Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Author: A.A. Milne (Illus. Ernest T. Shepard) Genre: Fiction – Children’s Literature Publication Date: 1926 When I recently comprised on my morals by buying an ebook, I also received a free e-copy of A.A. Milne’s classic, Winnie-the-Pooh. Although I remember watching (and re-watching) “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” as a child,…
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“She was standing inside the secret garden.”
Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: 1911 Purchase Price: $5.95 (paperback) Gothic Reading Challenge Much like The Last Unicorn, this book wasn’t on my original list for the Gothic Reading Challenge. Now that I’m looking for them, the elements of Gothic literature are everywhere. Here’s The Secret…
“One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery.”
Title: The Boxcar Children Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner Genre: Children’s literature Publication Date: 1924 Purchase Price: $5.00 (paperback) The four Alden children — Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny — are runaways. After their parents’ death they were supposed to go live with their grandfather; but the man is mean, and disliked their mother, so the…
Top 10 Books I Wish I’d Read as a Kid
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to join in? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) This one was tough for me. A quick Google search for popular children’s books yielded several good lists…of books I’ve already read (many…
“No commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child.”
Title: Anne of Green Gables Author: L.M. Montgomery Genre: Fiction, Children’s Literature Publication Date: 1908 Purchase Price: $6.99 (paperback) When siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert send to Nova Scotia for a child to help Matthew on the farm, the last person in the world they expect is young Anne Shirley, an orphan with fiery red…