I love children’s books and was so excited to have my first kid. Here are the ones I remember-

The Berenstein Bears
The 5 Chinese Brothers
Stellaluna
Madeline
Strega Nonna
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
Amelia Bedelia
Sarah Plain and Tall
Goosebumps and Animorphs
Number the Stars- a good way to reach ab Holocaust
The Giver
Sweet Valley High

Also
+1 Mrs Piggle Wiggle
+1 Boxcar children
+1 Babysitters club

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Anonymous wrote:Harriet the Spy
The Noel Streatfield “Shoe” books
Anything and everything by Virginia Hamilton
Wrinkle in Time

Anything by E. L. Konigsburg, especially From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler
Anything by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , especially The Egypt Game and The Headless Cupid
The books in the Green Knowe series by Lucy M. Boston
Anything by Robin MCKinley, especially The Blue Sword and The Hero And The Crown

Yes! Read many of her books with my kids. Such a great writer.

There are some cool stories in here that I've read to my kids to mixed reaction. But the ones I really hope stick are
- The ABCs of mathematics
- Goodnight Numbers
- Everything Kids (Scratch Coding)
- sudoku for kids
- Chess puzzles for kids

Anonymous wrote:Harriet the Spy
The Noel Streatfield “Shoe” books
Anything and everything by Virginia Hamilton
Wrinkle in Time

Anything by E. L. Konigsburg, especially From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler
Anything by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , especially The Egypt Game and The Headless Cupid
The books in the Green Knowe series by Lucy M. Boston
Anything by Robin MCKinley, especially The Blue Sword and The Hero And The Crown

I actually found new books that my kids read, that I loved possibly more than those I'd seen in my own childhood. But I expect that's a different thread.

Bog Baby
Clever Jack Takes the Cake
The Gruffalo
The Lorax

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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?

She just turned 5.

I loved books by Sharon Creech when I was 10-12. I hope my daughter finds all of the strong, interesting girls that she writes about as compelling as I did.

I read A Wrinkle in Time at least a dozen times as a young teen and couldn’t wait to introduce it to my daughter. She read one chapter and noped out. I’m still not over it.

Charlottes Web and Trumpet of the Swan did not disappoint with my kids. We listened on audio - truly fabulous!

I don't remember if Nate the Great was around when I was a kid, but they were excellent on audio, as well. My kids still love to use the Rosamond voice - it's hilarious!

Anonymous wrote:I wanted my daughter to love The Babysitters Club. It was a big flop. She had zero interest.

Yes this. Though she did read the graphic novels and liked the netflix series.

So many - My kids are grown now, but we shared a lot of old favorites and made some new ones along the way.

Off the top of my head:
“The Big Red Storybook” - is what I called a collection of fairy tales from my childhood in a big, red book
Mother Goose rhymes
Dr. Seuss
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Just-So Stories and Rikki Tikki Tavi
Boxcar Children
Nate the Great
Cam Jansen
C D B
Amelia Bedelia
The Night Before Christmas
Encyclopedia Brown
Green Knowe
Nancy Drew
Danny Dunn
Beverly Cleary
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Westing Game
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Secret Garden
The Little Prince
The Keeper of the Isis Light
Trixie Belden

Some of these one would like, but wouldn’t appeal to the other. I was really disappointed I couldn’t interest either in Little Women. My grandmother had given me the Little House books as a girl. I found them dull as dust, but have fond memories of her reading them to me. Since a relative gave my kids a set, we tried reading them, and although they liked them better than I had, they still didn’t want to finish the series.

The Island of the Blue Dolphins (fail)
Sarah Bishop (fail)
Little Women (they liked this but haven't read it on their own)
Heidi (win)
Little House (fail)

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Anonymous wrote:Thankfully, my kids also loved Corduroy.

The Little House books did not age well, though. Landed with a thud.

This.

+1. My kids could not relate at all. I wonder if the influence of the show gave more context/interest to the books.

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