Robinson Crusoe

That was really cool. My son and I just finished reading Robinson Crusoe together. We read it in less than a week (4 or 5 days, I think).

He was interested enough that he would ask to have it read to him. I was a little leary of the cannibals as well as the fighting - but I'd rather it come from me, where I can discuss this stuff with him and have Harry understand why they are bad. Plus, the book was published by Scholastic and is mine from when I was a kid.

Anyway, that's 127 pages. He then asked if I could read it to him again! Wow.

If anyone has ideas of stories that are actually good for an almost 6-year-old, I'm interested. We've read the Thomas stories umpteen times (and that's the mega-book of all Thomas stories). I'm trying to keep the stories under 200 pages (I figure that will be the maximum Harry can handle before losing interest in the story). Obviously, I'd prefer something a bit more kid-friendly. Robinson Crusoe just happened to be the first book I found that I thought he'd listen to for the entire book.

I'm thinking I still want to wait on the C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe stories for a while. They're about 200 pages apiece, the font is smaller, and there aren't as many pictures.