Heidi and the Secret Garden illuminate the virtues of a childhood lived outdoors. Reading them might compel a child to put their book down and pick some flowers or start a garden, and the stories may encourage parents to ensure their child lives their life outdoors whenever possible.
Read MoreOne of Mortimer Adler’s most popular books, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, gives tips on how to read fiction and nonfiction books. The guide places much of its focus on nonfiction works, but a chapter of the book is dedicated to imaginative literature. The reading list for the Young Wanderers is exclusively imaginative literature, and parents are given tips to guide their children in deeper reading of the works of fiction following Adler's advice.
Read MoreChildren should read classic literature. They should read the best of what is available in the imaginary world. The stories, poems, and plays that make up the canon of classic children’s literature are the best, and, therefore, that’s what children should read.
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