feedback for "The 19 Best Read Aloud Books For All Ages"
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My husband and I threw out (okay, gave away) "The Runaway Bunny" after reading it a few times and growing increasingly uncomfortable with it. How is a story of love if the mother doesn't let her child out of her sights for a second and "blows [him] where she wants [him] to go"? It's a frightening tale of mother-child dependence with the mother being the weaker party.
Some of the other picks were fine, but clearly for the white middle class set. I tried a few of them (Basil E. Frankweiler, Westing Game, etc.) with my predominantly African-American students and they were bored senseless.
posted by : k54ed on 10/2/2008 at 1:10 PM Flag For Abuse
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I'm with k54ed: "The Runaway Bunny" is more than a little creepy. And my kids never sit through it.
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is one of the most fun books ever to read out loud. The Oompa-Loompa songs are hysterically funny. But wow, is it ever freaky to read "The Great Glass Elevator" right now. Dahl describes the current American administration to a T: not just the clueless president but his warmongering advisors as well.
posted by : Doc on 10/6/2008 at 9:42 PM Flag For Abuse
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I LOVED From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler when I was in elementary school. I seriously still daydream about it sometimes, and often when I'm in a public restroom I remember the siblings standing on the toilets so that the museum guards don't find them at closing time.
posted by : EG on 10/14/2008 at 1:35 PM Flag For Abuse
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Over the past 4 years I have scheduled in a weekly date to have a big story night for the whole family (not including bedtime stories). This gives us a chance to talk about other books that we are reading along with our thoughts, creative ideas and what we have planned for future reading. I try to choose the books that are to be readd on these nights carefully, and helping to spark something within my little ones imagination. I have an 8 yr old girl, 6 yr old girl and 3 yr old boy, it seem that no matter what I read I always seem to get the greatest responce from my youngest, (no matter what to age the book is directed to). "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak happened to be one of the books, my son began to ball himself up in my fluffy white blanket and claim to be covered in dough, not just any dough but chocolate chip cookie dough.... I really loved this book!
Another book that I have found so amazing is, "Are all the giants dead?" by Mary Norton, the detail in this book is just grand! Enjoy!
posted by : Dalpaz4 on 10/25/2008 at 7:48 PM Flag For Abuse
