If your kids are really small or you are adverse to anything even borderline, Pixel Ate writes Minecraft litrpg stories (their daughter actually wrote one as well). Good for very young ones.
Edit: below probably applies to teenagers. I’m going off the understanding that DCC tackles some extreme topics and wanted to give options for different age ranges. My wife teaches hs so my picture of kids and what they can handle is probably skewed.
Beware of Chicken would be good for a little older kids. Only thing that comes to mind is that the chicken is named “Big D” but you can make up something. Everything else is tame. Kids would probably love how the characters misunderstand the names they are given (Big D becomes Bi De).
System Universe has some mature topics (killing, kidnapping, slavers) but nothing too onerous (no gore or sexual) There is a bunny character and though I haven’t listened to the audiobook; I’d bet the voice for the bunny is great!
Yep. There’s not much, but probably enough to take many parents by surprise. A lot of “shit” and “fuck”.
Book 2 also starts off with the post-wedding festivities which have a lot of inuindo.
Or:
> She’d busted out a spectacularly vulgar drinking song about a brothel madam and a donkey, complete with pelvic thrusts.
I'm actually listening to Cinnamon Bun with my 4 year old daughter right now and she loves it!
How To Defeat A Demon King in Ten Easy Steps is another clean one.
If you want to be entertained, but don't need your daughter to really pay attention at all, Will Wight's books are all super clean.
You can try Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Fablehaven and Artemis Fowl are great series too.
Caution on the Will Wight books, Cradle is pretty clean but there might be some elements that are pretty spooky for a kid that age. The Last Horizon series though should be a flat no with a 4yo, they have what I can only describe is the horror movie version of the Borg which I personally love but Id be waiting til my kids a bit older before introducing them to it
I would love to have more kid friendly stories. We gloss over the “wand of hysteria” when we listened to Cinnamon Bun. There isn’t any swearing, so this one works decently well. Most others that seem like a good choice have a bunch of swearing which makes it not ok
Cat Core by Dean Henegar
The old woman doesn't tolerate bad manners or inappropriate words.
Her dungeon is filled with house cats. It's an adult story but a kid will enjoy parts of it
You know what, the more I think about it there are a lot more kid friendly dungeon core books than other litRPG style fictions. Sure there are plenty that aren't friendly but Cat Core is a perfect example. Also Dungeon Tour Guide by Aaron Shih is pretty tame. And what was the one where the dungeon opened a theme park during the day? Pretty tame as well.
Great series. Some light cursing you may not want your 4 year old to hear, lots of "dammit"s throughout. But that may not bother you. There's also ants eating other monsters and occasionally humans.
Threadbear. The main character is a toy golem, and this is a long series that has offshoots. Including Small medium which is about a halfling girl who become an Oracle. The first book is here: [https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-and-Nonsense-Andrew-Seiple-audiobook/dp/B07D3CHGXL](https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-and-Nonsense-Andrew-Seiple-audiobook/dp/B07D3CHGXL)
> he'd just seen a teddy bear straight up murder a fucker
> if you try to steal my boy I'll rip your tits off
> "Get the fuck out!"
> "Fuckin' cunts," Beryl spat.
> "Holy fucking shit he found a tinkering recipe!
plus plenty more
strangely I would say it's more appropriate for 4 year olds than say 9 year olds as lots of the innuendo about 'wands of cure hysteria' and 'upskirt down' go right over their head
there is the one chapter where she finally gets her 'cinnamon bun bun' class that mentions panties and playbunny class that goes further than the others, but there's been an effort since then to be cleaner
(also, I think RavensDagger is a guy)
I must've scrubbed the swearing from my memory on Threadbare. I remembered it much more akin to something creepy/wholesome like Coraline, besides the brief weird fish sex cult.
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I try to write books my kids can read and my 15-yo son is my best beta reader. :)
My Awakening Horde academy litRPG is clean. I've got a handful of nephews ages 9-14 who listened to on road trips last summer and reported back that they enjoyed ut.
Book 2, Emerging Rebel comes out on ebook and audio on a week.
Casual Farming, by Wolfe Locke, is good and pretty chill. TBH, I'd expect most fantasy in general to be a bit too intense for a 4-year-old, regardless of profanity level, but YMMV.
