Books you hate reading aloud to your children

[RosaTransylvania]

Was thinking tonight, as I trudged through a book I particularly dislike, how often my children reject my carefully chosen good books in favour of utter tripe. We're talking the Rainbow fairy books obviously, or history-obsessed DD2's current favourites, the turgidly written My Story series (though I suppose they are educational).
DD3 hits me with Topsy and Tim, Little Grey Rabbit and the unutterably tedious Animals of Farthing Wood.
What do you hate reading aloud?

i think i love every barefoot book we have though.

puppy, we have Daddy Island and The Greatest Gift from Barefoot and they are wonderful books
I think Anita Jeram is overrated too berolina

We're going on a bear hunt... I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!!!!

Would endorse the hatred of the Thomas books. Got them for ds and even he (who likes every other book on the planet) can't be bothered with them.

BadZelda, I have indeed mentioned the Charlie and Lola books (huffy), am relieved I am not the only one. I'd rather gnaw my own arm off, then willingly read a Charlie and Lola book. Blardy Lauren Child!

Ohhh I love the Bear Hunt.

Hated Snail on A Whale though and gave it away.

Also loathe anything to do with Dora.

But most hated (by me) is "Miffy" specifically for the following:

"If we could have a baby now,
how lovely it would be,
said Mrs Bunny, I could shop
and cook and sew for three."

aaaarrrrrgggghhhhh

As it was a present from mmy much-loved sister, I can't bring myself to bin it so I have added in pencil,

"And I could become the chief executive
of a large blue-chip company"

The Naughtiest Girl at School

DAted and horribly moral and bullying

at dissing of Bear Hunt and Dear Zoo

firm faves chez Enid

casbie -I agree with Miffy. We have a few that don't rhyme or scan well at all -they sound really disjointed

I can't read "comic strip" books aloud - DS3 loves Tin Tin and Asterix - I love them too, but find them impossible to read aloud. It's made worse by the fact that DH can "do" accents and voices, so when he reads them all the characters sound different - I have a dull monotone and it's never quite as pleasing for DS3.

miffy is translated from dutch : nijntje in het ziekenhuis

but i think some are better translated than others.

I had the worst experience for a long time last night. DD3, in the throes of chickenpox so is currently she who must be pandered to, demanded a BALAMORY story that I thought had been disposed of at least a year ago.
AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH.

I hated reading Mr Men and those silly Misses; sadly we lost them (!). What I hate now is Harry Potter. Some books' prose just rolls off the tongue, some is virtually impossible. I find J K Rowling very hard. Much prefer Artemis Fowle and Northern Lights (yes, I know, dd's 8 and I still read to her!).

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Does anybody else think that The Tiger That Came to Tea is rather disturbing?

I find Harry Potter really difficult to read aloud as well - unfortunately DS has just got into them so I'm having to read them aloud a second time.

But my current most hated book is a favourite of DD2 - a PJ Masks books that I couldn't even tell you what it is about because I just glaze over and read it on autopilot. It's truly terrible!

Sam Pig and his fucking Fiddle. My kids loved it. It was looooooong and mind numbingly boring Having evil thoughts about buying it for DGS so my daughter can fully appreciate the horror that I endured night after night