http://radio.weblogs.com/0143618/categories/stories/ Bedtime and other stories for Liam and anyone else who wants to listen en-gb Copyright 2006 Simon Roberts Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:28:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Radio UserLand v8.2.1 srob@mac.com srob@mac.com rssUpdates 2 3 4 5 1 6 18 23 60 http://radio.weblogs.com/0143618/categories/stories/2006/11/27.html#a117 <p>One of the things that I enjoy about fatherhood is sharing bedtime stories with my son. When he was younger I made the stories up. They were filled with dinosaurs, hobbits, elves and wizards. I spun tales which mixed the universes of J.R.R. Tolkien and Anne McCaffrey with a little smattering of Jurassic Park for good measure!</p><p>More recently, I've been reading to him. He reads fluently and voraciously but at bedtime he likes to be read to. We alternate between German and English books. Discovering together some of the great&nbsp; children's literature in German has been a special pleasure. Highlights over the last few months have been the <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Eine-Woche-voller-Samstage-Ab/dp/3789119520/sr=8-5/qid=1164665706/ref=pd_ka_5/028-6468879-4686916?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books">Sams books</a> of <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Maar">Paul Maar</a>, and the books of <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Lindgren">Astrid Lindgren</a> (of course she wrote originally in Swedish but we read them in German).</p><p>Astrid Lindgren is best known for the <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Pippi-Langstrumpf-Gesamtausgabe-einem-Band/dp/3789129445/sr=1-1/qid=1164666672/ref=sr_1_1/028-9857766-9588549?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books">Pippi Langstrumpf</a> books but some of her other books such as <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Kinder-Bullerb%C3%BC-Gesamtausgabe-Kindern-Lustig/dp/3789129453/sr=1-1/qid=1164666165/ref=sr_1_1/028-9857766-9588549?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books">Die Kinder aus Bullerb&#252;</a> are simply wonderful in the way that they paint a picture of life in the Swedish countryside in a bygone age.</p> <!-- Technorati Tags Start --> <p>Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bedtime%20stories" rel="tag">bedtime stories</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Astrid%20Lindgren" rel="tag">Astrid Lindgren</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Paul%20Maar" rel="tag">Paul Maar</a> </p> <!-- Technorati Tags End --> http://radio.weblogs.com/0143618/categories/stories/2006/11/27.html#a117 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:36:18 GMT http://radiocomments2.userland.com/comments?u=143618&amp;p=117&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fradio.weblogs.com%2F0143618%2F2006%2F11%2F27.html%23a117 http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/gems/PeterPanC1P3.mp3 Liam's bedtime story continued.<br> http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/categories/stories/2005/02/28.html#a30 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:45:10 GMT http://radiocomments2.userland.com/comments?u=143618&amp;p=30&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fsrob%2Fblog%2F2005%2F02%2F28.html%23a30 http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/gems/PeterPanC1P2.mp3 Liam's bedtime story continued.<br> http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/categories/stories/2005/02/24.html#a29 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:54:20 GMT http://radiocomments2.userland.com/comments?u=143618&amp;p=29&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fsrob%2Fblog%2F2005%2F02%2F24.html%23a29 http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/categories/stories/2005/02/23.html#a28 Part 1 of chapter 1 ("Peter Breaks Through") of J.M. Barrie's classic childrens story.<br> http://homepage.mac.com/srob/blog/categories/stories/2005/02/23.html#a28 Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:30:31 GMT http://radiocomments2.userland.com/comments?u=143618&amp;p=28&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fsrob%2Fblog%2F2005%2F02%2F23.html%23a28