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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 07:45 PM Original message |
Books for an eight-year-old boy? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Harry Potter? Eragon? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Der - of course! (the der is meant for me, not you). |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. one of my son's buddies loved Eragon - read it numerous times! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Redwall books? |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lemony Snicket. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. For Christmas last year, I gave my son the complete Captain Underpants collection |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. My 9 year old |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. His Dragon series books are great! |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Check out Cornelia Funke's books |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. For nonfiction--any Dorling Kindersley book on a subject he enjoys. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. DK is great reference for all ages. LOVE THEM. |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Try any of the TinTin books...Herge |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. One of my friend's daughters is into Tin-Tin |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I like them b/c the characters are so un-PC...I think they are more |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I got my friend's daughter a Bianca figure! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks to all who replied! |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Chapter books? Novels? I loved Madeline L'Engle. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tom Sawyer? Huckleberry Finn? |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I just got those for my kid. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I think I was around 10. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. My daughter liked Guardians of Ga'Hoole |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Books by Edgar Eager... |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Philip Pullman writes kids novels as well. I just picked up one for my son this afternoon |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. a wrinkle in time, the westing game, asimov's Foundation series. |
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Efilroft Sul (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Why Does Daddy Drink?" by Efilroft Sul |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. I loved The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Anything by Roald Dahl. Especially "The Twits." |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Careful. Dahl wrote some very grownup stuff as well. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That he did, but "The Twits" is PERFECT for an 8-year-old boy. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Lemony Snickett |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't know how advanced a reader he is. |
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Mrs.Matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Lion the witch and the wardrobe.. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No thanks...but thanks for replying. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Books are better than movies |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I LOVED those books when I was a kid |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I still love those books |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Hobbit. Oh, sure, they say 9 and up. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. I loved Madeline L'engle, CS Lewis, and surprisingly |
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