Flavorwire:
This month marks the 70th anniversary of one of our favorite children’s books of all time, the beautiful, contemplative novella The Little Prince. To celebrate the book’s legacy (and to encourage any parents currently dragging their feet to get it for their little ones), we’ve put together a list of 25 essential books that every kid should have on his or her bookshelf growing up.
Embarrassed to say I’ve only actually read two of these – “The Phantom Tollbooth” and “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” How many have you read?
I had to stop reading when they described The Wind in the Willows as the British version of Pooh. Seriously?!
one, alice, most of them i’ve never heard of
One.
“The Little Prince.”
Because our teacher forced it on us.
Bitch.
I’ve read six of these and loved most of them. Seen two animated adaptations of two others, but those don’t count.
We have about 4 or 5 of them. The others look great.
Really? What are you, like 14?
Little Prince
Where the wild things are
The sweetest fig
Matilda (and most of Dahl)
Huck Finn (Tom Sawyer, Connecticut Yankee)
Both Alice books
All of Earthsea
All of Oz
Harriet the Spy
Peter Pan and Wendy
All the Wrinkle in Time
Wind in the Willows
All of Madeline
All of Shel’s poetry
Phantom Tootbooth
Giver and everything else Lowry did
Everything Pooh
Ferdinand in English and Spanish
Everything Stuart Little
Everything Seuss
Plus the hobbit, Narnia, the Ramona books, All of a kind family, mr poppers penguins and a ton more.
Encyclopedia Brown
Well, this is a list for kids. Why were no recent books considered?
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Wrinkle In Time? Blech! Couldn’t stand it. And why did Ms. Temple not consider any books that were written since she grew up. Does she think no good books have been written since she was a child?
Not a question anyone on The Loop can answer. Better to go to the linked web site and ask them.
Only four, Huck Finn, Pooh, Peter Pan, Wind in the Willows.