Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

This weeks TOP TEN --

Childhood Favorites

1. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry:
A beautiful and important book for young kids to read. 
2. Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner:
I still wish I had lived in a boxcar. 
3. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish: 
I am waiting for this movie. It is coming--soon. Remember that I told you so.
4. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren: 
If only hair really had the ability to stick out like that. At least we can wear those wild stockings.
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  by C.S. Lewis:
A magical world within a wardrobe. Who wouldn't love this book? And the fantastic BBC film version. 

6. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume: 
I still think about when the little boy made soup out of the turtle. 
7. Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin: 
As a perpetual babysitter, I loved/love these books.
8. Corduroy by Don Freeman:
That adorable little bear in the corduroy pants. 
9. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor:
I cry every single time. 
10. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar: 
I don't even remember what these books are about. I do know that I loved them. 


and...


11. Fairy tales -- Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella...etc.

What are your top ten favorite books from childhood?

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