[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: 30 Must Read Books for Kids

[Tandy, Heidi]

As Jen & Sheryll pondered - yes, all the books I loved are finding their way
into Harry's library, with some allowances for his being a boy, and
therefore, not likely to fully appreciate Eloise :) (but other traditionally
*girl* books like the little house series, Heidi and the Madeline books are
part of his library already).
In fact, I did a major search through bookstores to find the *exact* version
of The Little Engine That Could for him - I wanted the one with the pictures
of the lollypops that I loved - not the modern one with the CG pictures.
Yik!
He's got 3 Shel Silverstein poetry books and knows to say "WINS!" and jump
into my arms at the end of Hug O'War, we've just ordered The Monster At The
End Of The Book, and it's not bedtime if we don't read Goodnight Moon.
And I draw the elephant eaten by a snake with regularity - it's the only
animal I can draw well! - so he's getting familiar with The Little Prince.
My scandinavian stories - Snipp Snapp & Snurr, and Flicka Ricka & Dicka (one
of the SSS books has them going on a swim - and the intro says, "This is a
very old story with old illustrations and children should not think that the
way they swim, without a lifeguard or in fact any adult standing by and
watching, is safe" - AARGH!)
Some fairytales, like The Little Lame Prince and Peter Pan - long versions,
both - and animal stories like Black Beauty
Phantom Tollbooth, of course!
 
And for later on, a ton of our elementary school & junior high favorites are
on the shelves waiting for him - including 2 sets of Lois Duncan books. 
 
But on my bookcases, I still have a number of shelves dedicated to my
childhood reading - the good stuff - I've eliminated all but one of the
Sweet Valley High books - including:
All of A Kind Family series
All the Frances Hodgson Burnett books
Mallory Towers series
Noel Steatfeild's SHOES books (all of them!)
Beverley Cleary's Teenager-aged books, including Sister of the Bride and
Fifteen 
All my Little House books (although only The Long Winter is vintage 1970's
And some random books from the Scholastic Catalog Book Sales in elementary
school, like Journey to America, Baked Beans for Breakfast, What's For Lunch
Charlie and my first introduction to scotland - Searching for Shona.
 
And if anyone else ever read a book about 2 kids from an orphanage (which
they spelled backwards, as Eganahpro) and a boy who lived on a boat, running
away across the everglades, please let me know. I think the word Nautilus
factors into the title somewhere, somehow, but I don't really know *how*...