#1 answer: Encyclopedias. Especially science encyclopedias, (we have this one: ) but he can also be found reading the history encyclopedia or the geography encyclopedia, and he likes to check out human body encyclopedias from the library, especially this one: . Eventually, I'd like to get him this science encyclopedia: , which is much more complete than the little one he has.
He also really, really likes to read myths and fairy tales. We have a great collection of European fairy tales, but are lacking in African, Chinese, Indian, and Japanese fairy tales. For myths, we have D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths and D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths. We also have fantastic illustrated children's versions of Gilgamesh , The Iliad and The Odyssey.We have Beowulf, but we're still missing the Aenid .
Adam also really loves poetry, and his favorites are The Paper Doorway (which we have) and anything by Shel Silverstein (which we don't).
His favorite author seems to be Road Dahl, and he has most of his books, though not all. He also enjoys Beverly Cleary (he has The Mouse and the Motorcycle) and EB White (he has Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and Stuart Little). His copy of Charlotte's Web is so well-loved that I've had to cover it with clear contact paper to prevent the cover from disappearing altogether! He also likes The Wizard of Oz (borrowed from the library) and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (which he *does* have, Ina! I was wrong!)
I think that about wraps it up :)
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