Family Read-Alouds All Ages Will Enjoy

If you are looking for some great reads the entire family can enjoy together, look no further than these books curated by the Unnomedia review team.

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder pictorially presents an iconic period in American history, and she’s an excellent preface to reading authors such as Willa Cather. They develop similar themes in more adult terms.

While Wilder deliberately left out the worst parts of her childhood to scare small children, such as the death of her younger brother and the day-by-day recounting of how sister Mary lost her eyesight, she still truthfully tells both about the hardships and joys of pioneer life. You will bite your nails hearing about pa’s fight against the grasshopper hordes and feel his despair at losing his crops two years in a row after having mortgaged everything he owns. You will develop a greater appreciation for how comfortable modern life is and how we moderns squander its bounty with ingratitude. Wilder’s tales of the deep love among her family members their need for, trust in, and dependence upon each other will strengthen your appreciation for and devotion to your own family.

American Tall Tales

If you need to engage the masculine side of your family and love America, you can’t go wrong by reading American Tall Tales. They’re fun for all ages—folks like whoppers just as much now as they did a century ago. Also, of course, they reveal America’s unique personality that so many people love (and hate).

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