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Donna Marie
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Posted: Dec 12 2010 at 11:25pm \| IP Logged

I wanted to give my dc a tea set for Christmas with a few books to be read-aloud during tea time. What can you recommend? What books do you LOVE? My dc range in age from (almost)17yodd down to a 3mo dd..5girls 4 boys...

Please give me a good idea or two!!

TIA!!

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The Narnia books.. lovely story for the youngers.. so much depth for the olders.

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Posted: Dec 13 2010 at 10:37am \| IP Logged

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Tom Playfair Series by Father Finn

The King Arthur set (4) by Howard Plye (hilariously fun!)

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (funny!)

all of these books have appealed to all of my kids at any age.......and me!

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Posted: Dec 13 2010 at 10:53am \| IP Logged

Suzanne compiled a post with links to tons of different read aloud thread from the archives.

Read Aloud Threads from the Archives

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Posted: Dec 13 2010 at 10:57am \| IP Logged

I think that a fun read alouds to go with a tea set would be from classic British series where the children are often taking tea together.

Edith Nesbit's books like The Railway Children and The Treasure Seekers fit that description. Also, the Swallows and Amazons series does as well (though, in this case, it is instances of their getting a tea together while camping--very fun, just no tea set, lol).

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