Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?

6 points by jopizio 13 hours ago | 7 comments

I was inspired by the other thread I saw today about books for adults. For those with young children, what are you reading to them these days? Any good science and technology books appropriate for age 5 or 6? Or other non-fiction?

I can strongly recommend "Mushrooms and Company" (https://greystonebooks.com/products/mushrooms-and-company). My five year old daughter and I really enjoyed it, and now I'm personally very interested in fungi as a result.

andon 1 hour ago |

No kids, but I'm listening to His Dark Materials currently, and would recommend it to every parent. 5 and 6 might be a bit young for it, I would compare it to the third or fourth Harry Potter books in terms of maturity. Got great themes and messages too.

austin-cheney 10 hours ago |

When my kids were that age I read several of the Edge Chronicles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_Chronicles

My childhood favorite is the Dragonlance Twins trilogy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Legends

atmosx 4 hours ago |

Greek Mythology (PG-3 version), God bless Sir Fry for his books. They are amazing.

Fairy tales I make inspired by some famous tale, but using local geography (mountains, woods, local trees, etc.).

Kid loves both. While early on he was just falling asleep, these days I have to stop because between his excitement and the three million questions the narrative might take 1.5 hours...

ifh-hn 6 hours ago |

Skulduggery Pleasant currently.

Read Harry Potter obviously. And His Dark Materials.

cpach 9 hours ago |

The Narnia books by CS Lewis are very good IMHO. But you might want to wait a year or two.

tagwall 10 hours ago |

Give 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' a look

4lx87 7 hours ago |

We go to the library a few times a month and pick out new books. Our reading list is always changing. Buying new books is pretty expensive, as we don't read most books repeatedly for more than a week or two.

Frog & Toad series by Arnold Lobel is a favorite.