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Top Ten Tuesday - Books from My Childhood that I Want to Revisit

3/24/2015

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This weekly meme is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
I have been a reader from the beginning, so there are a lot of books from my childhood to sift through. And a lot of my favorites I have reread many times (in fact, I'm working on a reread of the Chronicles of Narnia right now). So for this list, I tried to pick titles that I haven't reread recently, if at all. This was harder - and a lot more fun - than I expected. :)
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Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith (This is probably my #1 want-to-reread. I loved this book so much that I pretty much wrote fan fiction about it.)
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Oh, how I wanted to be Caddie!)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (I honestly don't remember much about this book - just the feeling that I loved it.)
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander (Fantasy and funny. Doesn't get much better.)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (This book was just so different from anything else I had read.)
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Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (If I couldn't be Caddie Woodlawn, then I wanted to be Harriet.)
Eleven Kids, One Summer by Ann M. Martin (I loved her Baby-Sitters Club books, but I liked this one more. The idea of huge families (11 kids!) always fascinated me.)
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary (Ramona is amazing.)
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (The idea of wandering from town to town as a minstrel is quite intriguing.)
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh (I loved to write as a kid, and this book was one of my inspirations.)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Okay, I had my list of ten and then I remembered this one. No way I could leave this book off the list!)
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Vicki link
3/24/2015 02:26:52 am

I'd forgotten about the Beezus and Ramona books, I used to love them! Harriet the Spy was a firm favourite too, I used to pretend to be her and spy on my neighbours haha! Great choices :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/25/2015 01:52:25 pm

I did that, too! I had a notebook to write notes in and everything! :)

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Jade @ Life's Open Pages link
3/24/2015 02:44:58 am

Rereading childhood favourites is always fun - I'm currently rereading Harry Potter, on the Chamber of Secrets right now.
:-)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/25/2015 01:53:42 pm

Ooh, I love rereading Harry Potter. It's amazing how it stays magical no matter how many times you read it!

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Lindsey link
3/24/2015 04:46:26 am

I love seeing Wrinkle In Time on so many of these lists! I really enjoyed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but I think I missed out on it as a kid. I didn't read it until the end of high school...or maybe it was the beginning of college.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/25/2015 01:55:09 pm

I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in middle school, but I haven't read it as an adult yet. I'm curious about what I'll think of it now. Looks like that may be one I'll reread soon! :)

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