You can buy this thing on amazon. It starts at $777

Cajun Night Before Christmas

wowwwww I knew this looked familiar. They used this picture for an old book I had that was supposed to be the journal of a marine named Patrick Seamus Flaherty.....weird.

Here it is:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-Flaherty/dp/0439148901

EDIT: I guess this book was fiction.... If only 8 year old me knew.....

Wow, I didnt realize this was an actual book

http://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Official-Handbook-Collecters-Collectors/dp/0439154049/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1395788886&sr=8-6&keywords=pokemon+book

I think it's from the book "The Titanic Book and Submersible Model with Toy".

https://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Book-Submersible-Model-Toy/dp/1581840594/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1498569508&sr=8-3&keywords=titanic+sinking+toy

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Factory-SEALED-Brand-New-The-Titanic-Book-and-Submersible-Model-Discontinued/132226877137?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44731%26meid%3D7b5188437e144eee8345617143e4a559%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D221248904670

In case anyone didn't grow up reading this book this quote is referencing

Have I got the book for you...

Amazing.
When I was a kid we had "this little piggy had french toast" and "miso soup with rice"

Once they have complete authority of airports they'll move to the next mode of transportation. Someone already did a study on this and I think it's pretty accurate.

Watch Cosmos or other science video. Do science learning activities - Arduino is a thing now.

Or read a book.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No (LINK)

by Dan Barker

In today's media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No is a charming introduction to self-confidence and self-reliance. The book's ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is always asking questions because she knows "you should prove the truth of a strange story before you believe it."

"Check it out. Repeat the experiment. Try to prove it wrong. It has to make sense." writes Barker, as he assures young readers that they are fully capable of figuring out what to believe, and of knowing when there just isn't enough information to decide. "You can do it your own way. If you are a good skeptic you will know how to think for yourself."

Another book is "Me & Dog" by Gene Weingarten.

And Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Books 1, 2, 3

Here Comes Science CD + DVD

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

Bang! How We Came to Be by Michael Rubino.

Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution

Also:

Greek Myths – by Marcia Williams

Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs – by Marcia Williams

God and His Creations – by Marcia Williams

"I Wonder" by Annaka Harris

"From Stardust to You: An Illustrated Guide to The Big Bang" by Luciano Reni

"Meet Bacteria!" by Rebecca Bielawski

See also Highlights for Children - this has materials for younger children.

Atheism books for children by Courtney Lynn

"It Is Ok To Be A Godless Me", "I'm An Atheist and That's Ok", "I'm a Freethinker", "Please Don't Bully Me" and "I'm a Little Thinker" etc.

Courtney Lynn has a couple more for grown ups as well.

Grandmother Fish, free in PDF form online

A child's first book of evolution.

15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Secular Families

Bedtime Bible Stories by Joey Lee Kirkman - for mature teens only

Coming up: TINY THINKERS is a series of books introducing popular scientists to children, by telling their stories as if the scientists themselves were kids!

Dr. Seuss already covered this satire pretty well in "The Butter Battle Book." It should be required reading for world leaders and diplomats.
http://www.amazon.com/Butter-Battle-Book-Notable-Classic/dp/0394865804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211316313&sr=8-1

Rainbow Goblins

One of my all-time favorites!

Pokedex 3D Pro and the old Pokemon Handbook (can't link to the page but you can click Look Inside) both pronounce it Ruh-Ta-Tah.

Percy Jackson and The Olympians

This is probably not it, but if anyone ever comes upon this looking for something similar, it could be Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

> Further, the notability guideline seems rather specious: "If it's in print, it's golden."

http://www.amazon.com/Official-Pokémon-Handbook-Maria-Barbo/dp/0439154049

if you want this.. here are your buying options
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1581840594/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Christian Mythology For Kids could be useful too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1631775235/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

unless you want a steak from a nicer restaurant and like it cooked a certain way... you are confusing personal opinion with fact

a better cut of meat cooked any way is still a better cut of meat cooked a different way, dont think you are elite because you like what you like.

p.s. I prefer mine rare, so not arguing for my sake but know many of folks that prefer their steaks burnt to shit, its what they like no one can change what they like. They aren't better than anyone because they like it burnt, and no one is better than them because they prefer it unburnt.

To support my thoughts, I would suggest reading http://www.amazon.com/Butter-Battle-Book-Notable-Classic/dp/0394865804

Try Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0380791714?pc_redir=1406918851&robot_redir=1

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/006440465X/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/192-1344088-3016421 I think I still have all of them somewhere.

Christian Mythology for Kids https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631775235/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gMNlzb3BBCBJV

Also, edit:
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/153220-books-about-christian-mythology-for-non-christians/

I am also looking for similar books as I'd like my 3 year old to understand cultural references. According to the linked discussion, an illustrated children's Bible should be fine if used as just a source for the stories as they were told.

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"

Or Goosebumps

Also try the Born with a Bang series - three books that go from the big bang to the formation of life to evolution to modern animals.

Also, the ""My Name is America" series was one of my favorites when I was that age.

WWII

Vietnam

Civil War

> but not children's books because she is at an adult reading level.

It is great that she is precocious, but she is still a little girl. There are things you won't understand until after puberty and, besides, who doesn't like a good story?

Have her read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. It should be perfect for her and she will love it.

