Manfred comments on [Book Suggestions] Summer Reading for Younglings. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 12 May 2012 09:29:08PM *  1 point [-]

Watership Down by Richard Adams is good and is about bunnies.

Secretly, it's also about people :D

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblrkyvtdcgf6V1qaqtpfo1500.png. Also, I don't like this book. As a substitute, how about those Garth Nix books?

Comment author: erratio 12 May 2012 10:17:48PM 2 points [-]

Those Garth Nix books are great, but not at all similar to Sophie's World. I would recommend both (although if I had to pick one, Garth Nix all the way)

Comment author: Michelle_Z 12 May 2012 11:14:13PM 1 point [-]

Garth Nix books are quite good, though I'd avoid Shade's Children. It might be inappropriate for a 5th grader.

Comment author: Alicorn 12 May 2012 09:45:24PM 0 points [-]

Why don't you like Sophie's World?

Comment author: Manfred 12 May 2012 10:09:36PM 0 points [-]

Oh, the whole philosophy-as-magic thing.