I found a Childcraft book on the street and brought it home and read it to Charlie. He was sooo into it! I was obsessed with the Childcraft series as a child, so I just bought the whole set on ebay.
This is one of the most nostalgic books/series for me because I read them over and over again!
Do you have any childhood books you loved that you're excited for your LO to read?
pomegranate / 3003 posts
Oh, there are so many. Luckily, my folks kept most of my storybook collection, so I am sure she'll be experiencing some of my favorites. I'm really looking forward to reading aloud The Little House books, and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We're reading Little House on the Prairie... I read those so many times as a kid. It's been really cool to read them to C and now she's reading them to me!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Roald Dahl books! Witches, James and the Giant Peach, etc.
persimmon / 1479 posts
I don't have a LO, but if we're able to have children I'd love to read the Boxcar Children together!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@Mrs. High Heels: i love roald dahl! my favorite book is actually a collection of short stories called the wonderful story of henry sugar. i must have read it 100 times!
Not that many people know it though!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
@jhd: Those are favorites of mine too! I don't think there's been a book of his I didn't like.
@Mrs. Bee: Never heard of that one!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
Also Where the Red Fern Grows. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
nectarine / 2180 posts
@winter_wonder: I'm planning to dig mine out of my parents' basement. I can't wait to read them with my LO.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
Well, I have two boys so I don't think they'll want to read Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary books. 
coconut / 8079 posts
@Mamasig: I read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing with my youngest brother and he loved it. 
pineapple / 12566 posts
@PinkElephant: I loved those too!
Roald Dahl books. We just read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I also want to read James and the Giant Peach and Matilda.
grapefruit / 4717 posts
Good question. The Phantom Tollbooth and The Secret Garden are the first that come to mind. I am also excited for him to read Encyclopedia Brown
apricot / 294 posts
Not sure what age was in mind, but some of my all time favorites were the Anne of Green Gables series, Where the Red Fern Grows, Call of the Wild, White Fang, Julie of the Wolves, A Dog Called Kitty, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Black Beauty - definitely an animal theme here!
persimmon / 1339 posts
Phantom tollbooth for sure, and the Little House books. My husband is Australian and we live here, he is SO excited to read snugglepot and cuddlepie, a total aussie classic that was his favourite book until he was way too old for it to be his favourite book!
coconut / 8234 posts
Caps for Sale, which we used to read to LO all the time! She loves it as much as I did. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters will be next, it's a little advanced for her but I can't wait to read it to her.
kiwi / 556 posts
I'd hoped Roger Bandy by Ruth Park, but it appears ot have been out of print for 25 years and is now both hard to find and pricey.
My mother says she may have it in storage, so is trying to find it for us.
kiwi / 524 posts
@Mamasig: My husband was a big fan of the Ramona books as a child. He also liked the American Girl books. So there's hope!
pomelo / 5084 posts
@Mrs. Bee: I actually thought about this the other day. I loved loved loved The Babysitter's Club books when I was about 8, and I was momentarily sad that LO will be a boy who won't read them!!! Then I realized its probably not likely a little girl would read what I liked in the 1990s anyway 
Not any more likely than I was to read my mom's old Nancy Drew books!!!
pomegranate / 3401 posts
The Little House books, Anne of Green Gables, all the Roald ?Dahl books, Beverly Cleary....
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