Top Ten Tuesday: Childhood Favorites

This week's topic is Childhood Favorites. I've already talked about several books I loved from my childhood - here's a Top Ten Post and here's my Reading History but there are some books (of course) that I haven't talked about - so here they are.

 

 

 So many fond memories of these books:

All for Fall

B is for Betsy

Madeline

Miss Nelson is Missing

Pooh's School House

Cranberry Christmas

Corduroy

Little Women

Story of Holly and Ivy

Runaway Sleigh Ride

My Reading History: Children's Fiction Years

 I was at a YA Librarian day a few weeks back and Teri Lesesne spoke about having everyone in her class create a reading history. It sounded like fun, so I thought I'd give it a try.

As I grew older, I wanted to read the books my sister read. I re-read books that I loved often. I used the library. I had my own books and shared books with my sister. 

We went through a Judy Blume phase.

The Little House books:

And the scary books:

Then the Babysitter Club books hit and that's all I read for a long time.

In 6th grade, I started to hide my reading, but I did check several of these out of the school library. They might have been my first romance books.

My Reading History: The Early Years

 I was at a YA Librarian day a few weeks back and Teri Lesesne spoke about having everyone in her class create a reading history. It sounded like fun, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I've always been a reader, everyone in my family reads. I have vague memories of going to the library and getting lots of books out as a kid. Libraries have also been a part of me forever.  

A few favorite library books:

Favorite books at my house:

Favorite book at my grandparent's house:

This book made me laugh - every single time. 

I learned to read early in life, thanks for my older sister who would go to school and teach me what she learned. I could read before entering kindergarten. 

In first grade, we had Silent Reading. While some students would grab one or two books from the classroom library, I would grab ten to fifteen books and read the stack during the twenty minutes. 

 This was my favorite book in the classroom library

In school, I loved going to the library. I read several of the Betsy books. They spoke to me. My sister's nickname was Betsey and Star and I had the same birthday. I devoured these. They were my first series.

I became a serial reader and still am to this day.