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Posted: Oct 23 2007 at 3:15pm | IP Logged Quote CKwasniewski
I'm wondering how this is? Is it very cute or more like a Little House pace?

I'm looking into getting a couple of these to read to my kids, esp. for my little dd (5). However, my son (8) also should not be put off by them. Are they mainly about the little girl?

Also, are they boring? I need to have something that keeps MY interest too.

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Posted: Oct 23 2007 at 3:58pm | IP Logged Quote Bethany
CK,

We just started Happy Little Family today and read the first chapter. My dd (5) and dd (just turned 4 on Sunday) both enjoyed the first chapter, but it was primarily about the 4 yo daughter. I'm not sure an 8 yo boy would enjoy them. I don't know whether I think it's as good as Little House, but I have loved Little House since I was a young girl.

We just finished Happy Times in Noisy Village and my 5 yo thought it was great and wants to read another one. If you haven't read these, I think a boy would find this more interesting.

Love to hear what other people say about this series so I can decided whether to invest in the rest of the books.



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Posted: Oct 23 2007 at 8:12pm | IP Logged Quote donnalynn
Our family enjoyed the whole series - ages 4 thru 12 at the time. There is an older brother in the series that an 8 year-old boy could relate to. My boys were 4 and 7 when we read them.

The Fairchild children also get progressively older as the series goes on.

I loved them! But I'll take a story about wholesome rural life any day!



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Posted: Oct 24 2007 at 6:30pm | IP Logged Quote CKwasniewski
Thanks for the input ladies. I think I'll start with a later one and see how it goes. If anyone is interested, I'll post again with a review. Seems like this series is not so well known...

And I put the Children of Noisy village high on my amazon list!

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Posted: Oct 25 2007 at 1:28pm | IP Logged Quote almamater
We enjoyed the series; my son will listen to any books I read aloud. I even told him I was just reading Milly-Molly-Mandy for the girls and he didn't have to listen. He always found an excuse to stay in the room for those little girl stories.

Then again my 5yo daughter has enjoyed, for the most part, listening to the Little Britches series which I would consider more for the older elem/middle school boy set.

Anyway, we really liked the Fairchild series.

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