What book did you read as a child that you would like to give to a child today? Name up to five.
Sylvie
Seventeenth Summer
Pam
Little Women
The Wizard of Oz
Freddy the Detective
Charlotte's Web
Donna Brady
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
To Kill a Mockingbird
Blue Willow
Laurie Holeman
THE POKEY LITTLE PUPPY, a golden book. I made my mother read it to me until she just about cried! I was thrilled to find it when my daughter was young. Even the cover was the same as I remembered. I would happily give it to my grandchilden, if I ever have any!
Rosalie Sambuco
SUNNY ELEPHANT
Nancy Drew books
The Happy Hollisters series
The Bobbsey Twins series
HoneyBunch series
Audrey Anderson
Freddy
Dr. Doolittle
The Black Stallion
Call of the Wild
Tarzan
Geri Bennett
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Any or all of the Oz books
Jessica Brown
Beverly Cleary's Ramonaseries
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Roald Dahl
MRS. WISHY-WASHY by Joy Cowly
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendack
Anything by Robert Munch
Karen Terry
The Little House on The Prairie sries by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Kathryn McNamara
BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL by Robert McCloskey
GREEN EGGS AND HAM by Dr. Seuss
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
MIKE MULLIGAN by Virginia Lee Burton
Lisa
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
Nancy Drew
Dr. Seuss
Ronnie
MAGIC ELIZABETH -- I read this when i was 12 and just loved it. I lost it, but finally a copy of it about 2 years ago after many, many years of searching.
Judy Ross
Anne of Green Gables series
THE SECRET GARDEN
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
Christine
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter
THE LITTLEST ANGEL by Charles Tazewell
HORTON HEARS A WHO by Dr. Seuss
THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstein
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery Williams
Dorothy Boyum
The Giving Tree
Wendy
*Caps for Sale
*The Twenty-One Balloons
*The Monster at the End of This Book
*Harold and the Purple Crayon
*Winnie-the-Pooh
Angela Figueroa
THE SECRET GARDEN
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO
THE LITTLE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE GOLD SHOES
Little House on the Prairie series
Angela Figueroa
The Secret Garden
Where the Wild Things Are
Tikki Tikki Tembo
The Little Country Bunny and the Gold Shoes
Little House on the Prairie
Beth Cummings
1. Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. The Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
3. THE WORLD OF POOH - A. A. Milne
Ann
Thornton Burgess Series
The Little House series
FERDINAND THE BULL
Beverly Cleary Books
BEAUTFUL JOE
Fran
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
HEIDI
The Little House on the Prairie series
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Nancy Drew books
Anything that would encourage a child to read more!
Marie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
On the Night of the Seventh Moon
The Giving Tree
The Hobbit
There's a Monster at the End of this Book
Janet
Any Nancy Drew book
Linda Hastings
WINNIE-THE-POOH and THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER --- A. A. Milne's original stories, illustrated by E. H. Shepherd. NOT Disney's Pooh. Also, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG and NOW WE ARE SIX, Milne's poetry books for children.
April Lemesh
Black Beauty
Big Red
Treasure Island
A Child's Garden of Verses
Tales of Beatrix Potter
Vicki Toner
Little Women
Charlotte's Web
Little House in the Big Woods
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Wind in the Willows
Teri
THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton
CHARLOTT'S WEB by E.B. White
STUART LITTLE by E.B. White
THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK by Carolyn Keene
BABY ISLAND by Carol Ryrie
Bernice Spier
Anything by P.G. Wodehouse. HEIDI was a great favorite, and LITTLE WOMEN.
Kathy Kasten
THE SECRET GARDEN and any Nancy Drew books.
Gail
I Love You Forever
Twinkle Twinkle
Snuggle Puppy
Linda Nueman
Cat in the Hat
Charlotte's Web
Eliose at the Plaza
The Little Engine that Could
The Pokey Little Puppy
Giudita
Little Women
Little Men
The Black Stallion
Ellen
Dr. Seuss books
The Madeleine books
and when I was older:
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE by C. S. Lewis
Michelle Stein
BLACK BEAUTY
the Nancy Drew series
The Arabian Nights
Linda M. Johnson
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Five Chinese Brothers
The Pokey Little Puppy
Charlotte's Web
Little Women
Christi King
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Secret Garden, Winnie The Pooh, The Tales of Beatrix Potter.
