Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?

I was inspired by the other thread I saw today about books for adults. For those with young children, what are you reading to them these days? Any good science and technology books appropriate for age 5 or 6? Or other non-fiction?

I can strongly recommend "Mushrooms and Company" (https://greystonebooks.com/products/mushrooms-and-company). My five year old daughter and I really enjoyed it, and now I'm personally very interested in fungi as a result.

7 points | by jopizio 14 hours ago

9 comments

  • andon 2 hours ago
    No kids, but I'm listening to His Dark Materials currently, and would recommend it to every parent. 5 and 6 might be a bit young for it, I would compare it to the third or fourth Harry Potter books in terms of maturity. Got great themes and messages too.
  • austin-cheney 11 hours ago
    When my kids were that age I read several of the Edge Chronicles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_Chronicles

    My childhood favorite is the Dragonlance Twins trilogy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Legends

  • atmosx 6 hours ago
    Greek Mythology (PG-3 version), God bless Sir Fry for his books. They are amazing.

    Fairy tales I make inspired by some famous tale, but using local geography (mountains, woods, local trees, etc.).

    Kid loves both. While early on he was just falling asleep, these days I have to stop because between his excitement and the three million questions the narrative might take 1.5 hours...

  • syzaree 1 hour ago
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar ∞
  • ifh-hn 7 hours ago
    Skulduggery Pleasant currently.

    Read Harry Potter obviously. And His Dark Materials.

  • cpach 10 hours ago
    The Narnia books by CS Lewis are very good IMHO. But you might want to wait a year or two.
  • tagwall 11 hours ago
    Give 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' a look
  • 4lx87 8 hours ago
    We go to the library a few times a month and pick out new books. Our reading list is always changing. Buying new books is pretty expensive, as we don't read most books repeatedly for more than a week or two.

    Frog & Toad series by Arnold Lobel is a favorite.

  • x52044893 10 hours ago
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