This weekend, I ran into some procreative friends. Their oldest daughter, 7 years now, has finished reading the Harry Potter series.<\/p>\n
Yes, little seven-year old genius has finished the magical tomes.<\/p>\n
Once I finished wrapping my mind around her feat of literacy, I began to feel concerned for the poor little thing. If I complain that I, with my decades of years behind me, run out of book regularly, poor little precocious princess will have nothing whatever to read by age ten.<\/p>\n
Not only that, her parents might be hard-put to find appropriate things for her to read. I personally would hate to have her stumble into Danielle Steele merely because she had\u00a0read everything else in the library.<\/p>\n
I came up with a list for a teenage reader <\/a>a while back. But for a child-mind, a different list would be appropriate. With the idea of books of a series, I came up with some titles.<\/p>\n It’s fun to remember the books I plowed through before I was ten. For all I know, she finished these off when she was 4. But here they are,\u00a0some of them anyway:<\/p>\n Andrew Lang’s Colored Fairy Books<\/p>\n Blue Fairy Book (1889)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Red Fairy Book (1890)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Green Fairy Book (1892)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Yellow Fairy Book (1894)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Pink Fairy Book (1897)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Grey Fairy Book (1900)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Violet Fairy Book (1901)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Crimson Fairy Book (1903)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Brown Fairy Book (1904)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Orange Fairy Book (1906)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Olive Fairy Book (1907)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Lilac Fairy Book (1910)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hugh Lofting Dr. Dolittle Series<\/p>\n The Story of Doctor Dolittle<\/em><\/a> (1920<\/a>)<\/p>\n The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle<\/a><\/em> (1922<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office<\/a><\/em> (1923<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Circus<\/a><\/em> (1924<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo<\/a><\/em> (1925<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan<\/a><\/em> (1926<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Garden<\/a><\/em> (1927<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle in the Moon<\/a><\/em> (1928<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Return<\/a><\/em> (1933<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake<\/a><\/em> (1948<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary<\/a><\/em> (1950<\/a>)<\/p>\n Doctor Dolittle’s Puddleby Adventures<\/a><\/em> (1952<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Louisa May Alcott:<\/p>\n Little Women<\/span><\/a> (1868)<\/span><\/p>\n An Old Fashioned Girl<\/span><\/a> (1870)<\/span><\/p>\n Little Men<\/span><\/a> (1871)<\/span><\/p>\n Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag<\/span><\/a> (1872-1882)<\/span><\/p>\n Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill<\/span><\/a> (1875)<\/span><\/p>\n Rose in Bloom<\/span><\/a> (1876)<\/span><\/p>\n Under the Lilacs<\/span><\/a> (1877)<\/span><\/p>\n Jack and Jill: A Village Story<\/span><\/a> (1880)<\/span><\/p>\n Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This weekend, I ran into some procreative friends. Their oldest daughter, 7 years now, has finished reading the Harry Potter series. Yes, little seven-year old genius has finished the magical tomes. Once I finished wrapping my mind around her feat … Continue reading \n