Ask HN/YC: Please suggest me some good books I can gift a 8 year kid

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[tjr]

I was about 8 when I saw my mom's copy of this:

https://www.amazon.com/Prof-McSquareds-Calculus-Primer-Inter...

It was years before I started to actually understand the math, but I could hardly wait to get to calculus in school because this book made it look like so much fun.

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Thank you

[dragonbonheur]

These free scientific comic books, just scroll down a little for the English versions: https://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com/JPP/telechargeables/f...

Does God Play Dice - The new mathematics of Chaos by Ian Stewart.

Artificial Life - The Quest for a New creation by Steven Levy

Screw it, Just do it by Richard Branson.

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of the Macintosh - the computer that changed everything by Steven Levy

Manual of the Warrior of Light by Paulo Coelho.

Every book written by Jules Verne, especially 20000 leagues under the sea.

The Swiss Family Robinson.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

Can't go wrong with d'Aulaire : https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/...

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Thank you. I'll definitely buy this one; I haven't read it myself :)

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Teaching kids philosophy makes them smarter in math and English http://qz.com/635002/teaching-kids-philosophy-makes-them-sma...

[teaman2000]

My Weird School, any of the 60 volumes or so, all of which are silly.

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He may actually like them. He likes English rhymes.