Wow, it‘s Friday again already! Time for the #bookishquestion of the week. Yesterday my son was discussing his thoughts on the Roald Dahl re-releases, so my question is: what‘s a book you loved as a kid that you love to recommend to children in your life? Are there books you loved that *don‘t* hold up well for modern readers? #BookTalk
TheBookHippie I read this every year for the past 35 years kids adore it, because it‘s real, no happy ending no resolution to bullies. Great conversations ages 6-18 every year.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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BlubberTheBookHippie I find in my #ChildrensClassicReads2023 (stared in 2019) most hundred year old books have something and even 50 years ago, cringe things. Many of the Dr Seuss did not hold up and the estate actually refuses to publish more. 1y
Bookwormjillk I've loved listening to the Ramona books with my kids. I don't think the Little House books have aged well. They're still worth reading but with a whole lot of discussion. 1y
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Tamra I keep suggesting my kids read Old Yeller and The Red Pony and they aren‘t having it. 😆 Just as well, because my daughter came in crying yesterday because a baby robin fell from its nest and was squawking/squeaking to be fed. My son tried to bring it in the house after feeding it worms. I told him I too tried unsuccessfully to keep a bird alive when I was a kid. Sadly, it seems we all have experience the lesson about the harshness of nature. 1y
dabbe I hold true to my E.B. White favorite: THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN (CHARLOTTE'S WEB is a close second). Third would be WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS. Must go cry now. 🥲 1y
Larkken I recently bought the Beatrix potter collection on audiobook bc I thought they‘d be nice to share, but I don‘t remember them at all, haha, maybe they‘ve aged poorly? I‘d probably look for E Nesbit books and have fond feelings for The Mouse and His Boy (and honestly for many Roald Dahl books ahha )… I don‘t think I‘d go for wizard of oz or dr Doolittle though! 1y
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