Top Ten Tuesday (2): Top Ten Childhood Favorites

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.  Each week a new Top Ten list topic is posted and book bloggers fill in their own choices.  I'm a list girl (as in, I don't function without them), so I thought this would be a good choice for me!  I'm excited for this week's topic because I was the type of kid who always had her nose in a book...

Top Ten Childhood Favorites

(in no particular order)

*click the title for a Goodreads synopsis of each book*

1.  Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling~ My grandmother used to read this book to me when I was little.  I still have the copy she bought for me for Christmas in 1981, when I was 6 years old and now I read it to my three children.

2.  Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, etc. by L.M. Montgomery~ I discovered this book series when I was in 3rd grade and I devoured them in order.  I think I related to Anne because I was a handful as a child as well.  I've read the first two books at least a half-dozen times over the years.  Gilbert Blythe was my first book crush.

3.  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great,  Superfudge, etc. by Judy Blume~ Sadly, I found out there was no Santa because of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, but I still love this series.  Another one that I've read several times over the years.

4.  Beezus and Ramona, Ramona the Brave, Ramona the Pest, etc. by Beverly Cleary~ Another series I couldn't get enough of.  I've read these to all of my children, and they love them as much as I did.  Timeless!

5.  Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume~ I was raised by a single dad, and was an early bloomer to boot.  Thank God for this book!

6.  The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner~ I used to fantasize about living a a boxcar in the woods.  I had every last detail of my boxcar imagined.  Most kids fantasized about living in a mansion, my dream house was a boxcar.

7.  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett~ I learned the meaning of the word "contrary" from reading this book.  As a child, my aunt would always say I was "contrary" and I always thought she was complimenting me.  I was stunned in 2nd grade when I read this and found out otherwise.  LOL

8.  Flowers In the Attic by V.C. Andrews~ I started reading her books the summer between 3rd and 4th grades (my parents clearly didn't censor my reading material) when I was old enough to ride my bike the 6 blocks  to the library and pick my own books.  While not technically a children's book, it was still a favorite.

9.  The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis~ A no brainer.  I'm sure a great many lists this week will have this series.  I read these over and over and over.

10.  A  Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle~ I adore her books, and I read this one over and over until it fell apart.  I still have my cover-less copy somewhere...

11.  The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien~ I couldn't have this list without this one, so I had to add an 11th book..  Still a favorite that I read from time to time.

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