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

[eruthros]

Oh man, the Boxcar Children! My friends and I used to play Boxcar Children pretend.

(Also +1 to Wayside Stories and Madeleine L'Engle and Encyclopedia Brown.)

[skygiants]

So did we! I always had to be Violet and carry my friend's cat around everywhere, which was a problem at that stage of childhood when I was afraid of animals . . .