The above linked article names 16 classic children’s books that remind us of why we love to read. I have read most of these, and loved them. I have a few more to read, but it won’t be hard work, I suspect.
Peter Pan
By J. M. Barrie
Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables
By L. M. Montgomery
A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L’Engle
The Golden Compass
By Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
By J.K. Rowling
Charlotte’s Web
By E.B. White
The Giving Tree
Harriet the Spy
By Louise Fitzhugh
Matilda
By Roald Dahl
Bridge to Terabithia
By Katherine Paterson
Where the Red Fern Grows
By Wilson Rawls
The Giver
By Lois Lowry
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
By Beverly Cleary
Where the Wild Things Are
By Maurice Sendak
The Outsiders
By S.E. Hinton
