I am wretchedly late in publishing this, but I became engulfed in this blog's redesign and decided to try to punish myself by not being allowed to publish any posts until I FINISHED IT! Well, for the most part it's complete, so to cut to the chase...
A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, I asked people what their favorite books had been in childhood. I listed A Little Princess & Anne of Green Gables. Then, of course, the Twitter community picked up the ball and reminded me of a LOT of old favorites I'd forgotten, as well as piqued my interest in some I've never heard of. (Gah, Twitter, is there no end to your Supreme Rule Over Internet Awesomeness?)
Check out these Twitlets' responses; maybe you'll find a new favorite for the young reader in your life.
erazmus
"Green Eggs & Ham"
returntorural
"Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl / Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola."
LongT
"The Secret Garden, Flowers in the Attic, James and the Giant Peach, Little House on the Prairie"
NessaLee
"Little Women, The Great Gatsby, & Beverly Cleary rocked my socks"
daniellina
"there was a series of shoes books: ballet shoes, skating shoes, etc. I loved those. All the Anne of Green Gables. Nancy Drew!"
jonbeckett73
"favourite childhood books - Stig of the Dump, Peter Pan, Brer Rabbit, Swallows and Amazons"
sarahjpin
"The Magician's Nephew, Treasure Island, Jamaica Inn, The Wishing Chair...too many...;-) / ...oh yeah, all Mr Dahl's but as a kid I liked his grown up scary stories best."
daymented
"All of the Little House on the Prairie series"
sunsh4breakfast
"The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. I still re-read it now about once a year - love, love, LOVE."
litanyofbritt
"mrs. piggle wiggle! / the house on mango street was my favorite mandatory high school read"
SolaGrace
"Wind in the Willows, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Phantom Tollbooth, the Mother Westwinds series."
AnonymousNY
"Sarah Plain & Tall; Bridge to Tarabethia; The Great Gilly Hopkins; Anne of Green Gables. / My favorite Little Golden Book is Charlie's Be Kind Day."
nicholebernier
"Childhood books: ITwisted, but i loved being scared by Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles."
mattigee
"almost everything by mr Dahl is seriously awesome. He did a killer set of short stories. Sting in the tale."
jonjonbailey
"How the Elephant Got His Trunk by Rudyard Kipling. I read it to my girls now and remember my dad reading it to me..."
holyschmidt
"All of the Lion Witch & The Wardrobe series, Judy Bloom Books, Little House, All Erma Bombeck books, Little Women / My sister had all of the Hardy Boys books. I loved those, too. / Baby Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High series."
herbadmother
"Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Monster At The End Of This Book, any and all Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume..."
ipickpretty
""The BFG", "Eloise", "Black Beauty", "Little Women", "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret", "The Egypt Game", "The Outsiders""
davidinindy
"Mine were: 'This is Abraham Lincoln' Author Unknown, Tolkein's 'The Hobbit' & Madelene L'Engele's 'A Wrinkle in Time'"
Torrie
"-anything by Paul Zindel, Sweet Valley High series, Are you there God, it's me Margaret?, and Where the Red Fern Grows."
david_mann
"Harold and the Purple Crayon - a classic. My kids read it when they were younger"
SheShoots
"Frog and Toad are Friends, Amelia Bedelia series, A Bargain for Frances, all the Shel Silverstein books"
