Best children books about libraries & reading according to redditors
We found 38 Reddit comments discussing the best children books about libraries & reading. We ranked the 14 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I AM HERE WITH BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
Amulet
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Hello Universe
The Dam Keeper
Gregor the Overlander is a pretty good series!
City of Ember
Inkheart, I don't know if its a bit young for him, but I remember enjoying it over a vast course of ages
Redwall!
The Wind Singer, my personal favorite. Part of a trilogy. I remember loving these when I was younger
My kid is tearing through the Alcatraz series by Brandon Sanderson. He liked his Steelheart series, too.
Here's an awesome kid's book about him!
Inkheart because I think it's a great book! I'm reading it to my son right now!
Adult Dystopian Recommendations:
YA-ish Dystopian Recommendations:
Other Dystopias:
mommyanddaddynon-biological guardians shouldn’t say no. Also, it sucks to have a guidance counselor Make A Schedule for you in order to prepare you for an office job equivalent that’s full of busywork but one of the few respectable positions left. The horror! Seriously, in what world is that rebelling against socialism? You know, that thing that promotes trade schools and equal rights for everyone, even the people you don’t personally like?I’d also be curious to hear what /u/bethrevis has to say about the societies on Godspeed and elsewhere and where they fit into this opinion piece.
Guys, I think I just wrote an English essay. And probably put more work into it than I did in high school. And I won’t even get an A because it’s the internet and we deal solely in lolcats.
But tl;dr: Adult dystopias (that I’ve read) tend to be about the futility of existence or the necessity of self-sacrifice to get a result. The YA dystopias I liked were a little more hopeful (usually) and didn’t support this opinion piece’s thesis. The ones I didn’t like made me understand the hate for dystopias.
The Forbidden Library
Another possibility is "Scary Poems for Rotten Kids" by Sean O'Huigin which has one long poem about an unpleasant girl being attacked by insects... "The Day the Mosquitoes Ate Angela Jane"
Original cover and review: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scary-Poems-Rotten-Kids-OHuigin/dp/0887531776/
You can read the poem in question here using "look inside": http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Poems-Rotten-Kids-huigin/dp/149288510X/
What? You've never heard of the incredible book eating boy?
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Thanks for letting us know! John Bellairs was great. I was a huge fan of his Lewis Barnavelt series. The House With a Clock in Its Walls absolutely blew my mind, I loved that book as a youngster. As someone already mentioned, his standalone The Face in the Frost is truly excellent as well. The Johnny Dixon books were a lot of fun. The series was way more creepy than you might expect. It was always such a fun adventure though and the funny parts were done incredibly well. I can't vouch for the ones that were completed posthumously though, I'm not familiar with the author.
The first Anthony Monday book is also free https://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Alpheus-Winterborn-Anthony-Monday-ebook/dp/B00J84L4K4/ I never had a chance to read any of that series, I blame my school library for not carrying it back then.
Bellairs was a fantastic writer and I hope his work continues finding people. I was so glad when I saw that someone will be covering John Bellairs for the r/fantasy author appreciation on February 1st.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5h9ii8/author_appreciation_thread_checkup_and_volunteer/
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I think it was the unorthodox narrator's perspective and the dark humor that really got me about this book. It's YA, but such a good read that I think most adults will like it too.
It's not the SS, but The Book Thief is about kids growing up in Nazi Germany and joining Hitler Youth and so on.
Well, dang, I just got my book for book club...
So probably Inkspell. I have the Kindle edition linked on my wishlist, but feel free to get one of the cheap used ones. If it's cheap enough, I wouldn't say no to Inkspell and Inkdeath, you know, so I can complete the series. But just one is totally fine!
at least that means he's trying, jerk.
That's a bit rash, I think. What if it is actually a good book?
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¡Pinches gringos se burlan de nosotros con un güey de la vida real que ni es mexicano, chingado!
Between the Lines?
http://www.amazon.com/Biblioburro-A-True-Story-Colombia/dp/1416997784
https://www.amazon.com/Alcatraz-Versus-Evil-Librarians/dp/0439925509
Hm?
It worked for this kid