Also get her a copy of Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. One of the best adventure books ever written. It's a touch slow in the beginning, but once they get to sea you can't put the book down.

If you want to give her something a little bit on the mature adult side, The Universal Traveler is an extremely unique and interesting book. It is mature and adult in terms of abstract concepts. No sex or violence. Nothing offensive whatsoever. Not sure if it would interest her, but it's a terrific method for channeling creativity and working through processes. And much more. She might get more out of it at 14 or 15, but there is something useful inside for everyone. One of my favorite books.

Letters From Father Christmas is the most complete, as far as I know. The annoying thing about Amazon's reviews is that they group together reviews of different editions, making them largely worthless. :-(

Here is the big bang cosmology explaiend as picture book, orstansibly with the universe as the narrator. Its science presented as myth in language that toddlers can follow.

Dawkins' The Magic of Reality takles similar querstions in language targeted at older children.

Some of Carl Sagan's monologes from the original Seires of Cosmos are also worth mentioning as examples of scientific fact expressed as in a very poetic and near mythological way.

Must be a HGTTG fan. :-) http://www.amazon.com/The-Hitchhiker-Trilogy-5-Books/dp/0330437569

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1581840594/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

From elsewhere in the thread. You better find it.

Hi :-) "Before" is the wrong term. ;-) Time itself came into existence with the big bang.

Wikipedia simple english

> - It could be said that time had no meaning before the Big Bang. If the Big Bang was the beginning of time, then there was no universe before the Big Bang, since there could not be any "before" if there was no time! Other ideas state that the Big Bang was not the beginning of time 13.8 billion years ago. Instead, some believe that there was a completely different universe before the Big Bang, and it may have been very different from the one we know today.


Also, haven't read it myself yet though,

• https://www.amazon.com/Born-Bang-Universe-Tells-Cosmic/dp/1584690321 might be worth reading
  
   
  
  
  Another quote
  
  http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-beginning-of-time.html
  
  > Since events before the Big Bang have no observational consequences, one may as well cut them out of the theory, and say that time began at the Big Bang. Events before the Big Bang, are simply not defined, because there's no way one could measure what happened at them. This kind of beginning to the universe, and of time itself, is very different to the beginnings that had been considered earlier. These had to be imposed on the universe by some external agency.
  
  > It seems that Quantum theory, on the other hand, can predict how the universe will begin. Quantum theory introduces a new idea, that of imaginary time
  
  
  Headache yet? :-)
  
  Basically, what did happen if we could observe the big bang from "outside"? There are theories ranging from that there's no real beginning (big bounce, universe expanding and contracting over and over again), that the singularity is a black hole in another universe, chaotic inflation theory / universe foam bubbles, and much weirder things. So far, it seems difficult to ever prove any theory.
  
  

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Kinda reminded me of kids book Big Orange Splot

There's this but I have no idea of its quality: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Mythology-Kids-Chrystine-Trooien/dp/1631775235&ved=2ahUKEwj55Kvb-qveAhUoTd8KHViRC7IQFjALegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw11c17Bt8mOosO2qNVUetvq

Honestly, your best bet might be Veggie Tales.

Reminds me of The Boxes

Letters from Father Christmas written by Tolkien.


"Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children..."


According to the amazon reviews, at least one version of this collection unfortunately has the letters truncated in it, so be careful which one you get. I found one some years back in a bookstore which might not have included all the letters, but the included ones where complete. Fun stuff - often some disaster like goblins invading the North Pole cellars, casting doubt over whether or not there'd be presents that year.

http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Father-Christmas-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618512659

Fellow fan of series here! Let me see...

Young Adult
Percy Jackson series is fun (and finished, too, I think).
Artemis Fowl series isn't quite as good as Percy Jackson IMHO, but it's got a following.

Fantasy
Harry Dresden series This is one of my favorites. Harry is Chicago's only professional wizard. There are a ton of these books and they are still going strong.
Game of Thrones These are great...but unfinished. If you watch the show, reading the books does help you get even more out of the story, I think.
Wheel of Time Another good series. There is a LOT of this series and it's finished. (Thank you, Brandon Sanderson!)
Mistborn Speaking of Brandon Sanderson... This one is very good. I highly recommend reading the Mistborn books before trying the Stormlight Archive, but only because as good as Mistborn is, Stormlight Archive is even better.
Stormlight Archive Amazing. Man, these are good. The series isn't finished, but the two books that are available are some of my favorites ever.
Kingkiller Chronicles I loved the first book. I could not freakin' believe I enjoyed the second one even more. The third one is still pending.
Temeraire Dragons in Napoleonic times. Super cool premise! This one is not finished (I don't think, anyway).
Gentlemen Bastards Con men in a fantasy realm. It's pretty light on the fantasy elements. Very light, I'd say. I'd also say that it has some of the very best swearing that I've ever come across. :D

Scifi
Old Man's War I'm almost finished this one--it's amazing!

Horror/Thriller
Passage Trilogy I've heard these described as vampire books...maybe zombie books... It's apocalyptic for sure. Great books!

Mysteries
Amelia Peabody Egyptology + murder mysteries. Super fun, but trust me...go with the audiobooks for these. They are best when they are performed.
Stephanie Plum Total popcorn reads. If that's your thing, shut off your brain and just enjoy.
Walt Longmire These get particularly good as it goes along. The main character is a sheriff in modern day Wyoming. (Side note: The TV show is also great--just don't expect them to stick to the books.)

