When I was a kid (long ago) my Mom read Kipling's "Just So Stories" to us and I loved them - I still love the Elephant's Child and "the banks of the great, greygreen, greasy Limpopo river all set about with fever trees". Haven't re-read them in years, so I can't comment on how well they've aged, but I loved the language and the humor. You do have to practice them - they can be tongue-twisty - but I have wonderful memories of them.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
bennett - Jul 30, 2020 7:22:24 am PDT #26060 of 28175
Toddson - Jul 30, 2020 8:21:38 am PDT #26061 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Listen, oh best beloved ....
Jessica - Jul 30, 2020 9:03:22 am PDT #26062 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've been reading the Paddington Bear chapter books to ltc, and she loves them. Any suggestions on other good chapter books for an almost 5 year old? I really like that each chapter in the Paddington books is it's only little story because if chapters end on cliffhangers there is sometimes a tantrum for another chapter.
Little Bear is good for that age, I think.
Wind in the Willows might not interest her as a story, but it's *lovely* to read out loud.
Toddson - Jul 30, 2020 9:05:23 am PDT #26063 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I still have my copies of A.A. Milne's poetry ... and I still remember bits and pieces of them. "Of all the knights in Appledore ..."
Jesse - Jul 30, 2020 9:13:57 am PDT #26064 of 28175
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree!
Cashmere - Jul 30, 2020 9:45:15 am PDT #26065 of 28175
Now tagless for your comfort.
Any suggestions on other good chapter books for an almost 5 year old?
Princess Pulverizer by Nancy Kulick
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale
The Kylie Jean series by Marci Pershke
The Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin
Molly Mac series by Marty Kelly
After Happily Ever After by Tony Bradman
Jesse - Jul 30, 2020 9:50:13 am PDT #26066 of 28175
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't have a personal rec, but I think my little cousins love the Princess in Black?
Cashmere - Jul 30, 2020 11:29:30 am PDT #26067 of 28175
Now tagless for your comfort.
Also, Heidi Hecklebeck by Wanda Coven.
chrismg - Jul 30, 2020 1:17:32 pm PDT #26068 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Speaking of Ursula Vernon, Hamster Princess.
Kate P. - Jul 30, 2020 4:08:22 pm PDT #26069 of 28175
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Princess in Black is so fun. I also love the Yasmin series by Saadia Faruqi and the Dory Fantasmagory books by Abby Hanlon. Also, if animal stories are her thing, she might like the Catwings books by Ursula K. Le Guin.