What book would you read to your children?

Question: What book would you read to your children!?
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The Velveteen Rabbit easily!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are so many good books to read to children!. I must admit that I prefer the classics (or what I consider to be classics) like:

Kenneth Grahame's: The Wind in the Willows - always a favourite, especially reading about Toad's antics!.

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - action starts from the very first sentence!.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden - just a good, soppy story!.

C!. S!. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia - Although The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is the most famous, I particularly like The Horse and His Boy!.

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - though probably done to death by movie versions

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series of books - particularly like Little House in the Big Big Woods!. (The Little House on the Prairie television series was based on these books)

If you are looking for compilation books you could do 1001 Arabian Nights, The Blue Fairy Book, Grimms Fairytales, Hans Christian Anderson!.

So much good stuff out there!. Just pick something and get reading!. Your kids will love it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends what age/sex they are!
My small grandchildren loved
Giraffes can't dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees,
it is so silly, also Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae!.
Now the boys love any Thomas Tank, the youngest girl like Katie Morag stories!. The older ones like Narnia stories!. Take a trip through a good book shop you'll see 100's you like!. I sometimes have to buy one just for myself:- for example Dear Greenpeace by Simon James!. I stood and read it in the shop and laughed so much , I just had to buy it!.
Have fun, reading with your children [and grandchildren] is great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What ages!?

Toddler!?
The Monster at the End of this Book
No, David!
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
More, More, More said the Baby
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Preschooler!? The above, plus
Click Clack Moo
Detective Dinosaur
Alien and Possum
Knuffle Bunny
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Frog and Toad

Grades k-2!? the above, plus
Nate the Great mysteries
Magic Tree House books
Cam Jansen mysteries
(we like mysteries here)

Grades 3-4!? The above, plus
A Wrinkle in Time and other books by Madeleine L'Engle
Matt Christopher sports stories
other books depending on interest!.!.!.

By grade 5 I am no longer reading TO the kids, I am discussing books with them!. I read whatever they are reading and we talk about it as they make their way through the books and after they finish!.

As the kids learn to read, I try to read books that might be at their INTEREST level but are above their reading level!. In young kids there is a big gap between the number of words they can understand when they hear them and the number of words they can read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, cliched as it may be, the Harry Potter books are quite popular!.
Simmilar books they may like are;
The Septimus Heap Books ('Magyk','Flyte' etc) by Angie Sage!.
The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and C!. Riddell!.
Far Flung Adventures by " "!.
Children of the Red King by Jenny Nimmo!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I read loads of books to my children but the one book that used to make their eyes as big as saucers was Wind In The Willows!. They loved the story, they loved the illustrations, and I read it to them over and over again !.!.!. Oh please someone bring those days back!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Dolls House by Rumer Godden, its been reprinted and I have a copy ready to read to any grand children that may come along!. My children are now all grown up and too old to be read too!Www@QuestionHome@Com

War book bout justice, always read those to my little brotherWww@QuestionHome@Com

Snowhite or cinderellaWww@QuestionHome@Com

Harry Potter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

my favourite book as a small child was Clifford The SheepWww@QuestionHome@Com

my son loves The GruffaloWww@QuestionHome@Com

Goodnight Moon and You Are SpecialWww@QuestionHome@Com