Before I was five, my favorite book was Little Toot, which could have been subtitled The Brave Little Tugboat. This book changed my LIFE.
Favorites ages 5-10: Oz books (all the Baum ones) The Twenty-One Balloons Everything by Edward Gorey Everything by Shel Silverstein, including his books for adults such as Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book Charlotte's Web The Borrowers series Lord of the Rings Narnia series Stuart Little The Phantom Tollbooth From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth <== awesome! original illustrations a must. Little Women (but my ignorance of Christianity made some of it incomprehensible)
After ten, I started reading my parents' books: E.M. Forster was a favorite.
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Date: 2011-03-21 02:38 am (UTC)Favorites ages 5-10:
Oz books (all the Baum ones)
The Twenty-One Balloons
Everything by Edward Gorey
Everything by Shel Silverstein, including his books for adults such as Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book
Charlotte's Web
The Borrowers series
Lord of the Rings
Narnia series
Stuart Little
The Phantom Tollbooth
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth <== awesome! original illustrations a must.
Little Women (but my ignorance of Christianity made some of it incomprehensible)
After ten, I started reading my parents' books: E.M. Forster was a favorite.