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Books to Read Aloud to a Kid an Adult Can Love, Too

Robert W. Moore (Chicago, IL USA)
Qualifications: Parent and Philosopher

The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set by C.S. Lewis

$27.00 Used & New from: $21.00

Best read in the original order, which emphasizes the children's discovery of Narnia rather than Narnia's "objective" history. The greatest children's fantasy of the 20th Century.

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
$28.35 Used & New from: $9.95
Read this aloud to my daughter, Elizabeth, when she was 3-4. Awesome experience. Believe it or not, I did a different voice for every character in the book.

A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
$11.05 Used & New from: $2.97
Great poetry, not just great children's poetry. Have given several copies to adults, some of them appreciative poets.

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

$6.50 Used & New from: $1.30

Read to my daughter when she was five. Great for provoking discussion.

Matilda by Roald Dahl
$10.39 Used & New from: $2.11
One of Elizabeth's favorites, but I liked it, too. Dahl is a wonderful corrective for all those overly sweet kid's books out there.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Oxford World's Classics)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Oxford World's Classics) by Lewis Carroll
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My daughter would roll on the floor at Humpty Dumpty's commentary on "Jabberwocky." The greatest children's story ever?

Grandfather twilight p (Paperstar Book) by Barbara Helen Berger
$6.99 Used & New from: $3.00
This was nightly ritual reading for nearly two years. Utterly gorgeous illustrations. Right up there with GOODNIGHT MOON as a going-to-bed classic.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry

$9.00 Used & New from: $3.32

Actually, more for adults, but kids love this also.

Piping Down the Valleys Wild by Nancy Larrick
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An absolutely marvelous collection of poetry that children can love. We read "The Moon's the North Wind's Cookie" almost nightly.

The Twits by Roald Dahl
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More malicious nuttiness from Raold Dahl. Putting worms in spaghetti, convincing someone they are shrinking, funny, funny stuff.

Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics)

Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
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Read this to Elizabeth when she was eight. The scene where Elizabeth Bennet's father tells her she most choose between him and her mother may be her favorite scene in literature.

Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5)

Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5) by J. K. Rowling
$25.80 Used & New from: $20.42
I admire J. K. Rowling for making each successive novel in the series better than what came before. She is keeping trust with her fans.

The Time Quartet Box Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters)

The Time Quartet Box Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters) by Madeleine L'Engle
$16.38 Used & New from: $11.99
A wonderfully intelligent, thoughtful, and brilliant series. I read the first book to my daughter on an Amtrak ride from Boston to Chicago.

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe
$4.99 Used & New from: $0.46
I did unique voices for all the character's in all books I read Elizabeth, but my "Chester" was my favorite. The whole series is first rate.

Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd

$5.99 Used & New from: $1.28

Another nightly ritual book from age two.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
$11.02 Used & New from: $3.08
I bizarrely missed this one as a child, but the great thing about being a parent is you get a second chance!

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
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Because I'm divorced, Elizabeth spent her summers with her mother. I read this book on tape so she could read it when she was with her mother.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Aladdin Fantasy) by Robert C. O'Brien
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Also the basis for a marvelous animated movie, this is a very fine novel with a strong female character, which is important for a young girl.

The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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I read this to my daughter on the phone during a period she was staying at her mothers. Hemingway's simple language is very appealing to kids.

Where the Sidewalk Ends : Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

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Kids are not encouraged sufficiently to be morally anarchistic. Fun stuff.

Where's Waldo? (reissue) (Waldo) by Martin Handford

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Guilty confession time: I think I enjoyed trying to find Waldo as much as my daughter did!

Scary Stories Boxed Set by Alvin Schwartz
$11.68 Used & New from: $10.28
We would read these in a darkened room lit only by several candles. Well-told, genuinely scary stories, but in a fun way.

The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin
$11.16 Used & New from: $0.89
Like Lewis and L'Engle's works, this is a book that is deeply religious yet powerfully imaginative at the same time. A wonderfully inventive work of literature.

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingrid D'Aulaire

$15.72 Used & New from: $14.94

We preferred the Norse book to their companion book on the Greek myths. The Norse gods are just so much more likable.

The World of Pooh : The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne
$15.74 Used & New from: $2.24
A delight to read with a child, even if the parent is "a bear of very little brain."

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