Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?

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…

8 points•jopizio•about 16 hours ago•8 comments•

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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.

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andonabout 4 hours 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-cheneyabout 13 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

atmosxabout 8 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-hnabout 9 hours ago

Skulduggery Pleasant currently.

Read Harry Potter obviously. And His Dark Materials.

syzareeabout 3 hours ago

The Very Hungry Caterpillar ∞

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