving it. Day 4 and halfway through the book.

I have some years to make up for. I'm sad that it won't be long before they don't want a story.

What else can/must I read to them to make up for lost time?

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showtunesgirl · 25/02/2013 23:04

The Dark Is Rising Sequence. 5 books so lots to get through!

thornrose · 25/02/2013 23:01

Taggie, some epic spelling/typing fails in your post of 22.39 Grin

MrsTittleMouse · 25/02/2013 22:58

Dick King Smith.
:)

womblingalong · 25/02/2013 22:57

Little house in the big woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
The little white horse
Fattipuffs and Thinifers
The Phantom Tollbooth
the Snow Spider Trilogy
Thimble Summer
Emil and the Detectives

happybubblebrain · 25/02/2013 22:54

Read all the Roald Dahl books.
Pippi Longstocking - we love that the most and have read it 3 times now.
Clarice Bean books.
The Magic Faraway Tree - love.
Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island and other oldies.

thornrose · 25/02/2013 22:52

The Faraway Tree, and second Pippi Longstocking.

piprabbit · 25/02/2013 22:49

If you can do a broad Glaswegian accent, you might have fun reading Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett.

beeroclock · 25/02/2013 22:48

Super Fudge by Judy Blume, very funny!

jkklpu · 25/02/2013 22:47

Roald Dahl, My Naughty Little Sister, The Rats of Nimh

difficultpickle · 25/02/2013 22:46

I've just read the Windvale Sprites with ds (8). Really enjoyed the story and we both wanted to know what happened next.

LaundryFairy · 25/02/2013 22:45

Mr. Gum - loads of accent potential! DS and I laugh like drains every night.

SorryMyLollipop · 25/02/2013 22:44

The Borrowers
Pippi Longstocking
Emil and his clever pig

TaggieCampbellBlack · 25/02/2013 22:42

Lots of old classics.

Dido Twite and the Battersea ones.

The wolves of willoghby chase

Heidi

Anne of green gables

Fishandjam · 25/02/2013 22:41

Willard Price? I adored them when I was a kid. NOT just for boys, despite what the cover blurb might say.

TaggieCampbellBlack · 25/02/2013 22:40

Some for littlies. Lots for bigger.

Sheep

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MarianForrester · 25/02/2013 22:39

Second the Madame Pamplemousse recommendation.

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower too.

A Little Princess, or Ballet Shoes, if not too antiquated?

Beswitched is good too, tho maybe for when a bit older? And The Giant Under the Snow, tho it is a bit creepy..!

TheCatInTheHairnet · 25/02/2013 22:39

We're huge Roald Dahl fans here. It gives me loads of opportunities to put on silly voices!!

And don't be too hard on yourself. My youngest 2 (8 &9) have started asking me to read to them again. I didn't realise how much I'd missed it until I started doing it again.

TaggieCampbellBlack · 25/02/2013 22:39

Loads of Dick king smiths. Dome fir littlies snd lots for nigger ones. Saddlebottom, the sherp pig etc.

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PippiL · 25/02/2013 22:35

Dd currently reading the lemony snicket books by herself.

Yes, must retry the velveteen rabbit, was too old for them when I tried last.

Googling the others!

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TaggieCampbellBlack · 25/02/2013 22:34

I miss reading to the DDs.

Things we loved.....

The phoenix and the carpet
The treasure seekers
The wind in the williows
The little house books
Winnie the pooh and The house at pooh corner
Alice in wonderland

Anything from the library that caught their eye.

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PippiL · 25/02/2013 22:34

Dick king smith is perhaps a bit too young and animal related for my grown up dd though.

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InMySpareTime · 25/02/2013 22:33

The velveteen rabbit,
Redwall series,
a series of unfortunate events,
the bromeliad trilogy,
just so stories,
Hawthorne's fairy books,
Heidi
Anne of green gables
The secret garden

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PippiL · 25/02/2013 22:31

Regional accents are my speciality!

I think my ds has just moved on from julia Donaldson which was my fail safe option when I did read to them. It is nice to be able to explore some more advanced books now.

I remember a book called the queens nose which I loved as a child.

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nilbyname · 25/02/2013 22:30

My 4 year old is into Enid Blyton (faraway tree etc) and rhoald Dahl ( James and the giant peach, twits etc)

What about flat Stanley books too?

SavoyCabbage · 25/02/2013 22:29

The Indian in the cupboard is a series so you could keep going with them for ages!

Famous Five?

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