In my Book Brahmin interview, I was only allowed to list one, but I had an ever-changing array as I grew.
Favorite book when you were a child:
SW: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I slept with it under my pillow so I could channel Harriet, and started carrying a notebook everywhere I went. I still do that.
Note: Please do not see the movie! It ruins the book. Movies have a nasty habit of doing that, except in certain cases, like The Wizard of Oz.
Other contenders for my favorites:
- You Were Princess Last Time – Long out of print; don’t recall the author
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White – probably the most flawless book ever written
- The Watchbirds – another out of print, an author/illustrator I can’t recall
So many more. But I’ll shut up. List your childhood faves in Comments.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
Fury of the Broken Wheel Ranch
The Trumpet of the Swan
Where the Red Fern Grows
Fury of the Broken Wheel Ranch
The Trumpet of the Swan
You Were Princess Last Time is by Laura Fischer
my books:
Nancy Drew, I think I read them all
A Lantern in Her hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Dozens more I am sure
You Were Princess Last Time is by Laura Fischer
my books:
Nancy Drew, I think I read them all
A Lantern in Her hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Dozens more I am sure
Bess Streeter Aldrich! I just re-read and ancient story by her. In fact, I excerpted it in LAKESHORE CHRISTMAS. Nostalgic stuff. Thanks for the reminder!
Bess Streeter Aldrich! I just re-read and ancient story by her. In fact, I excerpted it in LAKESHORE CHRISTMAS. Nostalgic stuff. Thanks for the reminder!
My fav books were The Boxcar Children and the Trixie Belden Mystery series (I wasn’t a Nancy Drew fan).
My fav books were The Boxcar Children and the Trixie Belden Mystery series (I wasn’t a Nancy Drew fan).
My favorite books were the series of Anne of Green Gables and Charlotte’s Web.
My favorite books were the series of Anne of Green Gables and Charlotte’s Web.
Winnie the Wombat, Isobel St Vincent
Mrs Wiggs & the Cabbage Patch, Alice Hegan Rice
The Trumpet of the Swans or any Andersen’s Fairy tales
Judy Patrol Leader, Dorothea Moore & Nancy Drew mysteries
The Story of the Southern Highlands, May McNeer
Still have all the original books – which makes me quite old or older.
I had a huge book about Fairies – 36″ x 24″, beautifully illustrated, it seems to be missing, probably one spring cleaning it finally was thrown away. Oh Horrors!
Winnie the Wombat, Isobel St Vincent
Mrs Wiggs & the Cabbage Patch, Alice Hegan Rice
The Trumpet of the Swans or any Andersen’s Fairy tales
Judy Patrol Leader, Dorothea Moore & Nancy Drew mysteries
The Story of the Southern Highlands, May McNeer
Still have all the original books – which makes me quite old or older.
I had a huge book about Fairies – 36″ x 24″, beautifully illustrated, it seems to be missing, probably one spring cleaning it finally was thrown away. Oh Horrors!
Oh Maria, A Lantern In Her Hand was my favorite book! I also enjoyed “Little Women”, “Sounder”, and a series of mystery books that were written for about third grade readers, can’t remember their names, just that they got me reading. And anything by Beverly Cleary.
Oh Maria, A Lantern In Her Hand was my favorite book! I also enjoyed “Little Women”, “Sounder”, and a series of mystery books that were written for about third grade readers, can’t remember their names, just that they got me reading. And anything by Beverly Cleary.