What Favorite Childhood Book Would You Read?

 

Please select just one or two books. If in 2011 you decided to read one of your favorite books as a child (7 to 11 years old), what book would you read? Perhaps it would be a Dr. Seuss book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Treasure Island, A Wrinkle in Time, The Secret Garden … or perhaps something else. (Repeating a book someone else has mentioned is perfectly okay.)

 

October 28, 2010 Update:

The books people have suggested so far are listed below. Do you see any glaring omissions? Are there books on the list (other than the one or two you recommended) that you think should be included on the list of Top Six Reads for 2011?  

 

The Secret Garden (8 votes)

Pippi Longstocking (8)

Little House in the Big Woods

Me and My Flying Machine

The Faraway Tree (2)

Encyclopedia Brown

Treasure Island

Touchdown Pass

A Christmas Carol

The Little Prince (2)

Mandy

Still a Few Bugs in the System

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (3)

The Fire Next Time

Little Women (2)

My Name is Nicolle

Water Babies

The Little Lame Prince

Wind in the Willows

The Raggedy Ann and Andy books

The Never Ending Story

Ferdinand and the Bull

Little House on the Prairie

Nancy Drew Mysteries

A Wrinkle in Time

Enid Blyton books

Jugband Christmas

The Lorax

Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge

Born Free

The Boxcar Children (2)

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Lord of the Rings

Peter Pan

James and the Giant Peach

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Fiji Johnny

Kon-Tiki

Charlotte’s Web

The Phantom Tollbooth

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4 Responses to What Favorite Childhood Book Would You Read?

  1. Pamela J. Provenzano says:

    I love The Lorax and Wilfred Gordan MacDonald Partridge.

  2. ahalifedesign says:

    Thanks so much Pamela for responding; I deeply appreciate your doing so. I’m a great fan of all things Seuss. I have not read Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge. It sounds delightful. I have put it on my list and hope to read it very soon. :)

  3. I love Dr. Seuss too, but I would read Fiji Johnny by Nancy Curtis and Kon-Tiki and I by Erik Hesselberg.

  4. ahalifedesign says:

    Thanks so much Meg for commenting. Fiji Johnny and Kon-Tiki are two excellent adds to the list.

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