Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, and they come away from the reading with something completely different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of the British Empire...and she was full of "your family were slaves of the British" afterwards! It made me take another look at my family, with a new perspective.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Bhaskar Dasgupta <[email protected]> wrote: > After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's 18th > birthday > > http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 > > > >> On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. >> >> However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - >> 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory >> 2. The Magic Faraway Tree >> 3. The Wind in the Willows >> 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series >> 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with >> children) >> >> I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha titles >> as presents - more so than the kids themselves. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Rajeev >> >>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My "here, you MUST read this!" books: >>> >>> Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran >>> Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney >>> Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman >>> The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> How about your list, Udhay? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >>>> >>>> An incomplete list from my perspective: >>>> >>>> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >>>> Infinity and the Mind >>>> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >>>> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>>> >>