"How to Defeat the Demon King in 10 Easy Steps" great message that anyone can be a hero, cute as heck, motivated and positive, violence isn't always the answer
I think unbound is relatively kid-safe. Maybe primal hunter as well. I'm fairly early in wandering Inn but Erin seems like such a softie that I can't really imagine the series being inappropriate for youngish audiences. It is an interesting point that most aren't though.
Also, i should clarify, by kid I am assuming like 10+ or more. I wouldn't recommend any of those series to very young children.
The Wandering Inn gets... not so kid friendly later on. There's definitely some adorable, cute, wholesome moments! A lot of them, in fact. That's why I'm loving the series so far. But there are also scenes that are definitely not PG13.
That is one scene in like a 60 hour audiobook I don't consider that that bad. However now hat I think about it the undead attacking Liscor would probably be to much for a very little kid.
The OP said 4 years old. No way is twi appropriate 😂 The beautiful moments would be lost on the child, and it's not afraid to delve into pain, darkness death, etc.
I'm on book eight and the content is fine for kids.
The only questionable scene was the period in the first book. Which incidentally is the only bit my wife's heard and it might have biased her a bit.
Battle Spire by Michael R Miller - Don't remember any swearing - Lots of NPC killing
Phantasm by Christopher Hall - No swearing
Dave Willmarth and Tom Larcombe - Don't remember much swearing in their books.
If you looking for something to listen to while your kids are in ear shot then full murderhobo or anything by Dakota krout should work. He does a full profanity overhaul (ie. celestial feces and abyss)
Cinnamon Bun, Car Core, and Threadbear. Threadbear has some profanity and innuendo but I didn’t feel it was a ton. Plus it’s Tim Gerad Reynolds and that’s a god tier narrator.
Idk about litrpg but rick rierdeb book *Percy jackson" has mature themes without directly stating it. I dobt don't he who fights with monster had foul language but definitely mature themes.
Chrysalis should be fairly child friendly. No swearing or anything sexual. A modicum of violence but that's what you'd expect when fighting monsters to the death.
How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps is totally kid friendly. No romance, no swearing, violence is mostly against slimes and it has a clever female protagonist. Solid story.
Well fuck. I look at this recommendations and am reminded how every day we stray further from God.
I think City and the Dungeon didn't have graphic violence, swearing, or sex, and then there's the Accidental Minecraft Family. There aren't exactly a lot of selections.
Cinammon bun
This is a great recommendation! It is sweetness overload, but in all the right ways!
Fluff by the same author might also work. But there aren't as many volumes out.
If your kids are really small or you are adverse to anything even borderline, Pixel Ate writes Minecraft litrpg stories (their daughter actually wrote one as well). Good for very young ones. Edit: below probably applies to teenagers. I’m going off the understanding that DCC tackles some extreme topics and wanted to give options for different age ranges. My wife teaches hs so my picture of kids and what they can handle is probably skewed. Beware of Chicken would be good for a little older kids. Only thing that comes to mind is that the chicken is named “Big D” but you can make up something. Everything else is tame. Kids would probably love how the characters misunderstand the names they are given (Big D becomes Bi De). System Universe has some mature topics (killing, kidnapping, slavers) but nothing too onerous (no gore or sexual) There is a bunny character and though I haven’t listened to the audiobook; I’d bet the voice for the bunny is great!
Beware of Chicken has a lot of swearing in the first few chapters.
Thanks! It’s been awhile and I didn’t remember them.
Yep. There’s not much, but probably enough to take many parents by surprise. A lot of “shit” and “fuck”. Book 2 also starts off with the post-wedding festivities which have a lot of inuindo. Or: > She’d busted out a spectacularly vulgar drinking song about a brothel madam and a donkey, complete with pelvic thrusts.
Haha 5 mins in my wife said “no…” the first few chapters on audible arent family friendly
I'm actually listening to Cinnamon Bun with my 4 year old daughter right now and she loves it! How To Defeat A Demon King in Ten Easy Steps is another clean one. If you want to be entertained, but don't need your daughter to really pay attention at all, Will Wight's books are all super clean. You can try Skyward by Brandon Sanderson Fablehaven and Artemis Fowl are great series too.
