Favorite Childhood Books

timspalding: I adored this book as a child. I adored it as an adult, reading it to my kid. Why isn't this a universally-beloved classic?

anglemark: The winter landscape on the other side of the wardrobe has haunted my imagination all my life.

timspalding: Dahl's most humane title.

timspalding: The most humane Tintin.

timspalding: I loved the mystery angle as a kid.

timspalding: I remember the revelation that his tutor was a half-dwarf as… mind-blowing!

sturlington: My father read it aloud to me when I was 5 or 6. It's a wonderful memory.

Drapetsona: actually, I never read it as a child. I wish I had.

timspalding: I should put more non-fiction on the list. This one was great.

timspalding: I loved this as a kid. It doesn't hold up.

timspalding: I loved Ferdinand.

Nycticebus: I loved the gentle bull, but more, I loved to trace the beautiful drawings.

sturlington: All-time favorite.

sturlington: Meg is the first heroine I wanted to emulate.

ahef1963: Loved this book. It's probably the first fantasy book I ever read and re-read.

timspalding: It's surprising I'm not Orthodox now.

ahef1963 : I was always unsettled by the idea of an elephant king, and I was bothered by a book printed in italics.

timspalding: Great book.

ahef1963: I cried so much over this book. Such a beautiful work.

timspalding: Childhood is all about terrifying yourself.

ahef1963: I wanted to run away and live in a tree.

ahef1963: A great favourite of my children, to whom I read it countless times.

ahef1963: Oh, Reepicheep and the waters that run sweet, I always wanted to join you.

SaintSunniva: Such a lovely secret...the hidden garden, coming to life.

aulsmith : Didn't like romances even then.

RuMuse: Secret joy provides meaning

ahef1963: Loved this story.

Diane-bpcb: Seemed magical to me.

ahef1963: The Little House books were my childhood favourites.

Diane-bpcb: Loved this E.B. White book, which we read in school. Don't remember much about it.

timspalding : I hated this book. Pippi's life terrified me.

deslivres5: Her pigtails and her monkey captured my attention. Her wild adventures and unorthodox lifestyle were an eye opener.

timspalding : Spooky.

timspalding : Too sad.

katie4098 : I only came to appreciate this book as an adult. As a child, I remember feeling really sad when the school librarian read it aloud to us. I didn't like it at all then.

timspalding : Scared me.

aulsmith : I liked the elephant and the boa constrictor, but then I lost the thread.

ahef1963 : In grade 13 French we spent an entire term - five months - reading this in French and it dragged on forever. Now I loathe it.

timspalding : Scared me. Seemed needlessly cruel. I still feel this way.

timspalding : Terrifying.

ahef1963: This was my favourite book to read to my sleepy children.

timspalding : Spooky. I think I read it too young.

ahef1963: One of the best children's books out there.