tracyliebmann

Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
suggestions.
Tracy

Sandra Dodd

-=-He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
Harry Potter <<< can you believe??-=-

Redwall, maybe! Animals ninjas (kind of, not really; <g> medieval-
themed, animal characters, castles and all that, but not humans).



Sandra

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Kim H

<<My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
along.>>

My son is 8 and these are some books he's really enjoyed:

# anything by Andy Griffiths (very funny, and sometimes quite rude!)
# All the Morris Gleitzman books (funny and very 'boy' orientated although I think girls like him too)
# anything by Paul Jennings
# The two series that Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman wrote together: Wicked! and Deadly! (both are a little scary in some parts but things get resolved well in them and they move fairly quickly so there's not alot of time to dwell on the scary bits)
# The Narnia books
# Extreme Adventures books by Justin D'Arth (Shark Bait is his favourite so far. Very adventurous and thrilling and very fast moving).
# Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (we've just started reading her books, many of which are historical fiction)
# The Indian in The Cupboard series by Lynne Reid-Banks
# Roald Dahl - he's loved all of his books
# The Dragonology books - I think we've got nearly all of them

There's lots more which I can't think of right now but they are probably his most favourites. Lewi also hasn't gotten into Harry Potter like I thought he might. They're all so very different.

Happy reading!

Kim
#
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From: tracyliebmann
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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:13 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Books Your Sons Have Enjoyed??


Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
suggestions.
Tracy





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Nancy Wooton

On Feb 24, 2008, at 9:13 AM, tracyliebmann wrote:

> Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
> suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
> along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
> Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.
> Tracy
>

A couple of old ones (old enough that I read them when *I* was a kid!)
are "Rascal," about a boy and his pet raccoon, and "The Enormous Egg,"
about a triceratops hatching out in small town America. If the
animals he loves include horses, the Walter Farley books (Black
Stallion, which he wrote at age 18) are good adventures.

Nancy

Sandra Dodd

-=-# The Indian in The Cupboard series by Lynne Reid-Banks
# Roald Dahl - he's loved all of his books-=-



Oh right! Well received read-alouds here.

Shel Silverstein poems went over well with the boys. Holly preferred
Robert Louis Stevenson, poetically speaking.

Dr. Seuss is good for any age--not the beginning readers, but the
philosophical stuff. Yertle the Turtle, Sneetches, Horton Hatches
the Egg.

For reading people to sleep, books without pictures are usually best.

Sandra

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tracyliebmann

Thanks Everyone...off to library :-)



--- In [email protected], Nancy Wooton
<nancywooton@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2008, at 9:13 AM, tracyliebmann wrote:
>
> > Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
> > suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could
pass
> > along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey
or
> > Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
> > suggestions.
> > Tracy
> >
>
> A couple of old ones (old enough that I read them when *I* was a
kid!)
> are "Rascal," about a boy and his pet raccoon, and "The Enormous
Egg,"
> about a triceratops hatching out in small town America. If the
> animals he loves include horses, the Walter Farley books (Black
> Stallion, which he wrote at age 18) are good adventures.
>
> Nancy
>

riasplace3

I don't have sons <g> but right now I'm reading Freckles by Gene
Stratton Porter to my girls and they're enjoying it very much. When
we're through with it, I'm thinking of reading By the Great Horn Spoon
by Sid Flieshman (sp?) which is the book the Disney movie Bullwhip
Griffin is based on.

Those are the two that came to mind first.
: )
Ria

Vicki Dennis

Try Hank the Cowdog....if he likes the format then there will be 25 more to
choose from!

James Herriott (All Creatures Great and Small) might be "too advanced" but
if you are reading, then perhaps both can enjoy and you can always discuss.
I don't think the subject matter is any more complicated than, say, Tom
Sawyer. Lots of laughs, lots of animals. I would do #1 and/or #4 (All
Creatures or The Lord God Made..) since the middle two might be more
interesting to an older child or adult. Many of the chapters will function
as "stand-alone" stories so don't be frightened by the length.

The Great Brain series (J.D. Fitzgerald, with Mercer Mayer illustrations)
is, in my opinion, perfect read-aloud for a 10 year old boy with the added
advantage that *you* could enjoy them too. Some pathos and drama but
little that is "scary".

If he likes historical or past settings that have young boys as a main
character, then you might try Johnny Tremaine, Rifles for Watie, or Across
Five Aprils. That last one is by Irene Hunt who has several "juvenile"
books that do *not* follow the idea that books for children need to be silly
and watered down. My favorite by Hunt is probably No Promises in the
Wind.

