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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:36 pm
I can't even begin to say how happy I am that pTerry decided to write another series for younger readers (Tiffany Aching) - in my opinion, it may even surpass his superb writing in the more adult-oriented DW books. I've been gifting every young lady I know with a set of the Tiffany Aching books as soon as they get into chapter books. I started out my nephew on The Color of Magic, but that's because he was always terrified of a vast number of things growing up and I thought he and Rincewind would get on well.
Words cannot express the awesome when, after I'd nearly finished reading The Wee Free Men to my nearly-two-year-old daughter during naptime snuggles, she started catching my eye and babbling about "Grandmom Ache". We're now on Hat Full of Sky, but she's weaning so I'll have to find other excuses to snuggle and read to her.
What DW books do you read to/buy for the kids in your family? For that matter, who else here is even old enough to *have* kids?
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:48 am
Wow...so no people with kids, eh?
To continue the topic (because I like to see some recent posts, even if they're only mine), we're on Wintersmith now. My daughter gets read to every afternoon until she drops off to sleep, and it's usually a short Disney Princess book followed by "Tiffy Achin'". It won't be *my* fault if she grows up to be a dentist.
Bedtime favorites are usually something else, since my son picks. Lately it's been all Yotsuba all the time. Else it's Spiderwick or Harry Potter. I suspect he prefers books with boys in the lead role, but I have a soft spot for Roland, so I hope Lucien gives the Tiffany Aching series a try someday.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:22 pm
My dad and I are always trading Disc World books back and forth. I read them all, but he particularly like the Watch books.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:29 pm
Yeah, I have Plans for introducing my FIL to the watch books. He's a night-shift police officer, so he'd probably even get some jokes I miss! I just have trouble finding the right volumes lately...bookstore stocking practices are getting a mite sketchy. That means I'm going to have to *remember*...in *advance*...
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:31 pm
I'm old enough to have kids. I just don't have any yet. xd When I do, I'm definitely getting them into books at a young age, and I'm also definitely planning on reading them Discworld. I don't know what I'd do if my kids end up hating books and reading because my fiancé and I both have degrees in English and love reading. I'd probably assume they were swapped at birth. xd
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:34 pm
I'm also not a parent yet, but I still have almost all of my books from my childhood. I have one more book that will definitely get read at bedtime, Terry Pratchett's Where's my Cow?.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:41 pm
Oh poot.
I thought you were offering to trade books for children. I have some spare ones, and could always use some new books....
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:51 am
L.O.L!
Yeah, I have those days as well. The youngest is 2 1/2. That's probably enough said right there. But I'm also home schooling, which means the older one has a few days where he gets right up my nose. He's in the Superhero stage right now, so not big on Discworld yet. The good news there is, I'll be the one picking what we read for literature classes! *rubs hands in eager anticipation* Think of the possibilities!
Vetinari As An Example of the Classic Anti-Hero: Discuss.
A Logical Discourse on the Speculated Royal Natures of Carrot and Nobby.
Regicide: A Discussion of Comparative Morality and Its Relation to Law.
Rincewind: Themes and Leitmotifs Across the Disc.
Leonard of Quirm: Singularity and Humanism In a Post-Humanist Age.
And let's not forget Nanny Ogg's Cookbook as an activity for learning the metric system.
Maybe if I played my cards right I could even get pTerry to come give a lecture! 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:48 am
And there's always science...
"What kind of fish and root are needed to create a zombie?"
"Measuring of the Speed of Light in a High Thaumic Environment"
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:05 pm
eek
... ninja
...... twisted
And here I'm supposed to be a good influence on the lad.
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