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| | *''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (retold by Samantha Noonan, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (more suitable for girls, but there are three minor grammatical errors in this book). | | *''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (retold by Samantha Noonan, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (more suitable for girls, but there are three minor grammatical errors in this book). |
| | *''Call of the Wild'' (retold by Steward Ross, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (more suitable for boys, and well-edited such that the first noticeable error is not until p. 51 out of 64, when the verb "were" is missing in "There no other signs of life.")<ref>Additional books of this series by this publisher, with an easy-to-read font, include ''Robin Hood'', and ''Robinson Crusoe''.</ref> | | *''Call of the Wild'' (retold by Steward Ross, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (more suitable for boys, and well-edited such that the first noticeable error is not until p. 51 out of 64, when the verb "were" is missing in "There no other signs of life.")<ref>Additional books of this series by this publisher, with an easy-to-read font, include ''Robin Hood'', and ''Robinson Crusoe''.</ref> |
| | + | *''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> - a good adaptation for children, with large print, is published by Barnes & Noble Books (New York: 1993)): ''[[The Aesop for Children]]'' (illustrated by Milo Winter), (originally by Checkerboard Press, Inc., 1919 and again in 1947) |
| | + | *''[[Charlotte's Web]]'', by E.B. White, preferably using a large-print, illustrated edition. |
| | *''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (retold by Samantha Noonan, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (very polished, and interesting to a child with its use of animals, a car, and an escape from prison) | | *''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (retold by Samantha Noonan, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) (very polished, and interesting to a child with its use of animals, a car, and an escape from prison) |
| | *''[[The Secret Garden]]'' (retold by Annabel Savery, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) | | *''[[The Secret Garden]]'' (retold by Annabel Savery, Arcturus Publishing, 2021) |
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| | :*Also good for Minecraft players is to read [https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft 5 open source alternatives to Minecraft] | | :*Also good for Minecraft players is to read [https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft 5 open source alternatives to Minecraft] |
| | *excerpts from [[Shakespeare]] plays, such as ''[[Friends, Romans, Countrymen]]'' from ''[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]]'' | | *excerpts from [[Shakespeare]] plays, such as ''[[Friends, Romans, Countrymen]]'' from ''[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]]'' |
| − | *''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> A good adaptation for children, with large print, is published by Barnes & Noble Books (New York: 1993)): ''[[The Aesop for Children]]'' (illustrated by Milo Winter), (originally by Checkerboard Press, Inc., 1919 and again in 1947)
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| | *a collection of fun poems for kids<ref>https://poets.org/text/poems-kids</ref> | | *a collection of fun poems for kids<ref>https://poets.org/text/poems-kids</ref> |
| | :*[https://poets.org/poem/be-glad-your-nose-your-face ''Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face'', by Jack Prelutsky] | | :*[https://poets.org/poem/be-glad-your-nose-your-face ''Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face'', by Jack Prelutsky] |