Everyone has responded so well to the movie thread that I will ask about books.ajamj wrote:Occasionally, I get overly ambitious. This may be one of those times.
I would be lost without my books. If you were to ever visit my home you would find three bookcases in the living room, four in the office, one in the den, and books stacked everywhere. I do mean everywhere: under tables, behind chairs, on the kitchen counter, in storage tubs in the basement. Any flat surface will do.
Depending on the purse I'm carrying, there are one or two in there and a few in each van. I have forced this on my children. I have always read to and with them. They, too, own many books. I even offer incentives (okay, bribes) to the older kids to read books that I recommend to them. Elijah and I read together for pleasure, not school work, everyday for at least one hour (which is why I disappear by 8pm).I own several books on the subject of "best childrens books". Recently, I realized that these books are from when HollyAnn and Nick were young and that they are seriously out of date. There is also a distinct lack of Christian themed books on the lists. We do get books from the "suggested reading" lists that his school and our church provide, and I pick up anything that catches my eye at bookstores, thrift shops, and rummage sales. I'm wondering what you would suggest? We read everything: it's more important that he can understand the book than be able to read it himself. I have read him many books that would not be considered for children (those $2.97 Heroes of the Faith biographies are great, Jeeves and Wooster, Sherlock Holmes).
Tell me what you think that we should read. Obvious ones, too.
Even though I had Eli in mind as I wrote this, all suggestion are welcome. Just let me know about the age appropriateness.
These are mostly republished works from the past few centuries, so they might be harder to read for some people than modern books. 
They do have footnotes throughout to explain difficult or archaic words. They are really worth reading though!
,
