list: kids’ classics
It’s going to take a bit of time, but I’m going to trawl through our lists of books we’ve read and start compiling our own canon of *our family classics*
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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
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A Thread of Gold compiled by Eleanor Graham (poetry anthology)
- A Wonder Book
- Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Black Beauty
- Charlotte’s Web
- Hans Christian Andersen’s tales
The Darning Needle
The Flying Trunk
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Little Mermaid
The Nightingale
The Princess and the Pea
The Shirt Collar
The Snow Queen
The Tinder-box
The Ugly Duckling
Thumbelina - Heidi
- Little Britches by Ralph Moody
- Little House on the Prairie series
- Little Pear
- McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm by Sid Fleischman
(sometimes you need a good laugh) - Mountain Born
- My Side of the Mountain
- Pinnochio
- Pollyanna
- Stories from Grandma’s Attic
- Star of Light
- The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up by Jill Tomlinson
- The Kite Fighters
- The Year of Miss Agnes
- Treasures of the Snow
- Trumpet of the Swan
- Twenty and Ten
- Winnie the Pooh series
We haven’t read all the Newbery Medal Winners yet, but the ones we have read we’ve enjoyed.
Jennifer P. said,
January 19, 2008 at 7:09 am
We loved Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. The most mathematical classic we’ve read yet!
questions from a friend….and today’s answers « off the BOOKshelf said,
February 27, 2008 at 7:10 am
[...] The Chosen and I’m on The Lonesome Gods. Plus the books we give five stars to I count as classics (and obviously must have [...]
Breeze said,
March 9, 2008 at 4:00 am
I like the idea of a list. I just write reviews occasionally, but lists are good. Thanks!