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As a kid I couldn't get enough of Ramona Quimby and her sister Beezus! My favorite now is Tacky the Penguin, and my four year old son is into anything he can read-Tiny Goes to the Library, How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
Another great one is Animalia.

Ooohh...I remember Ramona Quimby. I loved those books too! What about Amelia Bedelia? DOes anyone remember those? I like the one where she was "pruning" the bushes. Beverly Cleary books were favorites back then. There are too many great books!!!

Janet,
Encyclopedia Brown, Hardy Boys, Nacy Drew, Sherlock! great stuff. I love the mystery adventure sections too.

Just finished a great adventure book with my son called A Treasure's Trove--beautiful story.

And it's real too, not the mythical creatures part but as well as a great book its also a nation-wide treasure hunt for jewels totaling over 1 million dollars! wild right?

never got past the story experience, but its fun to know there is a hunt for the real jewels as well.

www.atreasurestrove.com

There are so many, but just a few are classics like "Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak", "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine Engle, and more recently, I loved the wonderful novel "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli.

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

All Creatures Great and Small by Alf Wight (real name) or James Herriot as is he popularly known

I'm trying to get hold of "A wrinkle in time" from the library, I'm very keen to read it now as I keep hearing good things about it.

My favourite books are the "Magic Faraway Tree" and "Famous Five" series' by Enid Blyton, Lucy Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables Series", and "Nancy Drew".

I'm loving Harry Potter at the moment, of course.

My all time favorite is Josephine Scribner Gates "The Book of Live Dolls." Its no longer in production and very hard to get ahold of, but its a wonderful story--especially for little girls! My copy disappeared in my last move and I'm still trying to find a replacement.

Another is the "Oz" series by L. Frank Baum.

Mine is Antoine de saint Exupery's "The Little Prince".

It appears to be a simple childrens tale, but it is actually a profound and deeply moving tale, written in riddles and laced with philosopy and poetic metaphor.

i love nancy drew, hardy boys, sweet valley twins, and the baby sitter's club.

...and the chronicles of narnia