What books from your childhood would you pass down to your children?
By mrsyen
@mrsyen (43)
Philippines
March 11, 2009 3:59am CST
When I was a child, I was a real bookworm, which wasn't very surprising because books were always readily available in our house. Early on, my mom introduced me to such children's classics like Little Women, Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. As I grew up, I discovered Robin Hood, King Arthur, the Prydain Chronicles, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, just to name a few. I love these books, and when my 2 boys are a little older, i plan to pass these on to them.
Do you have any favorites from your childhood that you plan to or have passed on to your children?
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
15 Mar 09
nancy drew was my hero when i was growing up. i never thought my sons would probably like her . i also liked the hardy boys. don't remember if my olest son read the hardy boys or not. my youngest never liked to read. there was one more i liked. trixie belden, i believe was her name. did u ever read her?
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
15 Mar 09
they were on the same order. they were good but there wasn't as many of them as there was nancy drew.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
11 Mar 09
ALLIGATOR PIE! lol I LOVED that book when I was a little kid and I did in fact pass it on to my daughter...Same with all the Dr.Suess books of course and Amelia Bedilia...now that my kids are teens though I've been introducing them to authors like Edgar Allen Poe, H.P Lovecraft, Stephen King and so on....they also are enjoying my Christopher Moore books..and I think my daughter in a couple of yrs will really like the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R Ward...
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
11 Mar 09
Some EXCELLENT books that I DIDNT have as a child but my sister (who was a teacher at the time) told me about when my oldest was born are the Robert Munsch books...FABULOUS author! Like I said my kids are teens now and they STILL LOVE those books as do I.
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
12 Mar 09
I really didn't read kids' books when I was a kid...much. I learned to read very quickly and was reading chapter books in the first grade. But there are some really great kids books that I would want my kids to have...
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales
If You Give a Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
As they get older I'll probably dig up some of the books I loved as a kid, The Boxcar Children series, the Choose Your Own Adventure books, the Baby-Sitters Club (if I have girls), The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Once and Future King.......
@loveyevi (513)
• United States
11 Mar 09
I have a big collection of Illustrated Childrens Classics books from my childhood, there are many different titles to pass down and all of them are great. I used to love these as a kid, because they were easy to read and they have illustrations on every other page. I think they would be great for any child just starting to learn to read for pleasure, and these books, at least in me, instilled a love for reading.
@stephyjh (38)
• United States
11 Mar 09
I volunteer at a preschool, and I've taken the kids books by Dr. Seuss, P.D. Eastman, Mercer Mayer, Maurice Sendak, and Eric Carle--books that I had when I was a little girl. I love the way the little ones are so fascinated by books...I know in a few years they'll probably lose it, but for right now, they're still interested in reading.
@Mathurin (491)
• Philippines
15 Mar 09
yes, i would give my children stories from the bible, chronicles of narnia, lord of the rings, fairy tales, and the classics... these are still here because we can get so much from them, entertainment, knowledge, values... and the love of reading, when introduced early, can be a very good discipline, instead of playing video games
