30 Must Read Books for Kids

[Jennifer Piersol]

I've realized that all the books I loved as a child are slowly making 
their way into my daughter's library... Here are a few...

Frog and Toad (Ginger loves these already)
Little Bear
Dr. Suess
Narnia
L'Engle
Anne books (and all other LMM)
Oz
Louisa May Alcott

Btw, I didn't get into LMM, Baum, and Alcott until I was in 8th-9th 
grade.  But when I got into them, I became obsessed.

Others:

The Little Engine that Could
all things Scarry

My older sisters (20+ years older) bought me a few "collections" of 
standard kiddie-lit - one was primarily nursery rhymes, fables, and 
short "snippets", the other was filled with single chapters from 
award-winning books.

And!  My all-time favorite was _Miss Jaster's Garden_ - and since it 
is sadly out of print, I'm trying to keep Ginger from mangling my old 
copy.  I have to say that it and _Green Eggs and Ham_ are my top two, 
but probably because they're the only books I can remember my mom 
reading to me before she died.


Jen (who can remember reading lots of other things, too - and who 
vividly remembers starting (and finishing!) Heidi during the 10-hour 
drive from Tucson to her hometown - when she was about 10)