August 13, 2010 – 6:07 am
The Wayside School Series, by Louis Sachar
I LOVED these books! I had forgotten all about them, then I was clicking through Goodreads and saw one of the covers and was taken back to elementary school in a flash.
I remember all the funny little things about the school: One classroom on each story, no 13th story, [...]
Homecoming, by Cynthia Voight
Before I tell you about this book, let me say that finding the cover that I remember it having (the pinkish one that I posted up there) was a giant pain. I even re-bought this book recently at the goodwill and it had this cover, but the one that I found every [...]
Winnie-The-Pooh, by A.A. Milne
In my book, you kinda can’t go wrong with Winnie-The-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit and ol’ Christopher Robin. I remember reading this when I was younger and thinking, even then, that it was maybe the cutest thing ever written. When Winnie-The-Pooh dressed up as a rain cloud, I’m pretty sure a collective “aww!” spread [...]
Isaac isn’t even here yet and he has quite the little book collection!
Everyone knows that I love to read and that I plan on reading to Isaac until he does too, so I’ve gotten so many great books as gifts for him. One of my friends even started collecting books for him when I first [...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
After reading and being absolutely obsessed with Matilda in elementary school, I made quick work of Roald Dahl’s other books. I am fairly certain that I read all of them and can’t think of one that disappointed. His kind of dark humor and belief that kids are smarter [...]
Oh, The Places You’ll Go, by Dr. Seuss
I kind of have a thing for Dr. Seuss. I love his whimsical character and fun rhymes and all the stuff that everyone in America loves about him. This was never really one of my favorite books- I just thought it was kind of cheesy.
Let me tell you [...]
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
So, I loved this book when I was growing up. I read it when I was pretty young and saw the movie and thought that it was all pretty great. Then, in maybe 6th or 7th grade (I really have no idea) we read it as a class and I learned [...]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz
I have always been a little bit morbid. I know I’ve told you that before, but it just comes up so often. This week I was struggling between Summer of My German Soldier and Scary Stories. Huh? I guess even as a kid I was quite [...]
The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
I don’t know where we got it, probably from a garage sale or a thrift store or something, but when I was growing up we had this giant copy of Grimm’s Fairytales. It didn’t have pictures, but some of the letters were done in this fancy [...]
The Babysitter’s Club Series, by Ann M. Martin
I have put off making this my “Flashback” for so long because I do not even know what to say. For me, these books were IT. I read them for years and had a full bookshelf of them by the time I decided to give them up. I [...]