Celeste
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
THE STARS HANG HIGH
Amelia Bedelia
Clifford The Big Red Dog
Michael Kellar
Pippi Longstocking
Shadow Castle
Mabel
THE FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW, ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS, The Chronicles of Narnia, and any Nancy Drew book.
Debi
I would give (and still do) any book from the following collections:
Dr. Seuss
Nancy Drew
HARDY BOYS
Lori
- Any & all Dr Suess books
- LITTLE WOMEN - Alcott
- A WRINKLE IN TIME - L'Engle
- The Betsy-Tacy books - Maud Hart Lovelace
- THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH - Norton Juster
Benita Sirkin
A Child's Garden of Verses
101 Best Loved Poems
Babar
Betsy Tacy
The Tain Song
MichelleA
LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa Alcott
Carol Pirtle
The Secret Garden
A Wrinkle in Time
Gaye DeWolfe
I had a lovely hard cover edition of BLACKIE CROW. My father had given it away when I was a teenager and neither one of us can remember the author's name. I can still see the dust jacket. I read it many, many times.
Kay
A Wrinkle in Time
Cori Stanley
Any Dr Seuss book
GREEN EGGS AND HAM
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
HORTON HEARS A WHO
ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH
Mickey Spencer
HITTY
The entire Little House series By Laura Ingalls Wilder
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
STUART LITTLE
Sharon Thompson
HEIDI
BLACK BEAUTY
The Nancy Drew series
Jackie Szasz-Sowards
Nancy Drew series
Hardy Boys series
Liz Marr
The Color Kittens
Donna Marazzo
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE by Robert Louis Stevenson; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen; MOLL FLANDERS by Daniel Defoe; ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe; CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
F Tessa Bartels
The Little Engine That Could
The Diamond in the Window
Where the Red Fern Grows
Charlotte's Web
The Wizard of Oz
Lynn Ketelsen
MANDY by Julie Andrews Edwards
The Happy Hollisters serial
The Nancy Drew series
BETSY, TACY and TIB by Maude Hart Lovelace
Jean Jennissen
I loved all of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and I think they are still great reads today.
Jean
Any of the Amelia Bedelia books and also any Nancy Drewbooks. I have fond memories of reading those books growing up.
Karin Durette
All of a Kind Family
The Velveteen Rabbit
Linda Miller
1. The stories of Beatrix Potter
2. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
3. MRS. PIGGLE-WIGGLE'S MAGIC
4. The Nancy Drew series
5. Dr. Seuss
Rita Powell
The Giving Tree
Gincey
The Giving Tree
Linda Harrison
Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables, Bobbsey Twinsand LITTLE WOMEN.
Raynette
The Hobbit
Lorna
Go Ask Alice
Salem's Lot
Kate
The Secret Garden
Black Beauty
Lorraine
Harriet the Spy
Hitty
A Wrinkle in Time
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Plain Clothes Patricia
Trez
I truly enjoyed THE BORROWERS. I can't remember the author. I am 65 and still remember the joy those books bought to me.
Elizabeth V
All Laura Ingalls Wilder's books
All Nancy Drew books
Louise
Nicoline's Choice
Children's Bible Stories
Heidi
The Wind in the Willows
The Three Little Pigs
Janice
Little Women
Little House on the Prairie series
edda
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Ivanhoe
Lynn
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Cinderella
The Secret Garden
Peter Pan
Miz Liz
KNEE KNOCK RISE by Natalie Babbitt
Miz Liz
THE INCOMPETENT WIZARD by Robert M. Oksner
Sharon W.
The Peter Rabbit series. I had the sy little books. I gave just such a set to my grandchildren.
Karen Perry
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg
BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL by Robert McCloskey
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS by Shel Silverstein
MISTY OF THE CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak
Judy Beck
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW
HEIDI
LITTLE WOMEN
MY FRIEND FLICKA
Any Nancy Drew book
Elizabeth Fry
CHARLOTTE'S WEB, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, theAmerican Girl series, Dr. Seuss books, and Eric Carle books.
Rosana
THE ONE HUNDRED DRESSES by Eleanor Estes
New Orleans Reader
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's still a wonderful introduction to poetry for young readers and I have given it to many of my young friends.
Michelle Miller
The Little House, The Velveteen Rabbit, Little Women, Little House in the Big Woods, The Wizard of Oz
