Just wondering

[rabidsamfan]

allisona asked about children's classics and it got me to thinking. What are the books that we think of as "classics" for children? I know they vary from country to country, of course, but there must be some overlap.

Mind you, I'm a children's librarian, so I've got a few ideas. Add some of yours:



Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne
The Hardy Boys series
Follow My Leader, by James Garfield
The Secret Garden, by F.H. Burnett
A Little Princess, ditto
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry
The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
Go Dog Go, by P.D. Eastman
Goodnight, Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss
The Children of Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston
Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger Jr.
Pollyanna, by Elanor H. Porter
Little Women, by Louise May Alcott
Daddy-Long-Legs, by Jean Webster
Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain

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[hildigard-brown.livejournal.com]

National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Black Stallion Series & Island Stallion Series by Walter Farley
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Misty of Chincoteague & King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
A Wrinkle in Time, Wind in the Door & Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice list. I can tell you liked horse stories. Did you ever read "Afraid to Ride" by Anderson?

[hildigard-brown.livejournal.com]

If it was available in the late 50's and early 60's... and it was about horses... I probably would have read it. However, the older I get the worse my memory is, so I couldn't swear to it. I'll have to see if I can find it in my local library. I'm sure I'd still enjoy it!