Re-reading Childhood Faves? Suggestions?

[corvidae]

trixie belden series
green ember and ember falls by s.d. smith (new to me)

sometimes listening to the audio book while reading along helps with attention span issues, i've found.

 

[BuckarooBanzai]

I do this when under stress. I always think back to my favorites from childhood, rather than seek out new works.

It's actually fascinating to re-read childhood favorites!

The only 'new' kids books I've read and loved are the Harry Potter series and the Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer series.

 

[claroscuro]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

I read this book when I was 15, and loved it. I found a lot of comfort in the tale, something I desperately needed at the time. I can't even remember how many times I've read it since. I prefer the 1943 Woods translation, her work keeping with the original author's tone.

 

[Gs172003]

I'm bored, depressed, have the attention span of a gnat (How do we know what the attention span of a g...

I haven't read the comments but Beverly cleary books

 

[Eagle3]

The Baby-sitter's Club series are awesome too! And I loved Beverly Cleary!!

@Friday and @Allie D. y'all have great taste in literature...all my fave's too!

 

[Gs172003]

One of my faves

Where the Sidewalk Ends

 

[EmmaOwl]

The Baby-sitter's Club series are awesome too!
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I was absolutely obsessed with The Baby-Sitters Club. There was a period of time my wonderful, patient mother drove me to B. Dalton at the mall after school once a month, to buy the new one as soon as it was published. And that's not counting the super specials and the mystery -spin-offs. - This was when paperbacks were $1.99.

You know what's funny? I can't remember how I knew which day each new one was coming out, without having google or anything. But I always knew. Information was indeed available pre-internet.

<goes off to corner, feeling old>

 

[hodge]

I'm older than you, @Allie D. :-) I never even heard of The Baby-Sitters Club books until my younger sister mentioned them, and she's like 18 years younger than me!

 

[pixel]

I was absolutely obsessed with The Baby-Sitters Club.

*Offers @Allie D. a directors chair and baseball cap, so she can call our Book-sitters Club to order.*
:D;)

If you like childrens mystery, how can you go past the Famous Five...? :stop:

Fair dinkum :tup:

 

[ninja]

Harry Potter. They are making illustrated editions now; the first two are completed!
The Polar Express
Charlotte's Web
The Trumpet of the Swan
The Giver quartet
Little House in the Big Woods
Some of these are books I didn't finish when I was younger but now would like to.
The Eragon Inheritance
Inkheart/Inkspell/Inkdeath
Nancy Drew

 

[Ronin]

If you like childrens mystery, how can you go past the Famous Five...? :stop:

Thank you, thank you Pixel.

I've been trying to remember the name of that series and it kept escaping me, so thanks for the reminder. :tup:

 

[EmmaOwl]

pixel said: ↑
If you like childrens mystery, how can you go past the Famous Five...?
Thanks @pixel and @Ronin.
I never heard of the Famous Five - but I looked them up and they look charmingly old-fashioned, so if I'm feeling daring and off the beaten path I might dive in to these new-old children's books! They remind me of something I have not seen mentioned here - the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace - and the Noel Streatfeild "Ballet Shoes" books also.

I also really like the Philip Pullman books - I was so disappointed by the movie of the Golden Compass - it had such great potential! Maybe they will re-work it as they have done with A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix.
Harry Potter, that's automatic, even I was not buried too far to take note of those! Well I missed the first 3 or 4 but I did catch up eventually. :geek: