ellen@ucla-cs.UUCP (08/15/84)
I must second (third?fourth?) the recommendation for ``The Phantom Tollbooth.'' I read the book aloud to my younger brother when I was in jr.high and he was about 9. MUCH later, when I was a student at UC-Berkeley and living in a house with about 12 people, I read the book, 2 chapters a night, aloud to my housemates, mostly all college students. It was a popular event. I still have a copy, which I reread every so often. While not as deep and serious as Carroll's ``Alice'' books, there is much humor which is for the adults reading the book (and which might be missed by younger readers), word games, and a bit of philosophy. As far as classic books go, I also recommend ``Ulysses'' by James Joyce, which I read when I was 14, thinking it was `just' another version of Homer's tale. I must say that it radically changed my view of literature.