Graphic Novels (Everything recommended can be gotten in a "book" format instead of only in comic form, in case that matters. I've gotten most of these from my local library.)
Locke & Key Eerie as crap. Love the art! This one is on-going.
Y: The Last Man All the men on the planet drop dead in a day...except for Yorrick. REALLY good. This is the series that got me reading graphic novels. Plus, it's finished!
Walking Dead I am not a zombie fan...but I like these. They're not done, but I've read up through volume 22 and am still enjoying them.

Other
OutlanderI have no idea how to categorize these or even give a description that does them justice. I refused to pick it up for AGES because it sounded like a bodice-ripper romance and that's not my bag. But these are good!

I hope there's something in there that'll do for you. Have fun and read on!

Edit: Apparently, I need to practice formatting. :/
Edit 2: I forgot to add the Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastards #1).

You can buy these as a collected volume

As an aside, my father (a Tolkien scholar) actually would use the same shaky lettering on the gift tags for our presents from Santa. I never put 2 and 2 together until I read the Father Christmas Letters when I was older.

Here is the product listing on Amazon.

[Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Books] (http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-Box-Set-More/dp/0061980935/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1BGV2L2FWNXQM&coliid=IJ0LE7ZXU3WUG) were the scariest books to read but they are still the most memorable. I loved reading the creepy stories about the babysitter, the hook, and the toe. I still can mostly recite the "Never laugh when a hearse goes by" poem. The pictures were equally as creepy. Reading is awesome!

Trenutno citam:

• Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
  
• Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy (Josef Steiff)
  
  Planiram i citati:
  
  
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
  
• Het Achterhuis (Anne Frank)
  
• Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
  
• Pyongyang (Guy Delisle)
  
• I bilo njesta od Alan Watts
  
  Evo moj 'library' :P
  http://i.imgur.com/Xpe7Vk5.jpg
  
  Moj tip za vas je Shantaram. //switch to English now, because it's a lot easier. It's about a guy who escapes from a prison and goes to Bombay. He starts off low and grows both spiritually and materialistically in the streets of Bombay. It's like GTA: Bombay but with more places (Indian countryside, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa). I've already been interested in India because of films like Darjeeling Limited, but this book sealed the deal: I want to visit that country.

And I found them HERE on Amazon if anyone wants to actually play by the rules.

The Boxes by William Sleator http://www.amazon.com/Boxes-William-Sleator/dp/0141308109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300219279&sr=1-1

The Last Book In The Universe by Rodman Philbrick?

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Book-Universe-Rodman-Philbrick/dp/0439087597

Here you go, trainer : https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Official-Handbook-Collecters-Collectors/dp/0439154049/

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Official_Pok%C3%A9mon_Handbook

I'd suggest Christian Mythology for Kids. Does a good job of explaining everything in a non-believing way: Christian Mythology for Kids https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631775235/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_pQMoDb69WASB9

I had this one!!

The Boxes

http://www.amazon.com/The-Boxes-William-Sleator/dp/0141308109

It's a hitchhikers guide thing - there are 4 books but it is called a trilogy:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hitchhiker-Trilogy-5-Books/dp/0330437569

I would use this opportunity to add on to your book explanation with an explanation of a "trilogy," but... this may not be the best trilogy to use as an example.

Given both like art, would a low-end drawing tablet be in the cards?

For Rylee, maybe an art kit composed of the following: Tachikawa nibs and holders and ink, or a finetipped pen set Deleter manga paper, and a grown up sketchbook a la trendy Moleskine or Pentalic or classic art student hardcovers like so. As she develops as an artist she'll learn more whether she likes different sizes, thicker or thinner paper, or toned paper. Maybe throw in a few making of books from her favorite series (like IDK this one for Avatar the Last Airbender or this one for Spirited Away.) Getting a good making of book for a movie or animated film can be life changing. For me, even though I read it years after Brother Bear came out, this was an enlightening read about the movie making process and has some seriously gorgeous art. I haven't read the one for Moana yet so I have no idea whether it leans more toward text (like the making of Hunchback of Notre Dame did...so very little art in that book) or pictures, but it's more recent than Brother Bear. And yes, most of us artists have these books on our shelves, albeit with different movies/series depending on taste. Some of the Marvel movies have excellent making of books too. ;)

I'd recommend some drawing books, but the ones I know all have nudity in them and I don't know how you'd feel about that. I'd caution against 'how to draw manga' books as a general rule, but I owned a few and some art very, very good at teaching how to direct the eye for storytelling.

For your younger, I'd suggest many of the same things, except maybe not the nibs and ink because sharp and messy. If you get either of them colored art supplies, I'd either make sure they get the exact same set of markers or colored pencils, or get one markers, the other colored pencils. It can be rough sharing an interest with a sibling. And maybe some Sideways Math from Wayside School (I'd also suggest all three Wayside School books, they're brain bendy in a good way). Another brain tickling book (for me it was, anyway) was the Phantom Tollbooth. Maybe a how to draw horses book. A making of book or two about movies she liked - Frozen, maybe? IDK. Maybe a Goldiblox set to get her engineer brain in gear. Oh! I forgot about Spirit, the animated horse movie no one remembers.

