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@huckleberryhound said
Thanks guys, keep em coming.

I have 1984, and Treasure Island ready to go, but pretty sure i'm being to dude in my choices. We read a chapter together every day, it's kind of our thing after Piano practice.
The Brothers Lionheart is excellent for reading together with an adult. It may encourage some discussion and perhaps explanation. It deals with love, life, death, sympathy and politics (easy to understand).

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Good choice.
Thank you. The story lifts one's spirits. 😍

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@huckleberryhound said
Thanks guys, keep em coming.

I have 1984, and Treasure Island ready to go, but pretty sure i'm being to dude in my choices. We read a chapter together every day, it's kind of our thing after Piano practice.
Treasure Island no doubt will be appreciated. 1984 though can be a bit heavy and difficult to understand even for grownups.

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@torunn said
Thank you. The story lifts one's spirits. 😍
I love Watership Down. I read it in junior high school and Netflix has a nice animated version.

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Call Of The Wild by Jack London.

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I should have mentioned this one first:

Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

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@torunn said
Watership Down by Richard Adams, a lovely book.
Nice one. I remember buying the movie for my 6 yr old to see. She loved the movie except for the part where the black rabbit appeared.

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@torunn said
The Brothers Lionheart is excellent for reading together with an adult. It may encourage some discussion and perhaps explanation. It deals with love, life, death, sympathy and politics (easy to understand).
At that age I remember reading a whole lot of Enid Blyton, Biggles, Hardy Boys

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Age 9 is perfect for the Dr. Doolittle series kids love them.

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@suzianne said
Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
Great book. Was my sister's favorite as a kid. I liked the Lion King, never read watership down but the original animation was my favorite movie growing up, the new one which I think might be on Netflix was terrible.

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@huckleberryhound said
Read "Animal Farm" to my 9 year old daughter. She quite enjoyed it, and seemed to enjoy it.

Looking for suggestions of literature to read to her. Something to stir her imagination, and build her intelligence. Classics that she will enjoy.

Any suggestions?
Wow, 9 already. How time flies.🤔👍
As for a book choice, my go to book is, “My Family and Other Animals” by Gerald Durrell.

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@great-big-stees said
Wow, 9 already. How time flies.🤔👍
As for a book choice, my go to book is, “My Family and Other Animals” by Gerald Durrell.
I love comics, the pictures are worth a thousand words and tells you the story. 😉

-VR

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@great-big-stees said
Wow, 9 already. How time flies.🤔👍
As for a book choice, my go to book is, “My Family and Other Animals” by Gerald Durrell.
A great book - even a 9-year old will love it.

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@huckleberryhound said
Read "Animal Farm" to my 9 year old daughter. She quite enjoyed it, and seemed to enjoy it.

Looking for suggestions of literature to read to her. Something to stir her imagination, and build her intelligence. Classics that she will enjoy.

Any suggestions?
Sherlock Holmes, start with short stories. 9-yr-old's reasoning faculties are just waking up at that time and logic puzzles often grab them in a very big way.

"The Wind in the Willows."

"Alice in Wonderland" and "Thru the Lookingglass."

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book titles -

tom sawyer
treasure island
in watermelon sugar
time enough for love

authors to consider -

twain
castaneda
baudelaire
brautigan
heinlein

i recommend an immersion in poetry and rhyme alongside the prose you select



good job, dad