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I remember always having my nose in a book..still do actually. Some of the books I remember as favorites are.... ~ "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri ~ "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery ~ " Strawberry Girl" by Lois Lenski ~ "The Magic Garden" by Gene Stratton-Porter
Also, loved the "Trixie Belden" books, "Little Women", "Little Men", and the list goes on...it occurs to me that the books that today's children are reading are so much more advanced in subject matter (to say the very LEAST!)
Books, as a child, were so incredibly real to me -- gave me a real sense that anything was truly possible. Among some of my favorites were just collections of fairytales, and folktales, and myths and legends. Those things were real -- still are.
I loved books about animals--the Albert Payson Terhune books mentioned above, Where the Red Fern Grows, Old Yeller, The Yearling, The Black Stallion, White Fang, The Call of the Wild. There was a series of books by Jim Kjelgaard (Sp?) which involved lots of outdoor adventures that I read over and over. Also loved the Little Women series and The Secret Garden. And Half Magic. When I was pretty young my mother gave me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and just told me it was a story about some kids. The race and sex issues were over my head, but I loved reading about Scout and Jem and Boo Radley. I read it many times and as I got older the other issues came to the forefront.
I liked to read the 'Narnia' series but also 'The Silver Brumby' series by Elyne Mitchell. Albert Payson Terhune's wonderful books, and of course the 'Little House' series. In England, books by Enid Blyton were popular and the Pullein-Thompson sisters. I know I read Black Beauty a hundred times because I just loved the story.
I was OBSESSED with RL Stine! I've read every single Fear St. book and Goosebump book that came out in the 90's (I think they are still being produced now, but I stopped reading them). of course now I'm a huge Stephen King fan (a natural progression it seems).
also loved "Harriet the Spy", that "Chocolate War" book (exact name escapes me), "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Bunnicula", "The Adventures of Tin Tin" (got most of those books from my older brother), and "The Hobbit"
I loved books about animals--the Albert Payson Terhune books mentioned above, Where the Red Fern Grows, Old Yeller, The Yearling, The Black Stallion, White Fang, The Call of the Wild. There was a series of books by Jim Kjelgaard (Sp?) which involved lots of outdoor adventures that I read over and over. Also loved the Little Women series and The Secret Garden. And Half Magic. When I was pretty young my mother gave me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and just told me it was a story about some kids. The race and sex issues were over my head, but I loved reading about Scout and Jem and Boo Radley. I read it many times and as I got older the other issues came to the forefront.
Didn't Kjelgaard write Big Red? Another great dog book.
When I think about it, except for Nancy Drew butting in from time to time, all my favorite childhood books had to do with horses or dogs.
Funny, I just started taking out some of my favorite children's books from the library...
Favorites include:
-Anything Madeleine L'Engle
-The Giver
-American Girl books (im in my early 20s...)
-Boxcar Children...although I always felt bad for them living on their own
-There is a book by the author of Island of the blue Dolphin (is that what its called? By Scott O'Dell??? Maybe??) called Walk Two Moons (I think) but it was a native american story that really fascinated me, as did many books in the Native American genre
-Ramona books
-Judy Blume books- I was really obsessed with Starring Sally J Freedman as herself
-Anastasia books
-Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
the list goes on and on....
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