I only know about girls 
So, on the basis that we are better anyway, I will be recommending Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery and similar, to be followed by Austen and Bronte. Then they can read whatever they like. Oooh, and Roald Dahl. And Philippa Pearce. OK, the list is very very long.

So, on the basis that we are better anyway, I will be recommending Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery and similar, to be followed by Austen and Bronte. Then they can read whatever they like. Oooh, and Roald Dahl. And Philippa Pearce. OK, the list is very very long.
It's going to be fun, really.

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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading?
29/10/2009 12:02:04 PM
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My choices.
29/10/2009 01:20:07 PM
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Re: My choices.
30/10/2009 10:34:51 AM
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Heh.
06/11/2009 03:34:38 PM
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Re: they're going to get locked into a library full of books I will allow them to read.
29/10/2009 08:20:04 PM
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Dude. Don't censor your kids' books.
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30/10/2009 02:19:22 PM
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Re: Dude. How will they learn to read under the covers if I don't? *NM*
30/10/2009 04:06:08 PM
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Wait, what?
I only read under the covers when I was scared.
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31/10/2009 05:46:13 AM
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Re: I read under the covers, by torchlight, with a decoy book so they'd not know what I was reading.
31/10/2009 09:30:18 AM
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Such a bizarre mental image to an American.
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06/11/2009 01:41:14 AM
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I could not work out why it would be a bizarre image.
06/11/2009 03:27:26 PM
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Precisely. I was wondering how the sheets wouldn't burst into flames. *NM*
08/11/2009 06:54:49 AM
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I realise I forgot to include Beatrix Potter in my list. The shame.
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06/11/2009 03:37:19 PM
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Re: What books (other than SF-F) do you consider "vital" reading?
08/11/2009 04:19:18 PM
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