You can [adopt a star] (http://adoptastar.whitedwarf.org/) for her. Just be aware that this isn't an ACTUAL adoption/naming of a star, and it won't be listed with NASA or anything. It's just a nice novelty, but at her age, she'd be pumped.

If you haven't already, check out the [NASA Kids Club] (http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/#.VLIU5SvF-So) site. Lots of space-related activities and education!

You can buy her a [Meteorite kit] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039ZT0KY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0039ZT0KY&linkCode=as2&tag=ufowioutrspcgft2012-20) that also provides educational materials as well as meteorite samples

[Here's] (https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/196434533/women-in-science-valentina-tereshkova?ref=related-3) a great poster of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, to keep her enthused about space exploration.

And [here's] (https://www.etsy.com/listing/156254584/space-explorer-iron-on-patch) a cute iron-on patch to make her feel more official!

There are also a lot of great children's books about space, such as [You Are Stardust] (http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781926973357) and [Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos] (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Stuff-Sagan-Mysteries-Cosmos/dp/1596439602/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420958032&sr=8-3&keywords=cosmos+carl+sagan+book). Stephen Hawking also wrote a series of [children's books] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416985840/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416985840&linkCode=as2&tag=stephenhaw042-20) with his daughter Lucy that are incredibly adorable. And finally, [Born With A Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story] (http://www.amazon.com/Born-Bang-Universe-Sharing-Children/dp/1584690321/) helps tell the tale of the beginning of our universe, narrated by the Universe itself!

Of course, there are also many neat planetariums on the market. She can have a star show every night! Invest in a telescope (if you haven't already), and take her out on a clear night to explore the stars with her own eyes.

It's really great that you're encouraging her in this. It's vital for future space exploration that we keep children's interest piqued when it comes to science and space. Heck, she may end up being the first woman on Mars! Kudos to you, and best of luck finding something perfect for your little space explorer, and I hope she feels better soon! :)

Anything Shel Silverstein, aside Playboy.

Goodnight Moon/ Runaway bunny always stuck with me.

I think my favorite may be, Chicken Soup with Rice

Some of our favorites:

The Rainbow Goblins

The Knuffle Bunny Trilogy

City Dog, Country Frog

Short and sweet Angela Johnson Books

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me

Night Shift Daddy

If I Were a Lion

As well as countless other staples that you'll surely receive as gifts (Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Are You My Mother?, Dr. Seuss, etc..).

But really, just read to your kid and he/she will learn to love books. Sometimes my daughter gets hung up on the dumbest books in history but I have fun with it. Like the Biscuit books for instance which you can read while thinking about other things. Another that comes to mind is this one which I've grown to love:

[I Love Colors] (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Colors-Hello-Reader-Level/dp/0439192889)

The Boxes

Your first photo reminded me of this that I read as a kid:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-Patrick-Seamus-Flaherty/dp/0439148901

Percy Jackson 'The Lightning Thief'

This is by far one of my favorite easy to read books that mixes a modern plot with the Olympian Gods. I have yet to hear a bad thing about this book. Though the movies didnt do the book justice!

http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Thief-Percy-Jackson-Olympians/dp/0786838655/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406100310&sr=8-3&keywords=percy+jackson

Perhaps The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater?

Oh, I <3 looking for books for my kids!! They are 14, 13, 12, 11, and 5. Our son is the youngest, and he loves all the books that his older sisters loved when they were younger. :D

Oh my gosh...Get those kids some books!

• This is my favorite children's book.
  
  
• The Story of Ferdinand.
  
  
• This is one of my son's favorites...IronMan!.
  
  
• The Day My Mommy Quit.
  
  
• Dragons Love Tacos.
  
  
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
  
  
• I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love.
  
  
• The Day The Crayons Quit.
  
  
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
  
  
• Boom Chicka Rock.
  
  
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables with CD.
  
  
• Are You My Mother?.
  
  
• Love You Forever.
  
  
• I Love You, Stinky Face.
  
  
• The Runaway Bunny.
  
  
• Oh, The Places You'll Go. Cool idea I saw on Pinterest with this book: Buy a copy and have each of your kids' teachers write a little note somewhere in it at the end of every year. Give the book to your kid as a graduation gift. I am doing this with our son now, I saw the idea too late to start it for our girls.
  
  
• Ten Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed.
  
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  
  
• The Velveteen Rabbit. -- A HUGE FAVORITE!!
  
  
• Locomotive.
  
  
• Sleep Like A Tiger.
  
  
• The Lion And The Mouse.
  
  
• Blueberries for Sal.
  
  
• David Gets In Trouble.
  
  
• Press Here. This is a very fun book!
  
  
• The One and Only Ivan.
  
  
• The Polar Express.
  
  
• Flotsam.
  
  
• Only One You.
  
  
• Beautiful Oops!.
  
  I would love this book for our oldest daughter if I win, please.
  
  /u/DrUsual...can you think of any?
  
  Thank you for the contest!

Get those kids some books!

My suggestions are more advanced for a brand new reader, but were a staple of my elementary years:

• Who is Bugs Potter? is one of my all-time favorites. Really, anything by Gordon Korman! He's amazing.
  
  • Also, the Wayside School series
    
  • and Bunnicula!

I know this! This is one of the fictional journals from the My Name is America series, The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty. I am super impressed you were able to remember that much about it.