Black Stallion series was a good recommendation. Pretty formulaic but
plenty of horses and plenty of adventure.

Any of the Ben K. Greene books or the Ralph Moody Little Britches series
lend themselves to segmented reading. They have a long common thread but
can be read like a collection of short stories.


I think it nice when "read-aloud" books are interesting for the person
reading as well as for the audience :-)

vicki



On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM, tracyliebmann <tracyliebmann@...>
wrote:

> Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
> suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
> along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
> Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.
> Tracy
>
>
>


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alimom2be

I'm usually a lurker here, but I just had to respond to this post
because our family loves books and reading. By the way, I'm Susan
and my husband, son, and I live in Tennessee. We've been unschooling
since my son was five. That's when I discovered John Holt, John
Taylor Gatto, Grace Llewellyn, found Sandra's website, and read The
Unschooling Handbook. There's a huge homeschooling community in our
small town, but we are the only unschoolers I personally know. That's
why I love this group.

My son is 9, he also doesn't like Harry Potter but loves
animals/wilderness books. He's an avid reader, mostly poultry
magazines and catalogs and anything non-fiction, but we always have
a "chapter" book going that I read to him. Right now we're reading
Julie of the Wolves and The Far Side of the Mountain (the sequel to
My Side of the Mountain - also a great movie) both by Jean Craighead
George. I love these books because of their unschooling flavor: kids
going out on their own, pursuing their interests, and learning
through real-world experience.

We also love anything by Kate DiCamillo. Besides Because of Winn-
Dixie, she has written some other great books like Tiger Rising, The
Tale of Despereaux (no ninjas but it's set in a castle) and The
Adventures of Edward Tulane.

My son really enjoyed two books by Meindert Dejong. Along Came a Dog
sparked an interest in chickens which led to his own flock and full
scale egg business which is doing great. The book Shadrach got my
son interested in rabbits - we now have 10 at our house!

Hope these suggestions help!

Susan

Katy

<<<<<Try Hank the Cowdog....if he likes the format then there will be 25 more to
choose from!>>>>>

49 more, there are 50 in all so far! The author, John Erickson, came to Alamogordo a few years ago. My sister-in-law was the head of the local school for the blind, and one of the kids just LOVED Hank the Cowdog stories, and asked her if she could get the author to come to the school. And she did!

We got to go too, he talked about how he started writing, about how he came up with the idea for Hank (a real dog he knew), and then he read from one of his books (#42).

He was really great with the kids, and spent extra time with the boy who requested that he come.

I have been wanting to get some of the books on CD, because hearing the author read them was incredible! They are really funny books.

My 12yo boy's favorite books are the Wayside School stories by Louis Sachar, they are hilarious.

Katy J


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harmony

my son is 10 and really enjoys the Childhood of Famous American books. He likes to see how famous people started out as kids and how lots of them had rough lives, different family situations, interest etc. and how they made things work out for themselves. I think the one about Babe Ruth was his favorite.
Harmony


> -------Original Message-------
> From: Vicki Dennis <vicki@...>
> Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Books Your Sons Have Enjoyed??
> Sent: Feb 24 '08 6:02pm
>
> Try Hank the Cowdog....if he likes the format then there will be 25 more
> to
> choose from!
>
> James Herriott (All Creatures Great and Small) might be "too advanced"
> but
> if you are reading, then perhaps both can enjoy and you can always
> discuss.
> I don't think the subject matter is any more complicated than, say, Tom
> Sawyer. Lots of laughs, lots of animals. I would do #1 and/or #4 (All
> Creatures or The Lord God Made..) since the middle two might be more
> interesting to an older child or adult. Many of the chapters will
> function
> as "stand-alone" stories so don't be frightened by the length.
>
> The Great Brain series (J.D. Fitzgerald, with Mercer Mayer illustrations)
> is, in my opinion, perfect read-aloud for a 10 year old boy with the
> added
> advantage that *you* could enjoy them too. Some pathos and drama but
> little that is "scary".
>
> If he likes historical or past settings that have young boys as a main
> character, then you might try Johnny Tremaine, Rifles for Watie, or
> Across
> Five Aprils. That last one is by Irene Hunt who has several "juvenile"
> books that do *not* follow the idea that books for children need to be
> silly
> and watered down. My favorite by Hunt is probably No Promises in the
> Wind.
>
> Black Stallion series was a good recommendation. Pretty formulaic but
> plenty of horses and plenty of adventure.
>
> Any of the Ben K. Greene books or the Ralph Moody Little Britches series
> lend themselves to segmented reading. They have a long common thread but
> can be read like a collection of short stories.
>
> I think it nice when "read-aloud" books are interesting for the person
> reading as well as for the audience :-)
>
> vicki
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM, tracyliebmann <[LINK:
> mailto:tracyliebmann%40hotmail.com] tracyliebmann@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
> > suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
> > along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
> > Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
> > suggestions.
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
>

