My son's third-grade teacher invites parents to read to the class

[Ellen Forradalom]

Since it's never too early to lead young minds to the abyss, I'd like to read them an illustrated edition of Franz Kafka's short story "The Bridge": "I was stiff and cold, I was a bridge, I lay over a ravine. My toes on one side, my fingers clutching the other, I had clamped myself fast into the crumbling clay..."

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. As long as it has pictures ---

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. It does!

The illustrations take strongly after Rene Magritte.

On edit: The illustrator is Henri Galeron, http://www.henri-galeron.com

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. How about a little Lady Chatterly, too?

:rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. "Who needs a hobby

Like tennis or philately?
I've got a hobby--
Re-reading Lady Chatterly!"

--"Smut," Tom Lehrer

[MsKandice01]

3. I recommend Beowulf

Or maybe Canterbury Tales? Your son will be so stoked! :rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. I was thinking a little Camus

But then I realized the kids don't know French.

[tigereye]

4. ahaha

:rofl:

[Shine]

5. I wanted to read "Walter the Farting Dog" but was told it was inappropriate

seriously. :eyes: amazingly, the school library actually had that same book, but the teacher didn't want it read b/c he didn't want to have kids go back and tell their parents and then have them react to the principal. It was easier for him to just nix the whole thing. I was disappointed. It's a pretty funny book.

:hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

10. Buncha putzes

:eyes:

[Shine]

12. It's OK, I made up for it by reading it over and over again to my own kids

heheheh. It's a real classic. Check it out, if you haven't already. It's perfect for anyone who has ever been misunderstood....which we ALL have. :D
http://books.google.com/books?id=fhDmjXqAxZQC&dq=walter+the+farting+dog&pg=PP1&ots=uEPlYyFxGK&sig=VXLe2fH0yRgXMfJEBqFkdRi0dvM&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dwalter%2Bthe%2Bfarting%2Bdog%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Sheesh...

I still remember the first lines of a silly poem our third grade teacher read to us on numerous occasions, as it was our favorite...

"Don't you dare poo poo on the Groo
Or he'll eat you through and through."

Usually, after those lines, we were laughing so hard that we couldn't hear the est of the poem. I always thought it was Dr Suess; but I've never found the poem anywhere.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. I always recommend

"The Education of Hyman Kaplan" for kids. It's simple, but very very funny.

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. I'll look into it!

[MonkeyFunk]

13. Please do

it's by Leo Rosten.

I think I first read it in 5th grade, so it may not be perfect for 3rd graders. But its not a kid's book at all. It's the humorous story of a Polish immigrant who's trying to learn English in NYC.

[jmm]

15. You're never too young for Hunter Thompson

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.



I'm such a good influence on kids O8)

[Ellen Forradalom]

16. Or Burroughs

A chapter from Naked Lunch oughta make the kids' day.