As a bit of extra bonus knowledge, his sister also has a journal from the same time period in the girl's Dear America series.

I think I read about that in school

You might try some Kurt Vonnegut novels. Many delve into sci-fi topics, while others are absurdly realistic, and are written in straightforward language while exploring some really interesting ideas. My favorite, Galapagos, tells a tale about an apocalypse and human evolution over a million years.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is technically considered YA, but it's so amazing it doesn't matter. I still read it every few years as an adult, and I only just found out it is part of a set of four. Another book that is technically YA but is really smart and has a lot of depth is A Wrinkle in Time and the books that follow it. They are stories about imperfect and relatable characters that touch on topics such as cellular biology, time travel and ethics.

Howdy! I would love to read A Wrinkle in Time because I haven't had the chance to yet and I loved the movie as a kid!

• The best book I have read in the past year is probably The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). It was so interesting and I absolutely loved the characters.
  
• I love Scooby Doo so here's that as well
  
• I just did my intro recently, so here is is!
  
  Thanks so much!

I feel a Butter Battle situation brewing here.

Letters From Father Christmas seems like a good place to start. Don't know about Hobbit/LOTR related ones, but I loved this book as a kid

Probably not what you might be looking for, but I always thought The Journal Of Patrick Seamus Flaherty was a good read when I was younger.

Are you reffering to the book, or the "trilogy"?

The first book is great, but the comedy does not slow down for a second through the next 4 books in the ^increasingly ^inaccurately ^named trilogy.

/u/margalicious is like fucking amazing. She's hilarious. She's my twin. She can sing like an angel. Get her this because it's almost Halloween!

Tyara, I'm not used to the username yet.

Maybe The Boxes, by William Sleator

>School Library Journal:
Gr 5-8--Orphan Anne Levi tolerates her distant Aunt Ruth, with whom she lives, but adores her mysterious Uncle Marco, who flits in and out of their lives at irregular intervals. When he gives Anne two unusual boxes with strict instructions not to open them, curiosity gets the better of her. Opening the first one, she releases an unusual crablike creature that grows and reproduces rapidly; the life form and its offspring construct a fantastic palace in the basement and communicate with Anne telepathically. Dismayed by what she has done, Anne opens the second box, which she had hidden in her closet, revealing a clocklike object that has the ability to slow down time at the basement creatures' request, but only when Anne agrees to carry messages between the creatures and the clock. Unfortunately, the owners of a suspicious development company are intrigued by the time slowdowns and increase their ominous efforts to control Anne, her home, and the strange devices within it. Through her adventures, Anne grows into a self-confident teenager who is able to stand up to her overbearing aunt and trust her own instincts. Reminiscent of the complexity of Sleator's early science fiction, The Boxes introduces intriguing characters and unique situations but it leaves many loose ends and unanswered questions. Readers never find out just who or what Uncle Marco is, where he and Anne go when they enter the palace at the end, or where the boxes came from in the first place. The Boxes may be popular with Sleator's fans, but be prepared for requests for a sequel.--Susan L. Rogers, Chestnut Hill Academy, PA

Well I meant one of those huge fruit bowl things that could probably function as a crock pot. But I cannot stress enough how much I love chicken and rice. Maybe it's because I grew up with Maurice Sendak?

My 10 year old son read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan this summer (first in the series). He couldn't put them down . I haven't read them, but scanned through the first few chapters. It appears to be fast-paced and just edgy enough to hold the attention of 10 year old boys.

Now I am skeptical that you are actually a man.

However, it may also be that you are an ass man. In which case, what you are doing is dangerous. Fueling an argument about trivial things like whether boobs or ass are better can lead to a pointless conflict. Why can't we all agree that boobs or ass, it doesn't matter, just so long as your bread has butter?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0439154049/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468182897&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=pokedex+151&dpPl=1&dpID=51qm87DTKRL&ref=plSrch


Here's a book I had growing up, you may be able to pick up a cheap used copy. It will go over the first generation of Pokemon that are currently available in Go, however the strategy portion mainly relates to the original games. Things like which type is strong against which will probably be in there though.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/006440465X

This is the entire box set

1. Hard copy book, because creepy nostalgia is the best and the art is fabulous.
   
2. Kindle e-book, because I've been wanting to read it for ages, and my friend got me a hard copy but lost it before she could give it to me.
   
3. If I were a book, I hope that I'd be a great one.

OMG [The Rainbow Goblins] (https://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Goblins-Ul-Rico/dp/0500277591). I was obssessed with this book as a kid! ... That probably means something in hindsight.

Sure sounds like the guy. He's been training other drivers a lot lately so he gets to just ride along, and sometimes he brings in old kid's books to show us. One time he even read Cajun Night Before Christmas to the whole bus.

We bought Christian Mythology for Kids. We have it in the bookshelf along with Norse Mythology, Greek Mythology, and Egyptian Mythology.

One of the teachers at school has this series, and it's beautiful!
Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Book 1 (The Universe Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1584690321/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_aWDaAbG42469A

The Rainbow Goblins!!! best for a slightly older child, but a must have and I don't see it up there.

