I wonder how they stack up as 'literary clasics'

You know me though, I'm not big on the formalities of such labels.

>But on the other hand I'm kinda shocked at how few of their
>friends are even remotely interested in books in general, so
>it's not like they go to school and talk about Abel's Island
>instead of Minecraft or whatever the hell game they're into
>today.

Whole other topic, but what do you think of minecraft? Can I just say that I spent like a month last year setting up a private server for the kids only to have it made completely moot after Microsoft bought them. So pissed about that shit.

>Mostly when I hear abotu what other kids are reading,
>it's because it's something popular (Harry Potter, a few tried
>The Hobbit back when the first movie came out, etc.) And some
>of the teachers, when I talk about the kinds of things my kids
>like to read, just get blank looks on their faces.

That's disheartening.

>One of the things I like to do is compare the same story as
>told in various mediums... typically I like to read or listen
>to the book first, then watch the movie or movies, but it
>doesn't always work that way.

We did that with Harry Potter, and it was great just watching them complain about how much was left out of the movies. Sure they still enjoyed them, but I think it was a quick lesson on the value of books.

>-Currently working through the Narnia audiobooks in the car

How do you feel about audiobooks in general. They actually were able to bring my son and daughter together on reading where before my son (younger) was starting to despise all the time his sister was spending reading. But he's still not quite about the reading on his own thing and I wonder if audiobooks could actually be stifling that.

>-My Father's Dragon

Author is a family friend (lol I know what you're thinking). We stayed in her house and she read it to them. She's got a barn which she calls the little people's barn because she built out a whole little village inside of it. So much fun for the kids.


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