Children's books you still enjoy today
Posted by:
MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: August 05, 2007 06:58AM
I was thinking recently about some books I've saved through many purgings of my bookshelf, a small collection that I'll probably save forever because I enjoyed them so much as a kid, and that I occasionally pick up and read again. These are beginning chapter books, usually in the hundred to two-hundred page range, and for a younger reading level than, say, Harry Potter.
When you were a child and were just learning to read chapter books, what were some books you enjoyed, read over and over again, and still think of today?
Top of my list is Tuck Everlasting. Even when I first read it and had no real sense of literary quality, the book struck me as very beautiful. It's definitely one I think of fondly. (Incidentally, I finally saw the movie that was made of it, and I'm pleased to say that it was wonderful, and didn't ruin the story like I was afraid it might.)
Let's see…I really enjoyed the animal stories by Dick King-Smith. My library had a few of them, including Babe (which is probably what he's best known for), and I checked them out quite a lot.
Then there were the Wayside School books, which (still) can't be beat for sheer silliness and cleverness.
How about you guys?