Because it is a Maurice Sendak poem?

my favorite childhood book was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. plus, it teaches the alphabet! :D

also, congrats! ^__^

I was in 6th grade when I read "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeline L'Engle. I immediately then devoured all the books in the series. The movie is so awful... stay away from that. From Amazon

I read this as a sixth grader but I still enjoy it as a 34 year old. It's simple to read in terms of vocabulary, but the concepts are pretty profound.

If your son is at all interested in time travel... these books are so good. They're very classic.

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick. My favorite book actually.

How about The Last Book In The Universe? I don't remember anyone being hamstrung, but there were some violent bits. It's YA, post-apocalyptic and there are gangs. After your time range, though, so maybe not.

[A Wrinkle In Time] (http://www.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Quintet/dp/0312367546/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409281122&sr=1-1&keywords=a+wrinkle+in+time) by Madeleine L'Engle.

As someone who was also an advanced reader, I think she'll very much enjoy this book. It's got heart and adventure and it will make her giggle too. I really adore this author, I basically read everything she ever wrote after I finished that book.

The main character is a girl, which I appreciated. She's a strong and bright girl too, there isn't anyone rescuing her. :)

I will never forget reading The Big Orange Splot - my parents read it to me when I was tiny and I think it had a huge impact on my personality.

Mine was The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico.

You can never, ever go wrong with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Would you happen to be thinking about Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz?

Some of those illustrations still give me shivers.

So it wasn’t the one I was thinking of originally, but I believe I found it! Apparently it’s a sequel to another book called Marco’s Millions: https://www.amazon.com/Boxes-William-Sleator/dp/0141308109

Chicka chicka boom boom?

The Big Orange Splot?

Sweet rhyming, but I was thinking about this book https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-Rice-Book-Months/dp/006443253X

That's an Ul de Rico Rainbow Goblin made pumpkin!

Here's three.

Copying my response to a similar post from 2 months ago.

I have a 4 year old and a 7 year old and I am mostly trying to focus on inoculating my kids against cult thinking by giving them a broad scientific knowledge and a love for mythology. (We spent a holiday with religious family and it was their first time exposed to dinner prayers and heaven talk and it was quite confusing for them.)

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Books we currently read:

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Gods and Heroes Popup book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLr2vMC9Tjc

The kids love choosing which flaps we'll open and read and we return to this book often. The hercules trials flip book and pantheon of the gods has them enthralled almost every time.

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The Story of Life

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1786033429/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Amazing illustrations and easy to read both linearly or by choosing random pages. The pages on bacteria and lif moving onto land

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The Story of Space

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1847807488/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The subject matter here is slightly more conceptual and I'll be honest the 4 year old gets a bit bored. My seven year old like to listen because he has learnt about the planets at school and has a rough recollection of words like black holes and super giants.

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Christian Mythology for Kids

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1631775235/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Lukewarm reception here. I tried to read a few of the stories but they were a bit too gory for my personal preference. The pages explaining angels, heaven and similar things were a bit more useful to me personally as it gave me simple terminology to help me explain what other family might believe.

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Magical Myths and Legends

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magical-Myths-Legends-Michael-Morpurgo/dp/0192767356/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1552637566&sr=1-1&keywords=magical+myths+and+legends

Book of short stories. The BEST telling of hercules trials I've ever read for kids! It is so engaging and brilliantly told.

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Includes:

Mulan

Icarus

Finn MacCool and the Giant's Causeway

The Giant of Mont Saint-Michel

The Lambton Worm

Legend of Robin Hood

Thor and the Stolen Hammer

Vulcan and the Fabulous Throne

Hercules the Hero

Gawain and the Green Knight

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Books I've looked at for the future (slightly older kids) :

The Bacteria Book: Gross Germs, Vile Viruses, and Funky Fungi

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241316588/?coliid=I1U9SIN1TBSI1T&colid=2Z7CVBNPWSZNY&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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How to Be a Scientist

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241283086/?coliid=I269G89U76154A&colid=2Z7CVBNPWSZNY&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Science-Amazing-World-Beyond/dp/1407188143/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1552637368&sr=1-1&keywords=dara+o+briain+secret+science

https://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Book-Submersible-Model/dp/1581840594

5 used : $777
1 new : $2995.00

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater is fantastic.

Romantic Star Wars coffee mugs. You can add in a nice coffee or hot cocoa to fill it with too. Or, since she loves Disney, which now owns Star Wars, how about something combining the two? Here's an example. If she loves Lord of the Rings, check out the book Letters From Father Christmas, which Tolkien wrote for his children. It has beautiful paintings by Tolkien, and it's something she probably doesn't already own. Also, if she hasn't read The Silmarillion, it's a must for the Tolkien fan.

Also, just because she's an "adult" doesn't mean she won't like something fun to play with. You can always get her a Star Wars Lego's, a Disney Princess crown or one of her favorite Disney movie's on BluRay.

Douglas Adams beat him to it. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy has five books. (The halfway decent fanfiction published a few years ago doesn't count.)

The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh. This book sparked my love of science fiction. I can't wait until my nephews and niece are old enough to read it.

Also the [Wayside School Books] (http://www.amazon.com/Wayside-School-Boxed-Set-Stranger/dp/0380791714/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382359948&sr=1-3&keywords=sideways+stories+from+wayside+school)

Percy Jackson series seems cool so far, or as I mentioned in another comment The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, also Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli

"you're not the boss of me"

http://www.amazon.com/The-Boxes-William-Sleator/dp/0141308109

The Boxes by William Sleator. Strangely enough, I just asked this same question on here a few weeks ago. Just bought the book so I can re-read it.

wowwwww I knew this looked familiar. They used this picture for an old book I had that was supposed to be the journal of a marine named Patrick Seamus Flaherty.....weird.

