Children's Books

by Bruce Gray

Featured Attraction Continue your exploration of the Harry Potter phenomenon with the second book. Your children will love this series.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets List Price: $6.99 by J. K. Rowling.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland List Price: $19.99 by Lewis Carroll. Includes other Lewis Carroll Fairy Tales.

A Wizard of Earthsea List Price: $7.50 by Ursula K LeGuin. The first book of the Earthsea Trilogy. Well worth reading the entire trilogy to children.

If your only exposure to these books is "A Wrinkle in Time" you need to read the rest of the series. Time Quartet List Price: $26.00 by Madeleine L'Engle.

If your only exposure to the Wizard of Oz is the MGM movie, you owe it to youself to read the original. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz List Price: $7.50 by L Frank Baum.

House With A Clock In the Walls List Price: $5.99 by John Bellairs. If your child likes "Goosebumps", or "Fear Street" they'll probably like Bellairs.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory List Price: $5.99 by Roald Dahl. If your only exposure to Willy Wonka is the movie, you owe it to youself to read the original.

Even better than the stop motion Disney movie. James and the Giant Peach List Price: $5.99 by Roald Dahl.

The wonderful symbolism in this twentieth century classic will enthrall both Adults and Children. The Secret Garden List Price: $7.00 by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Chronicles of Narnia List Price: $41.95 by C S Lewis. Boxed Set. If your child likes Oz and other fantasies, there's no better books to read than the Chronicles of Narnia.

The Hobbit List Price: $7.99 by J R R Tolkien. Prepare your children for "The Lord of the Rings" with this wonderful prequel.

The book is always better than the movie. Charlotte's Web List Price: $8.99 by E B White.

Read this once as a child and once as an adult to "get" all the "in" jokes and puns. The Phantom Tollbooth List Price: $5.99 by Norton Juster.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH List Price: $18.95 by Robert C. O'Brien. This is the book that spawned "The Secret of NIMH".

Judy Blume Set List Price: $19.96 by Judy Blume Contains: "Fudge-a-Mania", "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great", "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing", and "Superfudge".

The book is always better than the movie. The Hundred and One Dalmatians List Price: $5.99 by Dodie Smith.

Much better than the attempt by Disney. The Black Cauldron List Price: $5.99 by Lloyd Alexander.

Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone List Price: $6.99 by J. K. Rowling. The 1st Harry Potter Book.

Nessie and the Viking Gold List Price: $23.98 by Lois June Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah The relationship between Linda and her brother continues to develop.

First book of the wonderful Loch Ness Monster series. Nessie and the Living Stone List Price: $19.98 by Lois June Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah.

Combination of good story and science lesson. Ladybugs for Loretta List Price: $5.99 by Lois June Wickstrom.

Who am I?

I'm Bruce Gray. I enjoy Star Trek, Science Fiction and Fantasy, role playing games, collectible and customizable card games, miniatures, live action role playing, board wargames, and other activities.

I'm married - have been for 25 years. I have a High School age daughter. I live in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and have enjoyed hiking and fishing in our parks.

I sincerely believe that one of the best things you can do for your children is to read to them and get them interested in a love of reading early. "Richer than I you will never be - I had a parent that read to me."

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