If you are looking for some great books for everyone in the family, take a look at these curated by the Cagebook review team.
Endurance (Young Readers Edition)
by Scott Kelly
In his memoir for young readers about his year abroad, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly makes the unimaginable imaginable. The book details all the dangers and challenges of living in space — from the awkwardness of sharing close quarters with strangers to the possibility of dangerous collisions — and reaches back into Kelly’s childhood, coming-of-age years and his career path toward becoming an astronaut. Kelly’s story is a great reminder to your children that with passion and hard work, they too can achieve their wildest dreams.
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
The recent movie adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book brought this one back on our family radar. The animal characters are so intensely drawn, and Kipling reminds us that even a book filled with two- and four-legged animals (and slithering creatures) can teach us a powerful tale about family. Parents will have to work on their voices, as this classic is even better if you put a little vocal fun into the retelling.
The Iliad and D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
by Gillian Cross, illustrated by Neil Packer
by Ingri D’Aulaire and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
For anyone with a god- and goddess-obsessed child — thank you, Percy Jackson — who wants to continue to feed this interest, there are some beautiful books to take out for a parent-child spin. Gillian Cross’s The Iliad tells Agamemnon and Achilles’ tale with big, bold pictures by Neil Packer that will introduce young readers to a robust cast of characters, including Odysseus Patroclus, Paris, and Hector. D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths has been a staple in homes for decades, and there’s a reason why: This giant book, written by a husband-wife duo, beautifully blends mythology and illustration in chapters that are perfectly sized for a nightly pinch of mythology.
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