According to Days of the Year, today is World Book Day. Since today is also Throwback Thursday I thought I would think back and list my favorite books of childhood and preteen years. I read many other books too, but these are the tales I know I read more than once. Did you read any of these as a child?
Little House Books by Laura Ingalls
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Heidi by Joanna Spyri
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Tales from the Arabian Nights (compilations)
Red, Green, Yellow Fairy Books (compilation)
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman (This is an adult book that I adored as a child)
The Secret Garden by France Hodgson Burnett
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Charlie Cockatoo by Keith Moxon
The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
Patty Fairfield by Carolyn Wells
Elsie Dinsmore (first four books) by Martha Finley
* Adding Anne of Green Gables…how could I forget my beloved Anne?
March 7th is also Cereal Day. Compiling the book list brought up remembrances from the past; I recalled a cereal commercial from the 1960’s that made my 6 year-old self laugh hysterically. Crispy Critters featured a lion getting stampeded by dozens of cereal animals.
I also remembered Lorenzo the Clown and his stomp dance. When I watched the Youtube video I remembered doing the dance with my sister. It probably was the peak of my dancing career, before the inhibitions of possibly looking silly set in and I became a wallflower.
Researching this post I found The Lorenzo Show was a local Baltimore program. That is probably why when we moved away from Easton, Maryland, I don’t remember ever watching Lorenzo again. I might just try Lorenzo’s stomp with my grandchildren when we have our next sleepover. Fun!
Kathy
Such great memories. Loved Lorenzo’s dance and how he kept time. Like a modern days dance exercise routine.
Susie
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I missed Crispy Critters cereal, but then I wasn’t buying cereal in the early 1960’s. I was busy finishing college and getting married.
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I read a few of them. I have bought some of those books when my kids started reading.
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I forgot to add Anne of Green Gables. I must edit my list. Thanks Arlene for stopping by.
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Great memories! I loved so many of those same books and add in Nancy Drew books….the old blue covered ones! I still have those.
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I read Nancy Drew also. My mother passed her blue covered books to me.
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We have a few childhood books in common. And of course i see Heidi there. Everyone’s favourite. I even named my daughter after her.
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I read Heidi many times…I also love the television and movie versions of the story.
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It is a story of hope, belief, friendship, caring and faith.
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I also remember loving the location descriptions…even as a child.
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Yes. It was a dream destination in my mind.
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My favorite books as a kid were, The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew Mysteries, the Pollyanna series, and I read Tolkien the alot although I must confess I really struggled with the Silmarillion
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For some reason I have never been able to get into the CS Lewis books or Tolkien. I forgot about Pollyanna. That was a good one too. I also just remembered a silly book I read as a child, but really loved, The Ghosts Who Went to School. Definitely not a classic, but good fun…and oh no…just remembered Pippi…I even pretended to be a ‘Thing-finder’ like her when I was a child.
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I skipped school to read the Hobbit. I was a little bit weird I guess.
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No…just someone who loved a good story! I have become lost in books too.
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