Being a homeschooling family and and Marmee, I can say we read gobs of children's books. Chapter books, picture books, poetry, biographies and more. The Bible is our primary book, but there are many books to choose from. I am actually finishing up The Secret Garden at the moment, recently reread many of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, Louisa May Alcott and many others. I agree with the list of what makes a children's book worth the read, and would add that what Charlotte Mason calls 'twaddle' (irrelevant, not believable, or things that are not of good report or are not honoring to God) actually harm the story, book or the believability of a book. Seeing the world through a child's eyes is delightful and gives one a fresh perspective. I will regularly pull out a children's book if I find that I am losing touch with the fun side of life.
Thanks for your thoughts here, Kerry. What an interesting word, twaddle, and it’s interesting to consider how things that harm a story might also be the things that are not honoring to God. I’m going to think that through. And children’s books definitely have a fun side! What a gift to be invited back into that joy!
Since we read so much in our home, and we analyzed lots of literature and screenplays, poems and plays, we’ve thought about this often! We talk a lot about stories still in our home. I personally love to analyze in depth God’s Word as His stories merit deep study. No twaddle there!
Being a homeschooling family and and Marmee, I can say we read gobs of children's books. Chapter books, picture books, poetry, biographies and more. The Bible is our primary book, but there are many books to choose from. I am actually finishing up The Secret Garden at the moment, recently reread many of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, Louisa May Alcott and many others. I agree with the list of what makes a children's book worth the read, and would add that what Charlotte Mason calls 'twaddle' (irrelevant, not believable, or things that are not of good report or are not honoring to God) actually harm the story, book or the believability of a book. Seeing the world through a child's eyes is delightful and gives one a fresh perspective. I will regularly pull out a children's book if I find that I am losing touch with the fun side of life.
Thanks for your thoughts here, Kerry. What an interesting word, twaddle, and it’s interesting to consider how things that harm a story might also be the things that are not honoring to God. I’m going to think that through. And children’s books definitely have a fun side! What a gift to be invited back into that joy!
Since we read so much in our home, and we analyzed lots of literature and screenplays, poems and plays, we’ve thought about this often! We talk a lot about stories still in our home. I personally love to analyze in depth God’s Word as His stories merit deep study. No twaddle there!