Top Ten Books I wish I'd read (or had read to me) as a child
(in no particular order)
This is a reposting of a TTT topic from years ago, Jan. 24, 2011
Before I launch into my list let me say---I'm old. :)---at least compared to lot of bloggers who I enjoy reading their posts.
This list reflects book choices that existed when I was a child. Most are considered classics. (What does that say about me?) There are many, many children's books that I would love to read that were published after my childhood but I didn't include them for the above reason.
Secondly, I think my childhood was literature deprived. We had very few books around the house. Those I did have, I read hundreds of times. I only recall going to the library a few times and it was the rare occasion when either of my parents read to me and my siblings. So rare, in fact, that those precious moments are seared into my brain and are some of my happiest childhood memories.
I have read a few of the books on my list as an adult either for my own pleasure or aloud to my children. Those books are marked with a ***. The rest are awaiting the time when I pick them up and belatedly enjoy them.
1. Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
2. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawles***
3. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell ***
4. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
5. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ***
6. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
7. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster***
8. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
9. Misty of Chincoteague by Margarite Henry ***
10. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne ***
11. Little House on the Prairie series
by Laura Ingalls Wilder **(incomplete)
12. Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery*** (incomplete)
13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
14. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg***
15. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien***
Do you notice the recurring themes of animals and adventure?
What are the childhood books you wish you'd read, or did read and loved?
14. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg***
15. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien***
Do you notice the recurring themes of animals and adventure?
What are the childhood books you wish you'd read, or did read and loved?
-Anne