Here’s Part Two of our series on children’s books with advanced language and appropriate content! You can check out Part 1 if you need more ideas, and Part 3 will be out next week!
Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne
The original version of these beloved stories is filled with subtleties you won’t find in the Disney version. With lots of sardonic humor, plenty of new words, and sweet stories that are exciting without being scary, the “Classic Pooh” stories are just delightful. You can follow this one up with The House and Pooh Corner and When We Were Very Young.
The Real Mother Goose Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Right
This book, as you’d expect, lacks a story line, but it’s full of rhymes, vocabulary, and wordplay. Plus you get to load your kid up on all those “everyone knows” rhymes without having to remember them yourself. This edition also features beautiful illustrations in a graceful art-deco style.
The Adventures of Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
These books are intended for beginning readers. With story lines about friendship, imagination, and growing up, you won’t find anything to object to in this series. Available as a collection or an anthology as well as single volumes. There’s nothing in these friendly stories to keep your child up at night, and you’ll find them refreshing as well.
