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To: DMaA who wrote (72784)	8/21/2003 12:37:21 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Are you familiar with Arthur Ransome? If not, run, do not walk, to the nearest bookstore to get a copy of Swallows and Amazons. Start reading it to your kids and they will fall into the magic. My daughters have read all the books at least five times each, I have probably read them a dozen times each since the first time I ran across them about age 8 or 9 or so. Wonderful, wonderful books for children. Try to do the first few in order -- Swallows and Amazons, then Swallowdale, then Winter Holiday. From there on it's not so important. You can get them new in paperback, amazon.com, but if you're like me you'll want to get the Jonathan Cape series in hardbound. We have three full sets now, and I'm working on several more sets for when the grandchildren start coming.

To: DMaA who wrote (72784)	8/21/2003 8:45:17 AM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 82486

Reading aloud is one of the things I miss most now that the boys are gone. We did it for as long as possible --until the older one went to high school. I even remember the last two books we read aloud-- To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Giver. Do you have more than one child (yes- I see you say the eldest) That might be why it worked for us- the older one came in for the reading just for the company, I think. Even in high school, we occasionally had a Shakespeare evening. And I found four scripts of Death of a Salesman at HalfPrice which worked great with my husband playing Willy Loman, the boys the sons, and me, the wife. I always felt that the time reading together offered many more benefits than just- reading. We often wound up talking about the books, and then about their days. They are both avid readers now and when they come home, one of the traditional outings is a trip to HalfPrice in Dallas, which is huge, where they know they can buy anything they want, our treat, and they still expect a stack of books under the tree from MamaSanta every Christmas. It's wonderful that your son enjoys reading. Does he like any particular genre? There are so many readers around here, I used to get great recommendations for them.