Anonymous
11/09/2022 11:06
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
I wanted my daughter to love The Babysitters Club. It was a big flop. She had zero interest.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 11:05
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Anonymous wrote:For me, as a kid in the 80s, it was all the Little House on the Prairie books and Anne of Green Gables- they were formative. I'm excited to introduce them to my daughter when she's a few years older, but also secretly worry that they'll be boring compared to whatever the Harry Potter of today is.
The HP of today is HP. How old is your DD?
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:55
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Forgot
The Hounds of the Morrigan.
The Hounds of the Morrigan.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:54
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Winnie-the-Pooh
Hobberdy Dick
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Prydain
Hobberdy Dick
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Prydain
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:51
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Anonymous wrote:Ferdinand
The Little House
Corduroy
Make Way for Ducklings
It’s kind of amazing how I still think about those books. Ferdinand being a pacifist who loved flowers. The Little a house getting crowded out by developers. Corduroy’s little owner in the purple coat loving him so much (and his cute adventures). The people in the city scrambling to help the ducklings.
Those are all from about 100 years ago!
I have similar feelings about The Little Engine That Could. I got through my dissertation and more recent challenges muttering to myself: I think I can, I think I can. And I DID!
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:23
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
I read the little house series over and over until the books fell apart. I love them so much. I hope my daughter enjoys them.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:22
Subject: Re:Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
The Little House book did not disappoint the 2nd time through, though I absolutely read them through a new lens and had some good conversations with my kids about history.
The Roald Dahl books I loved as a kid have all disappointed me when rereading.
I remain obsessed with Charlotte's Web.
The Roald Dahl books I loved as a kid have all disappointed me when rereading.
I remain obsessed with Charlotte's Web.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 10:06
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
The Redwall books. So far the older two don’t like them. Youngest isn’t quite ready for them yet, but since they don’t come in the infernal graphic novel form, I’m not hopeful.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 09:42
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Anonymous wrote:Thankfully, my kids also loved Corduroy.
The Little House books did not age well, though. Landed with a thud.
This.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 08:57
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
The Ramona books, Judy Blume and Pippi Longstocking.
Both son and daughter loved them.
Both son and daughter loved them.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 08:56
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Thankfully, my kids also loved Corduroy.
The Little House books did not age well, though. Landed with a thud.
The Little House books did not age well, though. Landed with a thud.
Anonymous
11/09/2022 07:41
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Ferdinand
The Little House
Corduroy
Make Way for Ducklings
It’s kind of amazing how I still think about those books. Ferdinand being a pacifist who loved flowers. The Little a house getting crowded out by developers. Corduroy’s little owner in the purple coat loving him so much (and his cute adventures). The people in the city scrambling to help the ducklings.
Those are all from about 100 years ago!
The Little House
Corduroy
Make Way for Ducklings
It’s kind of amazing how I still think about those books. Ferdinand being a pacifist who loved flowers. The Little a house getting crowded out by developers. Corduroy’s little owner in the purple coat loving him so much (and his cute adventures). The people in the city scrambling to help the ducklings.
Those are all from about 100 years ago!
Anonymous
11/08/2022 22:10
Subject: Re:Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
Harriet the Spy
The Noel Streatfield “Shoe” books
Anything and everything by Virginia Hamilton
Wrinkle in Time
The Noel Streatfield “Shoe” books
Anything and everything by Virginia Hamilton
Wrinkle in Time
Anonymous
11/08/2022 21:03
Subject: Re:Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
I loved Enid Blyton books. I grew up in England and wrote so many books. I tried my kid on one when she was 8 and she didn’t like it. Trying again now at 10 and she likes it so far.
Anonymous
11/08/2022 21:01
Subject: Favorite childhood books you hope your kids love
For me, as a kid in the 80s, it was all the Little House on the Prairie books and Anne of Green Gables- they were formative. I'm excited to introduce them to my daughter when she's a few years older, but also secretly worry that they'll be boring compared to whatever the Harry Potter of today is.