When it comes to buying presents for my niece and nephews, I always head to the bookstore. They don’t need any more toys, they have lots of clothes, but you can never have too many books, right? At least that’s what I think. Buying books for them is so much fun. I sit on the floor at the bookstore and find myself feeling nostalgic - lost in my childhood. The Berenstain Bears, Curious George, Ameila Bedelia, Frog & Toad. Remember William Steig’s Doctor De Soto? What about James Marshall’s Miss Nelson is Missing? Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs? Tomie dePaola used to be one of my favorite authors. Nancy Carlson and all her books? I could go on and on - and I could go crazy, and broke, buying them all my favorite childhood stories.It’s even more fun now that my niece is learning to read chapter books. I can’t wait to expose her to Ramona Quimby, Superfudge – anything Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume, actually - and all the series I used to read: The Babysitter’s Club, the Mandie books by Lois Glayds Leppard, Ann of Green Gables, Encyclopedia Brown.
What books, authors, or series did you love as a kid?
3 comments:
I loved Ramona! My favorite book as a kid was A Wrinkle in Time. When I was younger, I loved The Cowboy's Secret Life, Frog and Toad, Harold and the Purple Crayon...there were so many!
I loved Ramona too. I actually think my love for the name ramona comes from those books. other books I loved. . . when she gets to about fourth grade she could read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O Dell. One of my all time favorites. I loved Heidi, too. Also Incident at Hawk's Hill (a badger rescues a boy, so good). I loved anything with animals.
I LOVE Tomie dePaola! Bill and Pete stories were his best. I also loved James and the Giant Peach.
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