Yes, these books are short enough for kids...

A personal note: I was labeled as a Smart Kid, but there were some books I just didn't read. I was never told not to. I just heard bad things about them. They might scare or upset me, and I was already oversensitive, apparently. They were too important to read before I was ready. They weren't exciting. I read other books in high school, of course.

Like these three. While I read Animal Farm in 8th grade, I read them in college, later than I should have, and I was shocked to see that great authors had many of my own worries and discussed them differently and almost with humor sometimes, and succinctly, too, so I could get on to the next book.

People will give you excuses not to explore. Some may be seductive. They may even say "Do you have to?" But of course they never apply that to, well, telling you how to live your life. And they'd never let anyone like YOU tell THEM how to live.

Obviously some vulgar for their own sake books aren't worth it. But these three aren't!

I looove this children book selection 😂😍