Any book suggestions for precocious 6 yr old girls?

[Ineeda]

I'm building their library and want to focus on topics like equality, tolerance and peace, preferably with a humorous slant and with evocative graphics. (I just ordered 'And Tango Makes Three' and 'The Story of Ferdinand.')

[slackmaster]

1. I read George Orwell's Animal Farm when I was six

It does address equality, sort of. ;-)

[hippywife]

23. Well, that makes me think that

Watership Down might actually be a good one for kids, but maybe a little but older than six.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Places to do some research....

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/237637/great_books_for_six_year_old_girls.html

http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/promos/greatbooks/booklist.html

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=books+for+6+year+old&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=4594846045&ref=pd_sl_9mkgee4pp1_b

[hlthe2b]

3. I got hooked on biographies very early....

those of female role models would seem to be a great place to start.... By precocious, I assume you mean reading beyond her age?

Books on Amelia Earhart were an early favorite of mine..

[YOY]

4. "Matilda". By Roald Dahl

n.t.

[kestrel91316]

5. I think I like anything Ramona Quimby or Nancy Drew about then.

[Oregone]

6. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

She may be too old for it though, but give it a go.

[Ineeda]

12. Great suggestion for 8 or 10 years from now! Thanks for the reminder to read this again.

[Oregone]

16. Oh, by then they will already be slaves of the system. Expose them young

:)

[Schema Thing]

7. "And Tango Makes Three", really?

must be hella precocious.

[Ineeda]

10. recommended for preschool-Gr.3

These bright girls are in first grade. What's the problem?

[MrCoffee]

18. I checked that out from the library for my kids...it was crap

Awful, awful writing. The illustrations were insipid. I think I fell asleep halfway through reading it and never bothered to finish, it was so piss-poor.

[demmiblue]

8. I would recomend taking a list of Caldecott winners to your local library...

and peruse some of the books on the list.

I would think that most libraries have a copy of this list in the children's section.


My favorite book for a young girl is The Paberbag Princess.
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Bag-Princess-Classic-Munsch/dp/0920236162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260212542&sr=8-1

[Oregone]

9. "The Paberbag Princess"?

My 3 year old daughter is tired of that book

[demmiblue]

13. Oh.

Did you have a point? It is a great book for young girls... a six year-old is not too old for that book.

[demmiblue]

15. You may also want to check out the Corettta Scott King Awards, as well as the Pura Belpre Awards

Good luck!

[aquart]

11. My dad put a kiddie Life of Rembrandt in my crib.

Took a while before I read it.

[MineralMan]

14. How precocious? At what level are they reading?

[Ineeda]

17. At least a couple of years ahead of the pack.

I'm looking for books they can read themselves and/or to have grown-ups read to them and discuss.

[japple]

19. I recently read and loved "Whittington" by Alan Armstrong. It

is the story of Dick Whittington as told by his cat.

[hippywife]

20. I always like the classics.

These may have to be read to her a little but Pippi Longstocking, Dr. Doolittle, those kinds of books. :hi:

[Orrex]

21. Anything by Charles Bukowski.

[Sequoia]

22. Island of the Blue Dolphin, and Heidi.

Old books to be sure, but good anyway.

[japple]

24. Natalie Babbit's books. When I was a child, I loved Lois Lenski's

books, but they might be considered too old fashioned.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. When I was a precocious six-year-old, I liked

a children's simplified version of Black Beauty, the Mary Poppins books (don't judge them by the movie), the Winnie the Pooh stories, Heidi, and the early Laura Ingalls Wilder books (don't judge them by the syrupy TV series).

[Flaxbee]

26. I remember Judy Blume books -- she covered some

sophisticated topics, but did so extremely well, with sensitivity and tenderness.

[pitohui]

27. well maybe i was odd and spent a lot of time outdoors but...

while i don't remember the names of the books i remember that i would turn the pages of some child's photo guides to wildflowers, mushrooms, birds, etc and wonder if i could find those things

for fiction i was into quantity more than quantity.. but i do remember "the story of ferdinand," that WAS cute

but i read v. fast and used the library a lot so for a book to keep at home it was often nice if it wasn't fiction but rather something that i could look at again and again

[LWolf]

28. Sure.

Keep an eye out for new books; 50 yo stories can be great, but there've been some good things written since.

Anything by Patricia Polacco. Many of her "picture books" are content rich and higher level reading.

"Finding the Green Stone" by Alice Walker.

The original versions: Winnie the Pooh, Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland;

"The Secret Garden," "Wind in the Willows," "The Hobbit," "Where the Red Fern Grows," "Anne of Greene Gables," "Mary Poppins," "Mrs. Piggle-wiggle," "Because of Winn-Dixie," "The Tale of Despereaux,"

Some well-illustrated modern versions of classic folk and fairy tales...especially if you can find the same story from several different cultures.

Books by Natalie Babbitt, Cynthia Rylant, Julius Lester, Betsy Byars, Patricia McKissack, Andrew Clements....

I could go on and on, but this should get you started, lol.

[tigereye]

29. The Hobbit- apparently Tolkein wrote it for his 6 year old son

[Orrex]

30. I recommend Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer"

What six year old wouldn't love it?

[rantormusing]

31. You might want to check out your friendly neighborhood comic book store.

They should have a lot of what you're looking for, and when they get older you can find a range of material that tilts toward questioning authority, questioning war, and comics have plenty of issues where they deal with equality and such.

I wish i had some concrete examples, but for a six year old, i don't have a clue. Wonder Woman!?!?!?!?...lol

GIve it a shot.

[elehhhhna]

32. Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy

is hysterical - as are all the Junie B. Jones books, imo.
http://www.amazon.com/Junie-Jones-Beauty-Shop-Guy/dp/0679889310

[mzteris]

33. Warriors (it's about CATS!)

by Erin Hunter.

A wonderfully cute series.

[owlsayswoot]

34. Your milage may vary, of course

When I was a kid, I really loved the Marguerite Henry books-Misty of Chincoteague, Brighty of Grand Canyon, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, King of the Wind, and all that. Course, I'm a horse geek, so even the really dated ones were still awesome. I still wanna go to Pony Penning Day. :D

I also really enjoyed LaGuin's Catwings series (but I think it's out of print?) the Just-So Stories, The Chronicles of Prydain, the Babysitters Little Sisters series, the Little House books, anything by Bruce Coville, and any of my brother's comics I could snitch.

[Sabriel]

35. Peruse these lists

The CCBC is known for promoting social justice and multicultural issues. I recommend "50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know" as a start.

http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailLists.asp?idBookListCat=7

And more power to you for using And Tango Makes Three! I love that you shared that one.