I want to know some classic books, like Moby Dick, A Christmas Carol, etc, that I can read to a very smart 10 year old!.
I was thinking pre-20th century, but they don't have to be!.
Can anyone think of any!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Books & Authors> What are some classic books to read to (or be read by) children?Question: What are some classic books to read to (or be read by) children!? I want to know some classic books, like Moby Dick, A Christmas Carol, etc, that I can read to a very smart 10 year old!.
I was thinking pre-20th century, but they don't have to be!. Can anyone think of any!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Not sure if the very smart 10 year old is male or female, so I'm including a mix of books preferred by boys, girls, and both!. Treasure Island Little Women A Little Princess The Secret Garden Anne of Green Gables Black Beauty Understood Betsy Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kidnapped The Hobbit Robinson Crusoe The Swiss Family Robinson Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn Rascal Sherlock Holmes The Three Musketeers The Little Prince Gulliver's Travels poetry by Robert Frost Edith Hamilton's Mythology The Wind in the Willows Watership Down Lorna Doone Aubrey/Maturin series 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in 80 Days The war of the Worlds White Fang Short stories by O!. Henry Frankenstein Dracula The Jungle Book Don Quijote The House of Seven Gables so many more!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com black beauty is a good one!. also, there are lots of publishers out there that make versions of many classics geared towards a younger audience!. They have all of the shakespeare plays made for children, teens, and they even have them in comic book form now!. A tree grows in brookyln is a really great classic book that can be read by a younger audience, its a really great book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The "fabulous five" novels by Enid Blighton!. I couldn't put them down when I was ten!. The characters were Julian, Anne, their little brother and Cousin, Georgina and her dog!. There are quite a few books in this series!. Robinson Crusoe is another!. Any story featuring a boy shipwrecked on a south sea island and surviving cannibals!. Go to your library and ask!. You will find heaps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Hi! The little Prince by Antoine S!. Exupéry it's a must have!. And important to all group ages!. The 3 mosqueteers, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott The phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux There are so many! Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainWww@QuestionHome@Com There are many rewrites of the old favorites and as a writer myself I am learning that nothing I write is new to the world of reading but it is new to me and in that knowledge I am happy to re-discover the world without words makes for a new beginning!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Aesop's Fables!. !. !. !.ask him what the story is trying to teach before you read the moral of the story!. !. !. !.it's a game and learning lesson all in one!. !. !. !.You will be surprised at his reasoning abilities,!. !. !. !.Www@QuestionHome@Com Little Women was (and still is) one of my absolute favorites! - To Kill a Mockingbird - Dracula - The Hobbit - IvanhoeWww@QuestionHome@Com A Fortunate Life by A!.B!. Facey The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith by Thomas Kennealy Treasure IslandWww@QuestionHome@Com The Secret Garden is a great book!. Try The Wind in the Willows and things like Five Children and It!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Gullivers Travels by Johnathan Swift The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonWww@QuestionHome@Com Little Women Anne of Green Gables Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Sherlock Holmes mysteriesWww@QuestionHome@Com |