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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 6:39am | IP Logged Quote kbfsc

Hello! I'm looking for good read-alouds for my second-grade son and K daughter... The combination of a rough-and-tumble aspiring professional soccer player and sparkly fairy princess is difficult. I was planning to begin with Milne's Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh but recently read that those are really recommended for older children. Any thoughts on that or recommendations for something else that might grab the interest of both children? I try to choose "older" or more sophisticated selections for our family-wide read-alouds (not that I'm particularly sophisticated, but you know what I mean...), so I'm thinking of something especially for littles - those selections that the big kids might roll their eyes about, but that I don't want the little people the miss.

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 9:11am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom

I think Pooh can be enjoyed by many ages. I would not rule it out for the little ones at all.

Another for the little ones might be Paddington Bear or My Father's Dragon.

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 3:33pm | IP Logged Quote Christine

I agree with Lindsay. My children have enjoyed Winnie the Pooh when they are young. Paddington Bear is a great recommendation.

Your children might like Mr. Popper's Penguins and A Nest for Celeste too. Jen recommended A Nest for Celeste on her blog and my children, ages 5-12, are enjoying listening to it. They keep asking me to read it outside of our normal reading time and when I finish a chapter, I usually hear, "Can you read some more?" or "Please read one more."

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 4:19pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn

Little House books, maybe Charlotte's Web?

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 4:22pm | IP Logged Quote jawgee

My husband read The Wizard of Oz series to my kids (two boys, two girls) and all four of them enjoyed it. It took him over a year because there are over a dozen books in the series.

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Dr. Dolittle, Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 9:21pm | IP Logged Quote kbfsc

Thank you, thank you! I have a wonderful list to start with now!

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Posted: Aug 11 2014 at 9:51pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn

Oh and my experience is that even if something is a "boy book" or a "girl book" that the other gender can and will still find it interesting.. I just try and pick something for the boys if we've just read something more for the girls.

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Posted: Aug 12 2014 at 8:53am | IP Logged Quote ekbell

Don't forget fairy tales.

Last year I too had a K d and 2d grade son.

I found it very useful to let the children take turns choosing stories (between longer books) rather then eliminate all stories that one or the other child wouldn't care for.    So sometimes we'd read an original Thomas the Tank engine book to my dd boredom and sometimes we'd read a girly book that my son didn't care for.

Oh, and I have always read Winnie the Pooh to my kids in first grade - starting with my baby brother - they've always enjoyed it.
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Posted: Aug 12 2014 at 9:29am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom

I have to admit I find the original Thomas books boring as well, so I have empathy for your dd, but the boys love them. I think it is all the action and sound effects that they love but I find tedious to read.

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