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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
I know that I’ve told you guys before that I learned to read pretty young and that the town I’m from had the crappiest library of all time. I ran out of books to read there all of the time and even as a kid would get so [...]
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
I guess that I could have just put up the whole Narnia series, but I probably read this one the most, so I’ll go with just this one.
I remember reading this as a kid and just soaking in it. I read it first probably in 3rd [...]
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
I struggled with whether or not this should be included as a “flashback,” mostly because I make it a habit to read this one just about every time I fall into a book rut. I do count this, though, as one of the books that really made me fall in [...]