Book recommendations?

[kyrielle]

Not for me. For Drew. I have some criteria, though.

First, he's three, but he likes longer books - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day is about the length (word and page count both) I'm targeting right now.

Second, it has to be a good story.

Third, it'd be nice if it included diverse characters (racial, gender, romance/relationships), and/or broader cultural exposure than white cis straight American. He gets *plenty* of exposure to that, and there's a shortage of exposure to other things for discussion.

Fourth, it would also be nice if they showed handling negative emotions well as far as actions. Not just handling badly and then censuring it, but actually handling it well. Acknowledged or not by the book/characters, as long as it's there.

Third and fourth are "it would be nice". I am still interested in good books that don't, or only slightly, meet those!

(There are limits. The book I encountered in the grocery store while browsing recently, the one about kids playing at being grownup, in which "mommy" was a little girl who cooked and cleaned and cared for the dolly-kids and every "professional" was a boy? Gag. Then again, that also wasn't a good story! Heh.)

Thanks.

[Edited to add point #4.]

Comments

[chemicallace]

I just read "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!" with my pen pal and that was cute and about the word length you're looking for.

[kyrielle]

Thank you! :)