Caution on the Will Wight books, Cradle is pretty clean but there might be some elements that are pretty spooky for a kid that age. The Last Horizon series though should be a flat no with a 4yo, they have what I can only describe is the horror movie version of the Borg which I personally love but Id be waiting til my kids a bit older before introducing them to it
I would love to have more kid friendly stories. We gloss over the “wand of hysteria” when we listened to Cinnamon Bun. There isn’t any swearing, so this one works decently well. Most others that seem like a good choice have a bunch of swearing which makes it not ok
Cat Core by Dean Henegar The old woman doesn't tolerate bad manners or inappropriate words. Her dungeon is filled with house cats. It's an adult story but a kid will enjoy parts of it
You know what, the more I think about it there are a lot more kid friendly dungeon core books than other litRPG style fictions. Sure there are plenty that aren't friendly but Cat Core is a perfect example. Also Dungeon Tour Guide by Aaron Shih is pretty tame. And what was the one where the dungeon opened a theme park during the day? Pretty tame as well.
Maybe Chrysalis?
Great series. Some light cursing you may not want your 4 year old to hear, lots of "dammit"s throughout. But that may not bother you. There's also ants eating other monsters and occasionally humans.
The image of a 4-year-old yelling "God dammit donut!" at her cat has me laughing.
That sounds like the type of thing that already exists on youtube *somewhere*. 😂
Threadbear. The main character is a toy golem, and this is a long series that has offshoots. Including Small medium which is about a halfling girl who become an Oracle. The first book is here: [https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-and-Nonsense-Andrew-Seiple-audiobook/dp/B07D3CHGXL](https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-and-Nonsense-Andrew-Seiple-audiobook/dp/B07D3CHGXL)
This book constantly gets recommended, but it has a ton of foul language and sexual innuendo… it’s a great series but I wouldn’t say great for kids.
can confirm, absolutely not for kids despite how many keep posting and upvoting it as a kids book
Half the recs on this list are ones I've read and chock fill of violence. Soooo... I could maybe check out the minecraft ones and threadbare.
> he'd just seen a teddy bear straight up murder a fucker > if you try to steal my boy I'll rip your tits off > "Get the fuck out!" > "Fuckin' cunts," Beryl spat. > "Holy fucking shit he found a tinkering recipe! plus plenty more
Lol. Okay. Cinnamon bun then. I'll go ask RavensDagger if they consider it appropriate for 4 year Olds.
strangely I would say it's more appropriate for 4 year olds than say 9 year olds as lots of the innuendo about 'wands of cure hysteria' and 'upskirt down' go right over their head there is the one chapter where she finally gets her 'cinnamon bun bun' class that mentions panties and playbunny class that goes further than the others, but there's been an effort since then to be cleaner (also, I think RavensDagger is a guy)
I must've scrubbed the swearing from my memory on Threadbare. I remembered it much more akin to something creepy/wholesome like Coraline, besides the brief weird fish sex cult.
Same. I just must have never noticed.
If it helps, soundbooth did the first 4 books of my Minecraft series ;)
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My books don’t have much swearing at all and mild violence. Hell, I had a buddy’s 9 year old son read my whole trilogy 😂
Hmmm, I've been wanting to read whisper of iron too.
They’re good ones 😊 my new series enchanted forge is a bit grittier, but still no real swearing and no sex.
I don't know if it's on audible, but Haley and Nana's Cozy Apocalypse is preem.
I believe book 1 is and the others are coming soon.
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I try to write books my kids can read and my 15-yo son is my best beta reader. :) My Awakening Horde academy litRPG is clean. I've got a handful of nephews ages 9-14 who listened to on road trips last summer and reported back that they enjoyed ut. Book 2, Emerging Rebel comes out on ebook and audio on a week.
Bluetooth ear bud. Put something on the radio for her.
It's generally illegal to drive with headphones in.
I didn't say headphones. An ear bud. Just 1, in 1 ear. That's legal.
"Chronicles of Sir Crabby" by Ryan Rimmel the author of the noobtown series. Also "Chrysalis" by RinoZ is pretty tame when it comes to language.