Here it is:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-Flaherty/dp/0439148901

EDIT: I guess this book was fiction.... If only 8 year old me knew.....

A friend of mine is Atheist and he had the same problem. His wife ended up writing this book: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Mythology-Kids-Chrystine-Trooien/dp/1631775235

I've included Amazon links for all the suggestions:

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a great book. It's about a brother and sister who decide to run away to a museum, then get caught up in a mystery.

Nancy Farmer's books are always fantastic. The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm is great to start with.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first of a trilogy. It's really, really good. I know that technically it's recommended ages 10+, but I think that a big part of it is because the characters tend to use some vocabulary-building words. If you're reading it to him, he'd be fine. Great series!

Chicken Soup with Rice - Sendak

Fox in Socks - Seuss

My kids loved all the Mercer Mayer Little Critter books.

Guess How Much I Love You

*Harold and the Purple Crayon

I completely support the library card suggestion. My parents got my brother and I one when we were very young, and we loved it. We also loved going to the events in the library--guest readings and summer programs and such. But we could spend hours there, browsing, and would leave with handfuls.

Some books that I enjoyed when I was young were the [Wayside School books] (http://www.amazon.com/Wayside-School-Boxed-Set-Stranger/dp/0380791714/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334001442&sr=1-1) by Louis Sachar. I haven't looked through them in well over a decade, but when I was young, I believed they were incredibly funny and terribly clever.

Roald Dahl was also an inspiration. Maltilda is especially dear to me. As was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG.

I loved Judy Blume's Fudge books--especially Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. I also loved Beverly Cleary's books.

I was a little too old when I realized they existed, but my younger brother enjoyed Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events books.

[Chica Chica Boom Boom] (http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Bill-Martin-Jr/dp/068983568X)

[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs] (http://www.amazon.com/Cloudy-With-Chance-Meatballs-Barrett/dp/0689306474/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334469290&sr=1-1)

http://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Official-Handbook-Collecters-Collectors/dp/0439154049

could have been this. Im drunk I'll keep looking

My dad used to read this to me around Christmas. It would be a perfect fit.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hitchhiker-Trilogy-Restaurant-Everything/dp/0330437569/ref=pd_ybh_1 I would highliy recommend this bundle.

Yes as a matter of fact. Originally he would write letters to his children as though they were from Santa himself. And they did follow a story-line. They were mostly about life at the north pole with Santa, the Polar Bear, the elves, and the occasional goblin war. This version of Santa was incredibly old but knew how to handle himself in a fight. These letters were later composed into a book, here's a look inside on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Father-Christmas-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618512659

The Last Book in the Universe?

It took a few minutes to find, but Harmony does seem to be a nifty little drawing tool.

Nice picture. It reminds me of the illustrations from the Scary Stories series.

This is possibly the most traumatizing aspect of my childhood aside from the Slime Monster from Ghost Writer. :(

Are you still hardcore jonesing? Go ahead and buy all three of them for only 12 bucks. Come on, it's worth it. Think of the nostalgia!

My most recent trip: Me and two friends who hadn't dosed in a really long time. The spot was my house, (nice trees outside, chill neighbors so loud music at 5am isn't a problem.) Small amount of pot, beers, cigarettes (if you smoke, get far more than you need. You'll hardly even smoke them but if you run out you'd rather not go to the store for them) Listened to RJD2, tool, aerosmith, random stuff outside of the punk rock we usually listen to. Look at this and this. Draw and write down hilarious things you say. Good times. Oh yeah, turn off the phones for sure. We even went so far as to trade and hide them from each other.

I really enjoyed the
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Xanth Series by Piers Anthony (his other books are good too)
Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Lightland by Kenny Kemp
I Hated Heaven by Kenny Kemp
The Awakened books 1-3 by Jason Tesar

JRR Tolkien wrote Letters from Father Christmas to his children, telling them about battles with trolls and adventures with elves and all sorts of crazy things. For anyone that hasn't read the collection, it's pretty great. I don't plan on having children, but if I did, I would do this.

This reminds me of a book I read in elementary school, The Last Book in the Universe. It was set in a futuristic, apocalyptic world where there were these things called "mind probes".

The mind probes were essentially needles that you hooked up to your brain and you could experience a fantasy world for a set period of time. A porno where you were the star, an adventure movie where you were the hero, living in the Garden of Eden...anything.

The only problem was it was like a drug. People got addicted to it and became vegetables, leaking brain fluid everywhere and becoming dead to the world.

It's a good book, and the message pertains to this and rings true. I think there might become an underground black market for these artificial heavens, and people would start abusing it so they could live out their fantasies even while they were perfectly healthy.

It's a good idea, but it could be extremely dangerous as well.

End of the thread. Those books were terrifying as a kid. I will definitely be picking them up to read to my kids on camping trips, if the wife and I ever have any kids that is.

