# Recommend Me a Book.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163 "2018-02-04T15:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thatbpguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@thatbpguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatbpguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/21 "2018-02-06T03:05:16Z")
The original Peter Pan, or, The Boy Who Never Grew Up. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/22 "2018-02-06T04:45:53Z")
If we’re looking for a book that’s completely without violence, conflict, or anything threatening or unpleasant, _Winnie the Pooh_ would seem like an obvious choice. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/23 "2018-02-06T05:40:21Z")
Take a look at the 2 other E.B. White books instead of _Charlotte’s Web._ His _Stuart Little_ is a lot of fun (if you think that she won’t be upset at the idea of a human mom giving birth to a mouse) and so is _The Trumpet of the Swan._ Would the _Chicken Soup for the Soul_ books be of interest? They contain some conflict but it’s always resolved in a positive way. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/24 "2018-02-06T06:02:10Z")
Anything by Beverly Cleary, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/25 "2018-02-06T07:24:08Z")
How about the Mrs. Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman? They are charming. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/26 "2018-02-06T10:16:33Z")
If she likes to be read to and go on drives I would suggest an audiobook or two wouldn’t be a bad move. Many of the titles mentioned are available. For great reading Stephen Fry has done the Winnie The Pooh books, the Paddington books and some Roald Dahl. There is a great collection of [Dr Seuss](https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Hat-Other-Seuss-Favorites/dp/0807218731) read by people like John Lithgow, Dustin Hoffman and Kelsey Grammer that makes for good quote-along amusement in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/27 "2018-02-06T14:06:51Z")
Poetry might be a good idea. I know someone with autism who loves haiku. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/28 "2018-02-06T14:15:47Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > All Creatures Great and Small is a wonderful idea. Thank you all. My wife has stopped by once or twice to read your wonderful ideas. There are several picture book versions of episodes in his memoirs, which might be a good idea, too, or instead. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/29 "2018-02-07T05:04:00Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > If we’re looking for a book that’s completely without violence, conflict, or anything threatening or unpleasant, _Winnie the Pooh_ would seem like an obvious choice. Not really–there’s the swarm of bees, Pooh stuck in Rabbit’s doorway, possible rampaging heffalumps, the blustery day, the kidnapping of Roo, the flood and probably more if we look at the book. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/30 "2018-02-07T06:45:19Z")
I don’t know if these are still commercially available, but the _Danny Dunn_ and _Henry Reed, Inc._ series might be in this lady’s comfort zone. So might _Misty of Chincoteague._ ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/31 "2018-02-08T18:32:55Z")
The humorous short story collections by Patrick McManus. Most of the “scary” bits are led up to in ways that make them funny, because you know what the “scaree” doesn’t. And McManus has a gift for descriptions of absurd situations that adds to the humor. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/32 "2018-02-08T18:55:46Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > The humorous short story collections by Patrick McManus. Most of the “scary” bits are led up to in ways that make them funny, because you know what the “scaree” doesn’t. And McManus has a gift for descriptions of absurd situations that adds to the humor. Oh god, is he the one with the description of riding a bike downhill with a “dead” deer? I laughed like an idiot at that one. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/33 "2018-02-09T00:25:12Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > Oh god, is he the one with the description of riding a bike downhill with a “dead” deer? I laughed like an idiot at that one. You may have conflated two stories, but yes. 😃 He tells of hunting on a bicycle and not realizing he had only knocked out the deer until it woke up as he was carrying it home piggyback on the bike. The downhill one was his older cousin and a friend commandeering his bike to avoid walking back to town down a long straight hill, and not giving him the chance to tell them there were no brakes. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163/34 "2018-02-09T01:18:59Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > You may have conflated two stories, but yes. 😃 > > He tells of hunting on a bicycle and not realizing he had only knocked out the deer until it woke up as he was carrying it home piggyback on the bike. > > The downhill one was his older cousin and a friend commandeering his bike to avoid walking back to town down a long straight hill, and not giving him the chance to tell them there were no brakes. Ah! Well, conflation or no, he’s really funny. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163.md?page=1)