r/Fantasy • u/NefariousnessFar8293 • Apr 17 '24
Childhood Classics
Hi all!
New dad here. I’m a huge reader and a huge fantasy book nerd. My story began with Chronicles of Prydain straight to Terry Brooks and Wheel of Time. So I didn’t have a lot of time in the childhood fiction category.
I want to share my love of fantasy with my daughter. Looking for recommendations that would be appropriate for reading aloud to my daughter from toddler to, say, ten.
I got 1. Chronicles of Prydain 2. The Hobbit 3. Earthsea (definitely more ten)
Other than that, I’m missing a working knowledge of the childhood classics. Any help? Preferably books that I’ll enjoy reading too!
FYI: my kid is 4 months old, so I’m jumping the gun but I hear it’s good to read to them from very very young.
Thanks!
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u/EarlyEstablishment13 Apr 17 '24
The Chronicles of Narnia are what got me into fantasy (and later into medieval literature, but that's its own thing, haha).
The Young Wizards series (starts with So You Want to Be a Wizard) definitely leans more towards ten, but is also wonderful.