Lara Miller

My oldest ds (9) loves Roals Dahl too. He has also really loved jean
Craighead George "my side of the mountain", "other side of the
mountain", "frightful's mountain". He really gets into that survival
stuff. He hasn't read any Jack London yet, I'm afraid I might loose
him to the wild forever! LOL oh and he has even read "into the wild"
and liked it.

Blessings,
Lara Miller
Currently just outside of Mobile, Alabama!
http://mytripjournal.com/millerfamily

On Feb 24, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

> -=-# The Indian in The Cupboard series by Lynne Reid-Banks
> # Roald Dahl - he's loved all of his books-=-
>
> Oh right! Well received read-alouds here.
>
> Shel Silverstein poems went over well with the boys. Holly preferred
> Robert Louis Stevenson, poetically speaking.
>
> Dr. Seuss is good for any age--not the beginning readers, but the
> philosophical stuff. Yertle the Turtle, Sneetches, Horton Hatches
> the Egg.
>
> For reading people to sleep, books without pictures are usually best.
>
> Sandra
>
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>
>
>


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Joanna Murphy

At that age my son loved The Magic Treehouse books--and then when he was reading on his
own he went back and read them all.
Joanna

--- In [email protected], "tracyliebmann" <tracyliebmann@...> wrote:
>
> Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to him...but needs
> suggestions...thought you all would have some titles you could pass
> along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
> Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.
> Tracy
>

Lara Miller

Love the redwall series. We found them all at a great used book store
But only read 2-3 at this point.

ALL of my kids love the Little House series. We have been reading
them together since the summer.

Blessings,
Lara Miller
Currently on our way to Phoenix!
http://mytripjournal.com/millerfamily

On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

> -=-He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not like scarey or
> Harry Potter <<< can you believe??-=-
>
> Redwall, maybe! Animals ninjas (kind of, not really; <g> medieval-
> themed, animal characters, castles and all that, but not humans).
>
> Sandra
>
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>
>
>


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Kim King

Not sure if your son likes dogs specifically or not,
but Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley" was a fun one
that we read aloud. Jack London's "The Call of the
Wild" was a really run read for us too.

kim k

--- tracyliebmann <tracyliebmann@...> wrote:

> Hi~ My DS is wanting me to read books aloud to
> him...but needs
> suggestions...thought you all would have some titles
> you could pass
> along. He is 10 and loves ninjas, animals, does not
> like scarey or
> Harry Potter <<< can you believe?? Thanks in advance
> for any
> suggestions.
> Tracy
>
>
>
>
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Krisula

My son loves the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy series and also the Artemus
Fowl series. The Hitchhiker's guide is available on cd read by the author.
He was a very funny reader. Also available as a radio drama that aired on
BBC radio 20 years ago - still funny.



Krisula



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Mamachaos

"Hank the Cowdog" b John Erickson series is great! My hubby read these to the boys with great character voices for each dog. We were disappointed with the author's rendition of his own work! LOL

I think there are like almost 100 Cowdog books.....we've never found them all, but they sure are great! My boys were 4, 8 and 12 at the time and each child LOVED them in their own way.

Kelley

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Mamachaos

"Hank the Cowdog" b John Erickson series is great! My hubby read these to the boys with great character voices for each dog. We were disappointed with the author's rendition of his own work! LOL

I think there are like almost 100 Cowdog books.....we've never found them all, but they sure are great! My boys were 4, 8 and 12 at the time and each child LOVED them in their own way.

Kelley

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Karen Smith

We adore Hank! There are 50 of them and we have read them all!! A couple of years ago we drove to Tucson, AZ and purposely went through Ochiltree County, TX and the town where John Erickson lives. We took my son's picture in front of the Ochiltree County sign holding up his stuffed Hank and Drover! We are huge fans!!

Karen

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