27,100 th hit question
I lost track of counting. Who has time? But I do love getting your answers to my questions!
Let's try this one:
If you could name your most favorite book from your childhood, what would it be?
posted by Sarah Smile @ 11:13 AM
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12 Comments:
what constitutes as childhood? like, what ages? anyway:
the westing game.
goodnight moon, and goodnite my friend aleph. I think I still have them
Narnia but not the last one.
good book.
my fave for the longest time was "Hurry friday's a Short Day."
as i got older i devoured the "Encyclopedia Brown" series.
and i could never get enough of "Hand Hand Finger Thumb."
"Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery! :-)
I LOVED 5 Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Giving Tree
Lord of the Rings!
Thanks Dad!
Love
BB#1
Wind in the Willows...
Moo Baa La La La
to quote it "a cow says moo a sheep says baa three singing pigs say lalala"
This is a bit scary but 'The Naughty Little Bunny'!
;)
SB, I could never give you a straight answer to these questions:
If you are asking about me - what was my personal favorite, it would have to be, hands down, The Hobbit, (etc.) by J.R.R. Tolkien.
If you are asking for recommendations, then I have this little list here....
Really Young:
Corduroy, by Don Freeman
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
Anything by Dr. Seuss
Anything by Bill Pete
Anything by Doreen Cronin
Anything by Eric Carle
All 'Frog and Toad' books, by Arnold Lobel
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
Kindergarten and up (to be read to them - older to read it themselves - and the list tends to get older as you go, too):
Candy Floss, by Rumer Godden
The Cricket in Time Square, by George Selden
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter, by Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit, most famously)
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little & The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Danny Champion of the World, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and anything else by Roald Dahl
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series, by Betty MacDonald
The Great Brain series, by Joun D. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Homesick, by Jean Fritz (she also wrote some great books about notable Americans for young kids)
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Harry Potter (all), by J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit, and following, by J.R.R. Tolkien
I suppose I'll post more if I think of them. :)
--Hillel
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