If your child could only read one book

[naomi 347]

(or hypothetical child) ONE book all of his/her life and the decision was yours, what would it be?

[CurlyNight 0]

(or hypothetical child) ONE book all of his/her life and the decision was yours, what would it be?

Conversation With God, Book 1. Very spiritual and inspirational, even if the author may have made it all up.

[GuidingLight 3]

Doyle Brunson's Super System

[CurlyNight 0]

Doyle Brunson's Super System

You should come over to tdz and participate in the geek pokah tournaments...

 

[Vikings4ever 496]

Why should the little bastard read more than his old man?

[CurlyNight 0]

Why should the little bastard read more than his old man?

[Guest tiki_gods]

The Things They Carry by Tim O'Brien

 

I read it in college then experienced it first hand. Very insightful book.

[KayJay1971 238]

I would get him a life time subscription to Maxim magazine. Everything a young man needs to know is right there in the pages of that great magazine!

[DVD 0]

A Science textbook

[NewbieJr 541]

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

[paulinstl 295]

The Bible

[Birdseed 1]

Hang Tough, Paul Mather

[bandwagoneer 0]

The Things They Carry by Tim O'Brien

 

I read it in college then experienced it first hand. Very insightful book.

 

Great book!!

[Cdub100 3,418]

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life - Charles Darwin

[FunkyMcCool 0]

The Things They Carry by Tim O'Brien

 

I read it in college then experienced it first hand. Very insightful book.

 

Technically not a "book," but an excellent read nonetheless. I did a paper on it in Comp II. Great story.

 

It's difficult to pick just ONE because there are so many, for so many levels of childhood maturity. Hence,

 

The Little Engine That Could has a great messageon perserverence for early childhood.

 

The Outsiders, excellent social commentary for teens.

 

Go Ask Alice, excellent anti-drug message.

 

Charlotte's Web, excellent all-around kid's story.

[Churchill610 0]

Mein Kampf?

[Cdub100 3,418]

Mein Kampf?

 

Ohhhhh good one

[parrot 789]

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

[brinett9 0]

The Oxford English Dictionary.

 

I figure all the other books are contained within it.

[D'ohmer Simpson 0]

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

 

 

I was going to say Playboy's Girls of the ACC. But C&H is good choice too.

[Electric Mayhem 35]

How to Live in America on an Unread Uneducated Dishwasher's Salary

[Jeremy 0]

The Bible

 

[hoytdwow 202]

Technically not a "book,"

 

Yes it is.

[Jeff Garcia 8]

The Bible

[D'ohmer Simpson 0]

Yes it is.

 

Man, I really hate having to scroll back up to find out what you're referring to

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The Bible

I think I'd stay with Non Fiction myself.

[EndGame 0]

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

I read that one to my daughter frequently at bedtime. Good stuff.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

The Great Big Book of Everything

[GettnHuge 1]

this one looks good

[Cdub100 3,418]

Creatine, Nature's Muscle Builder - Ray Sahelian, M.D.

[DauntesInferno 0]

Webster's Unabridged

[fatsean 0]

"Ball Four" by Jim Bouton

[Churchill610 0]

Ohhhhh good one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, we should all be embarassed it took so many posts to get to Mein Kampf. We should all hang our heads in shame...........................................

[Guest tiki_gods]

Creatine, Nature's Muscle Builder - Ray Sahelian, M.D.

 

Then do a comparison with "Juiced" by Jose Canseco

[ZeroTolerance 582]

Hmm..what kind of human would be created by reading The Bible and nothing else in their lifetime?

 

 

 

..I think it might resemble Pat Robertson, actually.

[Alwayslinny 0]

Yep, The Giving Tree.

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Actually, we should all be embarassed it took so many posts to get to Mein Kampf. We should all hang our heads in shame...........................................

 

We're all getting warmed it. The forum has been down for a while so don't look for people to be on their A game so soon.

[zen 0]

Mein Kampf

 

A world where children are only allowed to read one book is a nazi-facist nightmare, so I might as well train the little bastard appropriately.

 

ETA: I posted this without reading the thread. Holy crap someone else already picked Mein Kampf.

[JoeRedneck 3]

The Bible

[DuckStupid 40]

Go Dog Go