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Some of the childrens' books I grew up with, were pretty bad, for one reason or another.
Peter Pan was awful, when it came to racism.
So was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the original version. The Oompa Loompas were African pygmies.
One book I recommend, is "Mrs Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh," that book was made into the movie "The Secret Of Nimh."
No magic in the book, the rats move her house normally.
Another is "The Last Unicorn."
Phoenix61
(16,999 posts)Archae
(46,312 posts)Croney
(4,657 posts)Once in a while I'll skim through one. Such quaint settings and far-fetched plots and outdated gender roles.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Of course, I was very young and not a very critical reader at the time, but they captivated my imagination.
wcmagumba
(2,883 posts)60s old white guy here...I have a copy on my shelf..
3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)I have re-read it more times than I can count.
The Polack MSgt
(13,186 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)sheshe2
(83,710 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I also really loved "James and the Giant Peach". I completely lost myself in that story and imagined myself there.
Another favorite was "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn", however I think that might have been more of a young adolescent novel. But it was one of my all-time favorite books of childhood - before high-school. I read it over and over into adulthood.
I haven't read it in years, but I think I might want to read it again. I was so drawn into it that I almost didn't want to leave that world. I think that is why I am so attracted to old films, music and books even to this day.
sheshe2
(83,710 posts)Mrs Piggle-Wiggle.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,831 posts)3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)...sequel, The Tough Winter.
applegrove
(118,589 posts)I loved it as a kid and i loved rereading it online. Sweet story: Amelia Bedelia.i I have not read the others in the series. I love the ending of the first book. And the illustrations. Found the same thing with Go Dog Go! I used to pick that book out to read in nursery school every time when i was 4. I loved the pictures and the party hats and the parties in the canopy of trees. My sister's kids had it and i was thrilled to reread it one more time. I usually don't read books more than once as an adult. What trips down memory lane.
Amelia Bedelia is the first book in the Amelia Bedelia children's picture book series about a housekeeper who takes her instructions literally. It was written by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel, and was published by Harper and Row in 1963. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1963
Illustrator: Fritz Siebel
No. of books: 41 (List of books)
MontanaMama
(23,301 posts)Theyre so funny...and so comforting.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I even liked the movie a couple years ago. (I'm in my 50s now)
MLAA
(17,266 posts)Saw a quote from it recently and thought, I need to read that 🙂
we can do it
(12,180 posts)MLAA
(17,266 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,013 posts)Karadeniz
(22,490 posts)MissMillie
(38,545 posts).
2naSalit
(86,508 posts)But Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little.
NBachers
(17,097 posts)Tibor Gergely
Make Way for Ducklings and Lentil by Robert McCloskey
Little Boy with a Big Horn by Jack Bechdolt
Anything by Holling - Clancy - Holling: Seabird, Minn of the Mississippi, Paddle to the Sea, Tree in the Trail
evemac
(132 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Cover and samples...
Bmoboy
(265 posts)Blueberries for Sal
Pat the Bunny
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Onion John, The Wheel on the School, and--drum roll, please--*The Oz books*!!! The ones the librarians of my childhood made such an effort to keep us from reading...
Archae
(46,312 posts)They could be peculiar at times, like when the Tin Man had an argument with his own human head. (!)
Brother Buzz
(36,407 posts)AND
The Story of Ferdinand
I still have my childhood copies (NOT fist editions)
trueblue2007
(17,202 posts)we can do it
(12,180 posts)sakabatou
(42,146 posts)electric_blue68
(14,852 posts)while more YA... some of Diane Duane's ("So You Want To Be a) Wizard(s) Series.
And younger than the ones mentioned "Harrold and The Purple Crayon".
demmiblue
(36,835 posts)two that popped up in my head.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)mopinko
(70,070 posts)anything sendak.
Harker
(14,007 posts)"The Story of Ferdinand."
I think they contributed early to my lifelong caring for other animals and my forty years of veganism.
"Are You My Mother?" was another favorite. I'm about to become as old as my mother ever got. Her reading to me set me up for my spending practically my entire working life in bookshops.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Lowly the Worm was and is my hero.
Niagara
(7,592 posts)Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
The Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.
The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
There's a short story called Another Part of the House that's not exactly for children, but told through a child's eyes.
I'm still guilty of reading Judy Blume books when I get the chance.
haele
(12,645 posts)All of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books. Almost anything from Andre Norton. John Bellaires Lewis Barnarvart series. Susan Cooper's lateral telling of the Arthurian legends. JRR Tolkien, Frank L Baum, A.A Milne
Pippi Longstocking.
Classics from Mark Twain, Robert Farley , RL Stevenson, Louisa Mae Alcott (did you know she also wrote mid-Victorian pornography for female readers?), and Jules Verne.
I liked science fiction, historically based fantasy that had a touch of darkness or growth to it, and horses.
I always took a book with me wherever I went.
Haele
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)Archae
(46,312 posts)The movie is based on the book "Mrs Frisby and The Rats Of Nimh."
It's a good book!
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)isn't a book..but maybe).???
Archae
(46,312 posts)Did you know there are 14 of those movies?
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)The works of Dr. Suess.
Wolf