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A human heart posted:try every single book recommended in the book barn, OP
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Are there any decent progressive kids books? Things like the Lorax, I guess. I'm curious what children's literature comes out of Cuba or Vietnam or the Nordic countries with more socialist and egalitarian societies. All the cartoons she watches involve kids with individual magic powers uniting to right wrongs, but I'm hopeful since books are cheaper to create there might be some that deal with a less individual way of looking at the world and show the strength of communities and people working together.
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Apr 24, 2023 16:23
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A Strange Aeon posted:Are there any decent progressive kids books? Things like the Lorax, I guess. There are lots, like "Our Little Kitchen" by Jillian Tamaki, or "Last stop on Market Street" by Matt De la Pena. Edit, I just recognized your av, beware the Enchantress! yaffle fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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Apr 25, 2023 05:47
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A Strange Aeon posted:Are there any decent progressive kids books? Things like the Lorax, I guess. I'd say Tove Janson is a classic Nordic author but her comic strip got kicked out of the Green-left press for having bourgeois sympathies Arthur Ransome was heavily involved with the left wing press and the Russian Revolution (to extent that he was suspected of being soviet spy) Erich Kästner's books were burned by the Nazis
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Apr 25, 2023 08:58
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Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park are consistently and sincerely funny. She also did the Skinnybones books which I remember were pretty good, too. But, for sure, Junie B Jones. As your little one gets older, definitely do Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. I've never read Holes, but I can attest that Dogs Don't Tell Jokes is also tremendous. And, then, depending on their taste, I'd give a shot to My Teacher is an Alien, or really anything by Bruce Coville. I don't know anything about the current children's book market, I'm just tossing out things I know from being a kid or what my stepdaughter liked. I grew up in a Christian home, so I also read tooooooooons of Christian YA and stuff, and while there is actually a lot of gold there, it's not as easy to recommend.
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Apr 29, 2023 22:12
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I somehow saved the three sequels but not the original.
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Apr 30, 2023 00:47
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Great covers right there
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Apr 30, 2023 01:05
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I have never read any of those books but I sure as gently caress remember seeing them in my elementary school library
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Apr 30, 2023 01:15
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I loved those books, I still remember the damned piccolo solo plot lol
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Apr 30, 2023 15:39
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I really love Peter Spier's style and its a drat shame a lot of his books are out of print. Bored-Nothing to Do is one of my favorites, about a pair of brothers who build a plane out of random junk in their barn.   his art is so detailed yet sketchy at the same time, I kinda adore it
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Apr 30, 2023 16:14
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Peter Spier is lovely, of a similar vintage is Graham Oakley, best known for his "Church Mouse" books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qb45l1ygrE
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Apr 30, 2023 21:48
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an excellent book about children.
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May 8, 2023 16:47
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Friday Night Wrestlefest. https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Night...ps%2C162&sr=8-1 You get to read it in the tone and cadence of a professional wrestling announcer and it's just a fun book. I've been reading in nightly for months now with my two kids.
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May 8, 2023 19:08
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A Strange Aeon posted:Are there any decent progressive kids books? Things like the Lorax, I guess. Well, there's Pippi Longstocking... we have a collected edition of that lying around, and I just started reading it to Youngest (who is five) and then realized it's a sufficiently old edition that it's the un-revised version of the text. This may become a problem since Youngest is quite capable of reading for herself now, and I can imagine getting asked "Daaaad! What does 'Negro princess' mean?"
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May 8, 2023 19:54
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this may be a little advanced for this thread (maybe closer to 10+), but I agree with and would add Sophie's World and The Little Prince. also, a personal favorite for me was Moominvalley in November, but there may be better books in the series to start with.
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May 10, 2023 06:10
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lifg posted:I somehow saved the three sequels but not the original. holy smokes that takes me back
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My kid is super into Axolotls so when she saw "A is for Axolotl" she begged us to buy it for her Spoiler alert: it turns out the other letters don't also stand for Axolotl. She was disappointed. Rated 1 star out of 26
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My 5yo has recently had so many questions about where the first animals came from. Are there any good kids' books on evolution? I can only get so far in trying to help him understand what is an incredibly complicated scientific concept.
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Apr 9, 2024 17:28
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tom sawyer
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May 7, 2024 00:26
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terry pratchett discworld
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Good-Natured Filth posted:My 5yo has recently had so many questions about where the first animals came from. Are there any good kids' books on evolution? I can only get so far in trying to help him understand what is an incredibly complicated scientific concept. "How did I get here" by Philip Bunting is a good one. It covers everything from the big bang onwards, not just evolution. "Grandmother Fish" by Jonathan Tweet.
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