I read entirely too much as a child. During recess I laid on the sidewalk during recess and read the whole time, I can remember my fourth grade teacher trying to convince me that I should run and play.
Here are some of my favorite books from when I was younger. I read a bunch of these aloud to my own children.
CHILDREN'S
Harriet the Spy- my very favorite novel when I was young. Because of Harriet, I started keeping a diary and have kept one ever since. Haven't missed a day since 1971.
Miss Hickory- Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
The Borrowers series- Mary Norton
Winnie the Pooh series- A.A. Milne
Johnny Tremain- Esther Forbes
Across Five Aprils- Irene Hunt
Pippi Longstocking series- Lindgren
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series- Macdonald
Hitty- Rachel Field
Oz series- L. Frank Baum
Tennis Shoes among the Nephites- Chris Heimerdinger (I read it when I was an adult)
Little House series- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, etc. by Louisa May Alcott
PRE TEEN AND TEEN
The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- J.R.R. Tolkien
Roots- Alex Haley
Gone with the Wind- Margaret Mitchell. (I read a sequel, Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley, and didn’t like it much.)
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