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Book Feature

Best Books for Boys

Reading aloud to children has to be one of the best all-around mother-child bonding activities of all time. When my boys were young, they loved when I read them The Wind in the Willows, the Boxcar Children series, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, Little House in the Big Woods, Pippi Longstocking books and anything by wacky British writer Roald Dahl, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to James and the Giant Peach to The BFG.

I began reading short chapter books interspersed with illustrated books to my boys when they were very young. Our weekly trip to the library, which was within walking distance from our home, was the highlight of our week, and I was just as eager as they were to get home and read our latest finds.

Wondering how to connect with your daughter?

Check out our review of Here for You: Creating a Mother-Daughter Bond that Lasts a Lifetime by Susie Shellenberger and Kathy Gowler.

Excerpted from Mom’s Everything Book for Sons (Zondervan, 2003). Used with permission.