Edit: Apparently the new prints of these books do not include the drawings. That was half of the disturbing nature of the stories!

http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-Box-Set-More/dp/0061980935/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369866389&sr=8-2&keywords=scary+stories+to+tell+in+the+dark

Totally had this poster or one very very similar up until I got some shuriken from a garage sale and decided to use it as target practice. ....but that's beside the point lol. I'm about 90% sure the one I had came from the Official Pokemon Handbook. Here's and amazon link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0439154049?vs=1

I would try [The Last Book in the Universe] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Book-In-Universe/dp/0439087597). It's an easy read, I think it would fall into the "young adult" age group. But it's heavy. Still sticks with me.

The illustrations in those Scary Story Series were scary shit...

GO WATCH OR READ IT AND USE THE BEST BUY CREDIT CARD, YOU'RE NOW PAYING 1 CLICK FOR 2 CARDS/EFFECTS TO DESTROY. MOST LIKELY HIS NAME WILL GET MENTIONED MORE NOW.

LUMA DOESN’T MEAN SOMEONE WHO DISAGREES WITH THE AUTHOR SAYING "NAH SHE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND THEIR FLAT BREADS WERE SO GOOD BECAUSE THEY WERE RIDICULOUSLY NICE. ONE TIME HE EVEN READ CAJUN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO THE WHOLE SITUATION. HE SAID THIS IN ANOTHER POST BUT EVEN WITH EQUIVALENT CATCH RATES IT'LL BE BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR — COSTS JUST $150 MILLION PER LAUNCH, NOT A PREDATOR. SHE DOESN'T LOOK VERY ACCURATE AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING AT FIRST "DO YOU GUYS USE IN THE 1ST PLACE."*

*" I AGREE, NO POINT IN ARGUING WITH SOMEONE. AFTER MY MOST RECENT FAVS. BUT AMAZON PRIME IN GENERAL STREAMS A LOT OF CITIES YOUR HOSTEL ALONE WILL BE BETTER. COMBOING IS PRETTY MUCH OVER THOUGH. BUT SHE MIGHT HAVE PREPARED A SAFE-HOUSE TO STAY IN 16:10 ASPECT RATIO.

(IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE OR YOU ARE WRONG I AM FOR ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOL

LOL, HE'S IMPLYING THAT I'D RATHER HAVE TANNEHILL BIG BEN IS PAST HIS PRIME, IT EVEN DOES SELL. THE CASO REPORT CONTRADICTS THE GARBAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT YOU."

IT REALLY SEEMS TO CLOSE HER MOUTH AND STAY OUT OF POLITICS THE GOVERNMENT DISPENSES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO US STUDENTS BUT REST OF MY TIME BUT I JUST GIVE MY 360 CONTROLLER A TRY TO SAVE SOMEONE’S ARGUMENT FROM THAT GOD AWFUL INTRO AND THE GUEST IS THAT'S USUALLY THE NEWEST CHAPTER BY DEFAULT. NEVER CHANGED THAT.

NOW ITS NATURAL BECAUSE NOW ITS WHAT WE DO IN THE DETROIT / METRO AREA. ONCE ON MY MAIN, BUT TRAPS JUST AREN'T REALLY MANY SPOTS IN WESTERN KANSAS THAT HAVE TREES LIKE THAT. EXPORT YOUR TICKETS BEFORE DOING THE DLC. WHAT A SMALL MAN FIGHTING FOR ATTENTION. YOU'RE NOT BEING PROACTIVE, YOURE BEING THE ANTITHESIS OF THE IMPRESSION THE ENGINEERS UNDERSTOOD THEIR TECH AND REGARDED THE CREATION OF LIFE,BUT DAMN WE SHOULD HAVE AN 'ANNOUNCEMENT' (A POST THAT STAYS ON ALL NIGHT. LAST YEAR GA GOT YOU FLOOR + STANDS.

Go watch or read it and use the best buy credit card, you're now paying 1 click for 2 cards/effects to destroy. most likely his name will get mentioned more now.

Luma doesn’t mean someone who disagrees with the author saying "nah she was always friendly and their flat breads were so good because they were ridiculously nice. One time he even read Cajun Night Before Christmas to the whole situation. He said this in another post but even with equivalent catch rates it'll be better than its predecessor — costs just $150 million per launch, not a predator. She doesn't look very accurate as to where we're going at first "do you guys use in the 1st place."

" I agree, no point in arguing with someone. After my most recent favs. But Amazon Prime in general streams a lot of cities your hostel alone will be better. Comboing is pretty much over though. But she might have prepared a safe-house to stay in 16:10 Aspect Ratio.

(If you have experience or you are wrong I am for attending private school

Lol, he's implying that I'd rather have Tannehill Big Ben is past his prime, it even does sell. The CASO report contradicts the garbage you're trying to hit you."

It really seems to close her mouth and stay out of politics The government dispenses billions of dollars to US students but rest of my time but I just give my 360 controller a try to save someone’s argument from that god awful intro and the guest is that's usually the newest chapter by default. Never changed that.

NOW its natural because now its what we do in the Detroit / metro area. Once on my main, but traps just aren't really many spots in western Kansas that have trees like that. Export your tickets before doing the DLC. What a small man fighting for attention. You're not being proactive, youre being the antithesis of the impression the Engineers understood their tech and regarded the creation of life,but damn we should have an 'announcement' (a post that stays on all night. Last year GA got you floor + stands.

Older. Op's book was published in 2000.