# Whatcha reading aloud to your kids?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 28, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-aloud-to-your-kids/370557 "2006-08-28T18:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-aloud-to-your-kids/370557/21 "2006-08-29T19:08:49Z")

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Skammer the Younger is still a little young for books that can’t be finished in less than 10 minutes. So our current list of books in ‘heavy rotation’ include:  
_Llama, Llama, Red Pajama  
The Little Engine that Could  
Sneeches and Other Stories  
The Big Red Barn  
Love Songs of Little Bear  
Go, Dog, Go_

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**Author:** ![Schuyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Schuyler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schuyler)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-aloud-to-your-kids/370557/22 "2006-08-29T19:29:00Z")

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Our older daughter is (almost) 8 - we are reading Watership Down (inspired by this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381957)). Past books include The Hobbit and Charlotte’s Web.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-aloud-to-your-kids/370557/23 "2006-08-29T19:56:07Z")

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I’m re-experiencing it via audiobook right now because of that thread. 🙂 I would love for my kids to read it (or hear it, whichever) but I’m afraid it’s a little too descriptive. Does your daughter’s attention tend to drift off during the descriptions of the landscape, or the weather?

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-aloud-to-your-kids/370557/24 "2006-08-29T21:35:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Schuyler]  
Past books include The Hobbit and Charlotte’s Web.  
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I’m a cooler pig than Wilbur. Read 'em my stuff!

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