The "neverending story" is also a good choice for a children's book. The idea that it's okay to dream and wish, but you have to wake up at some point... seems like it was forgotten somewhere along the way.
Also The Giver. "Equality of opportunity" taken to its logical conclusion. Children are separated from their biological parents and raised by those most qualified to raise children, children are selected and trained in the occupations most suited to them during school so they can reach their maximum potential, and infants deemed unfit are euthanized. A sterile world.
I read this book in Middle School, I think, possibly sooner, and its lessons stuck with me. A very stark book but a well written one, I'm very grateful I had a school that was fine with it being in their lesson plan.
Anything written prior to 1945 is likely to be acceptable.
However post-1945 you must be more discerning. CS Lewis (Narnia series & Space series) is excellent for elementary to teen children. Tolkien suits teenagers as well.
You can also look at Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter series), Robert E Howard, HP Lovecraft.
Science fiction is one category that I think you need to be extra careful around. Even generally good authors like Heinlein can use sci-fi as a vehicle to indulge their own fantasies about human nature. Heinlein has a lot of young women falling into harems of older men, for example. Many certain-ethnic sci-fi authors, like Arthur C. Clarke were sexual deviants and had warped ideas about how society should be
I remember reading The Pilgrim's Progress in grade school. It is a Christian allegory originally published in the 1670s. The story itself is fairly simple and straightforward, and a modern translation would be quite suitable for young children.
As mentioned before Pilgrim’s Progress, Wizard of Oz was a good book, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Steadfast Tin Soldier, and Alice in Wonderland. Also Narnia books
Just read the first book a few weeks ago. It's definitely based, but I would contend that it's not necessarily the best example of good prose. If you're looking for something more than brain candy, I would supplement MHI with some Tolkien or something like Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein or the like.
That said, it's a hell of a lot of fun and definitely gets firearms right in addition to wholeheartedly embracing their value and utility.
I'd also recommend Terry Pratchett's Discworld series for the 10+ range. Excellent set of books with clear morals after you get past Pyramids. There's a few misfires (Terry is very...British in disliking guns and feels they give an unearned sense of power, and one book displayed that. There was also the one about sports that just felt odd) but it's overall an excellent set.
I loved Brian Jacques' Redwall series as a kid. They're all classic "hero's journey" books starring anthropomorphic woodland creatures in a medieval setting. They have clear good and evil, but still show the consequences of war (namely death) on both sides. There's a consistent ethic of seeking peace, but fighting when necessary.
The "neverending story" is also a good choice for a children's book. The idea that it's okay to dream and wish, but you have to wake up at some point... seems like it was forgotten somewhere along the way.
Also The Giver. "Equality of opportunity" taken to its logical conclusion. Children are separated from their biological parents and raised by those most qualified to raise children, children are selected and trained in the occupations most suited to them during school so they can reach their maximum potential, and infants deemed unfit are euthanized. A sterile world.
I read this book in Middle School, I think, possibly sooner, and its lessons stuck with me. A very stark book but a well written one, I'm very grateful I had a school that was fine with it being in their lesson plan.
Same. It's probably the only book I read at that age that I remember.
Anything written prior to 1945 is likely to be acceptable. However post-1945 you must be more discerning. CS Lewis (Narnia series & Space series) is excellent for elementary to teen children. Tolkien suits teenagers as well.
You can also look at Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter series), Robert E Howard, HP Lovecraft.
Science fiction is one category that I think you need to be extra careful around. Even generally good authors like Heinlein can use sci-fi as a vehicle to indulge their own fantasies about human nature. Heinlein has a lot of young women falling into harems of older men, for example. Many certain-ethnic sci-fi authors, like Arthur C. Clarke were sexual deviants and had warped ideas about how society should be
I remember reading The Pilgrim's Progress in grade school. It is a Christian allegory originally published in the 1670s. The story itself is fairly simple and straightforward, and a modern translation would be quite suitable for young children.
My mom read that to us as kids. Great book
As mentioned before Pilgrim’s Progress, Wizard of Oz was a good book, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Steadfast Tin Soldier, and Alice in Wonderland. Also Narnia books
“The Dangerous Book For Boys”.
I haven’t looked at it in about ten years, though, so you might want to check and make sure it hasn’t been lobotomized in recent editions.
Watership Down and Animal Farm.
Monster Hunter International.
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Just read the first book a few weeks ago. It's definitely based, but I would contend that it's not necessarily the best example of good prose. If you're looking for something more than brain candy, I would supplement MHI with some Tolkien or something like Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein or the like.
That said, it's a hell of a lot of fun and definitely gets firearms right in addition to wholeheartedly embracing their value and utility.
Hatchet: About being self reliant and surviving.
Riftwar Series by Feist (you can also read follwoing books, but that is where it started). Just good, classic fantasy.
Holes by Louis Sachar is a good one.
I'd also recommend Terry Pratchett's Discworld series for the 10+ range. Excellent set of books with clear morals after you get past Pyramids. There's a few misfires (Terry is very...British in disliking guns and feels they give an unearned sense of power, and one book displayed that. There was also the one about sports that just felt odd) but it's overall an excellent set.
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I loved Brian Jacques' Redwall series as a kid. They're all classic "hero's journey" books starring anthropomorphic woodland creatures in a medieval setting. They have clear good and evil, but still show the consequences of war (namely death) on both sides. There's a consistent ethic of seeking peace, but fighting when necessary.
The books are also known for having detailed descriptions of food due to being written for disabled people.
Ah yes. Brian Jacques started out by writing stories to entertain the children at a school for the blind that he met through work.