Childhood nostalgia poll

[rachelmanija]

Please reminisce, fondly or not, about any of these, or other books read in childhood, especially if they seem to have, deservedly or undeservedly, vanished from the shelves. I'd love to hear about non-US, non-British books, too.

[Poll #1720139]

Comments

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

I mostly liked Encyclopedia Brown, but you could totally tell that every so often the writer had gotten blocked and had gone looking through trivia books until he found a fact that he'd turned into that particular chapter.

Is The Witch Family the Phyllis Reynolds Naylor series with the sister who was under the spell of the creepy neighbor? Um.. Witch's Sister, Witch Water, and The Witch Herself, if I remember correctly. Oh, no, wait, you said "Not in series." Must be something else. Anyway! The Naylor books were excellently spooky.

Oh, and what about The White Mountains? with the Tripods and the caps... those were good too.

[ajollypyruvate]

It made those stories kinda fun!

Ms. Eleanor Estes. My copy has the older _better illustration. We also read her other books, I just liked that one best.

Ah, Mr. "John Christopher", yes. I have those with my regular sci-fi, instead of with the children/young adult books. They are just that good.