Reading to your kids every night has a better chance of changing the world than anything else you do.
But only if you read great stuff. This time is precious, so don't waste it on frivolities like Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Captain Underpants. Be bold.
Here are 38 recommendations that belong on your shelf:
(This list doesn't contain obvious selections like The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Those should already be on your shelf.)
1. Have Spacesuit - Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
2. Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
3. Watership Down by Richard Adams
4. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
5. Give Me Liberty by L. M. Elliott
6. Holes by Louis Sachar
7. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
8. The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
9. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
10. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
11. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
12. The Winter King by Christine Cohen
13. Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
14. Animal Farm by George Orwell
15. Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson
16. Night Journeys by Avi
17. Forbidden Child by Gwen Newell
18. 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
19. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
20. Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
21. Pinnochio by Carlo Collodi (Try the MinaLima edition)
22. The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
23. The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
24. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
25. Penrod by Booth Tarkington
26. The Dragon and the Raven by G.A. Henty
27. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
28. The Blue Fairy Book (full versions of the classic fairy tales you think you know)
29. Bambi by Felix Salten
30. Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson
31. Hank the Cow Dog series by John R. Erickson
32. Matilda by Roald Dahl
33. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
34. Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
35. Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
36. Red Planet by Robert Heinlein
37. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (edit while you read per your personal convictions)
38. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
A man's journey is to overcome his fears and lead.
A woman's journey to overcome her fears and trust him.
And to fully actualize either, we need unshakable faith in Gd. 🙏💚
@ntvkenya@ItsBrianObuya My brothers and sisters are doing me dirty with these corruption scandals. Now my whole tribe is branded corrupt just because of these few crooked individuals.
@WashingtoneAka2@dnahinga@KenyaPower_Care They coerced me into paying an inflated bill after taking me round in circles and staff being constantly away from the office. Solar installation process started. Freedom is coming!
@KenyaPower_Care I pay the bill amounting to 25,034 but you still have not unblocked ac no. 54601171819. What do want exactly. Businesses are suffering because of your inefficiency. Freedom will come one day, soon. 2/2
@KenyaPower_Care Ac What is your problem? You disconnected Ac no. 29138880 due to a disputed bill of 22,000 for 870 units you say were underestimated. You then unfairly decide to block a prepaid ac no. 54601171819 in a different town but with the same account name. 1/2
Finance & Planning Committee has finally tabled the much awaited report on Finance Bill 2023 with a raft of proposed changes.
Here's a 🧵 on some of the key changes that have been proposed & some key questions I think emerge around Treasury's position on taxation in Kenya
A busy holiday and working weekend for @UNHABITAT Envoys Madam @MaimunahSharif & H.E. @MichalMlynar wish them the very best as the 2nd UN Habitat Assembly kicks off in Nairobi this week.
There is no shortcut to losing weight.
For the last 10 years, you have been eating bad foods and you became obese,
Yet, you want to lose weight instantly,
Shortcuts like surgery have severe side effects which will catch up with you.
Do the right thing.
#FoodFriday
@OliverCheruiyot @PatelMandazi Please collect your coins and do a direct import. Local probox(es) are trash and very poorly maintained. It's quite hard to get a well maintained one.
The constant burning of garbage at the Nakuru dumpsite generates so much smoke pollution and this cannot be good for schools and homes around the area. @NakuruCountyGov@NemaKenya@kot