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Childrens' books

Patrick Callan May 14, 2015 at 5:03 pm

My son is only nine months old but growing like a weed. I’ve been looking for liberty-oriented childrens’ books for all ages really. So that he will never go without a book. Suggestions on DVDs and games are also very welcome.

I’ve heard of the Tuttle twins and Liberty’s kids on PBS (are the latter good?). Here in Sweden there’s very little so we’re looking across the pond for ideas 🙂

Thanks from Aedan and his dad.

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Katharina May 15, 2015 at 11:19 am

Not necessarily “libertarian”, but one of the best children books with a great story is “This is not my hat” by Jon Klassen. It’s about a little fish stealing a big fish’s hat and thinking he’ll get away with it.

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Leanne Baker May 15, 2015 at 11:44 am

Start with the “Carl” books — they’re mostly pictures, perfect for kids. My favorite is “Carl’s Christmas.”

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  Blue Square May 15, 2015 at 3:05 pm
  
  I’m just commenting in this thread so I can keep abreast of the responses. (I have a 2.5 year old girl and a 0.5 year old boy.)
  
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Bob R. May 16, 2015 at 7:28 pm

Yertle the Turtle (Dr. Seuss)

These are for future reference:

The Toothpaste Millionaire (ages 8-12?) — kid starts a company

The Girl Who Owned a City (ages 10-15?) — kids rebuild after a virus kills all the adults

The Impossible Journey (ages 12-15?) kids track down their parents arrested by Stalin’s secret police in 1934.

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Patrick Callan May 17, 2015 at 4:57 am

Thanks all! We have all the Seuss books 🙂 We try to be a bilingual household (I’m swedish-Irish and my wife lived in the US for a while) But I’m always afraid we’re confusing the little one. Others tell us to talk and read as much as possible to help with this. At what age do I get to read bedtime stories?

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Roger Browne May 20, 2015 at 11:01 am

There is “ABC’s of Anarchy”, Brian Heagney’s book. It’s on Amazon.

It’s a child’s book, but you don’t have to read it to your child. You can leave it on the coffee table and alarm your visitors instead 🙂

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Tracy Lawson September 16, 2015 at 5:54 pm

The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield

Those are great middle-grade books.
If I may be so bold, I hope you’ll check out my YA dystopian series, which has a decided libertarian slant. Counteract and Resist are out, with two more volumes to follow. There’s a book launch party for Resist on Liberty.me tomorrow evening (Sept 17) at 9:30 EDT. Please stop by! Here’s the link: https://liberty.me/live/book-launch-party-resist-by-tracy-lawson/

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