Advice.
I'm thinking of buying my nieces, 8 and 10 (I'm nearly Eleven!), some books as presents. Are there any thought-provoking, possibly life-directing books you would recommend for girls that age?
Meanwhile, please enjoy Marcus Schenkenberg for Thanksgiving!
Sans Pantaloons of course!
posted by Sans Pantaloons at 5:17 PM
13 Comments:
I'd play it safe - give them bookstore giftcards - my kids (7 and 9) LOVE getting Barnes & Noble gift cards, they get to pick out any book they want and they will spend hours in the store.
Right now my kids are reading: Boxcar children; Judy Blume's Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, Super Fudge etc.; Diary of a Whimpy Kid; The Lemonade War
Captain Underpants is a good series too.
My eleven year old son loves the 39Clues series. Action, adventure, betrayal, some mystery. He has to have the books the day they are released and he finishes them within a day.
As I recall, the girls really liked "American Girl" how-to books about making and keeping friends, middle school survival, how to have a great slumber party, how to make a great braid, etc. Very tricky territory for a guy to choose, I suppose.
My 17 year old still talks (and laughs)about how the reference book set Santa left her in the fourth grade -- it wins second prize for "the lamest gift ever"... Geeze. It was just a little extra something for under the tree! Ungrateful brats. J.K. :-)
First prize in the lamest category? Knee socks that say "I love to read" on them. She got those from Mr. Ex's mother. Even *I* knew that was lame!
Thanks for the recent very nice well wishing email. Loved it!
How about a year's subscription to 'Popular Mechanics'??? Or 'High Times'??
Or a Home Depot gift card???
Or some cutlery.
joe is a goofball. that's why we like him, tho.
"Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" by Judy Blume.
a must.
I liked books like Me and my Little Brain, Island of the Blue Dolphin (I'll still read it), A Wrinkle in Time, and pretty much whatever I could get my hands on. :)
Oh, Little House on the Prairie.
Fantastagirl, thank you!
Scarlet, thank you!
Bubbles, thank you! My pleasure.
Joe, thank you! Cutlery sounds good!
Bubbles, I concur!
Anne, thank you!
Lynda, thank you! I shall investigate those titles.
Hello there,
Thanks for sharing the link - but unfortunately it seems to be down? Does anybody here at sanspantaloons.blogspot.com have a mirror or another source?
Cheers,
William
Hello William,
The link seems to be okay for me. The website is http://marcusschenkenberg.org/ if you want to try typing it in by hand.
Hi there,
This is a question for the webmaster/admin here at sanspantaloons.blogspot.com.
May I use some of the information from your blog post above if I give a backlink back to this site?
Thanks,
Mark
Hi Mark,
I would require further information regarding the content you wish to use. If the information is from the comments, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the person who made, and ultimately owns, the comment.
For my own part, no backlink is required.
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