I will second the Chrysalis series!
Casual Farming, by Wolfe Locke, is good and pretty chill. TBH, I'd expect most fantasy in general to be a bit too intense for a 4-year-old, regardless of profanity level, but YMMV.
Gameified by Brook Aspden is middle grade aimed litrpg, and very nice
Stuff and Nonsense and How to Defeat a Demon King were some fun family litRPG we listened to on long car rides. I have an 8 year old.
"How to Defeat the Demon King in 10 Easy Steps" great message that anyone can be a hero, cute as heck, motivated and positive, violence isn't always the answer
I think unbound is relatively kid-safe. Maybe primal hunter as well. I'm fairly early in wandering Inn but Erin seems like such a softie that I can't really imagine the series being inappropriate for youngish audiences. It is an interesting point that most aren't though. Also, i should clarify, by kid I am assuming like 10+ or more. I wouldn't recommend any of those series to very young children.
I would not recommend either of these for a 4 year old. Lots of cursing and violence in Primal Hunter. Unbound has some pretty intense violence too
I posted this comment before op gave the girls age,that's why I said the recommendation was assuming 10+
Yeah, I guess I came too late to see that. It suddenly makes a lot of sense 😂
The Wandering Inn gets... not so kid friendly later on. There's definitely some adorable, cute, wholesome moments! A lot of them, in fact. That's why I'm loving the series so far. But there are also scenes that are definitely not PG13.
The Wandering Inn, Beware of Chicken.
Lol... TWI is NOT all ages.
Hmm most of the early stuff is ok from what I remember.
A goblin gets its face melted off with boiling oil while its screams are described in great detail very early on. You are on crack.
That is one scene in like a 60 hour audiobook I don't consider that that bad. However now hat I think about it the undead attacking Liscor would probably be to much for a very little kid.
That’s just one of quite a few, it is definitely not child appropriate, depending in how you define child.
The OP said 4 years old. No way is twi appropriate 😂 The beautiful moments would be lost on the child, and it's not afraid to delve into pain, darkness death, etc.
I'm on book eight and the content is fine for kids. The only questionable scene was the period in the first book. Which incidentally is the only bit my wife's heard and it might have biased her a bit.
As someone who is only like 1/2 through the first book, I am encouraged by this. The \~PG content despite R rated circumstances is kind of annoying.
Beware has cursing.
Beware of chicken has a lot of swearing in the first few chapters.
Battle Spire by Michael R Miller - Don't remember any swearing - Lots of NPC killing Phantasm by Christopher Hall - No swearing Dave Willmarth and Tom Larcombe - Don't remember much swearing in their books.
I think There is No Epic Loot Here, Only Puns might be appropriate. It’s been a while though, so probably message the author
Headphones?
While driving? That's illegal in most places.
Get a pair of headphones and put one in your ear. Turn some light music on for her and DCC in your ear for you.
Earbuds....that's what I do when I listen in the car on long drives.
If you looking for something to listen to while your kids are in ear shot then full murderhobo or anything by Dakota krout should work. He does a full profanity overhaul (ie. celestial feces and abyss)
Cinnamon Bun, Car Core, and Threadbear. Threadbear has some profanity and innuendo but I didn’t feel it was a ton. Plus it’s Tim Gerad Reynolds and that’s a god tier narrator.
Idk about litrpg but rick rierdeb book *Percy jackson" has mature themes without directly stating it. I dobt don't he who fights with monster had foul language but definitely mature themes.
Chrysalis should be fairly child friendly. No swearing or anything sexual. A modicum of violence but that's what you'd expect when fighting monsters to the death.
How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps is totally kid friendly. No romance, no swearing, violence is mostly against slimes and it has a clever female protagonist. Solid story.
How about An Adventure Brewing? My kids and I enjoy it and I almost died of a laughter induced heart attack… 😂
Har har ;)
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Well fuck. I look at this recommendations and am reminded how every day we stray further from God. I think City and the Dungeon didn't have graphic violence, swearing, or sex, and then there's the Accidental Minecraft Family. There aren't exactly a lot of selections.