The other day my co-worker (and friend) Chloeann was working on a grant for the library, typing up a document to send out. I asked her what she was doing and she explained the grant and the content. She read some of her material to send out and she kind of reminisced on childhood books that you as a kid would remember, or what story/book it was that stuck with you throughout your life. The books that you read as a kid that you remember somewhat remind me of dreams that you remember, almost as vivid as a memory; but this started to bring out some memories that had stuck with me since I was in middle school or younger. Chloeanne and I reminisced about our childhood stories, exchanging what they were about and what we remember about them. I wanted to share some that sparked some nostalgia for me.
I believe the books that pushed me into reading were The American Girl book series when I was in the 3rd grade. In this particular book series there were series within a series since there were stories of multiple girls with multiple adventures. I only had a few favorite American Girls that I liked to read, and they were Felicity, Samantha, and Molly. If you haven’t read the American Girl books all of the girls live in different time periods. Felicity lived in 1776, right at the peak of when the Declaration of Independence was created. Samantha lived in 1904 during the Edwardian time period, and Molly lived in 1944 of the later years of World War II. I’m not sure of a specific reason why I liked these particular books of the American Girls, maybe it was the writing style or adventures. Or both, either way I enjoyed them thoroughly. Somewhere in there and earlier I remember reading a bunch of The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’m not sure if I even finished a complete series by Wilder, I just know I read a bunch of her books out of order.
In 4th grade I remember reading more American Girl books and another book I particularly liked was Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith. The book was about a boy addicted to chocolate where he eats chocolate every day in almost every meal, later becoming sick from eating so much of it. Later in the story he finds a new flavor he’s addicted to: vanilla. It was a cute book!
Onto 5th grade and so on, I remember reading The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. It’s one of my favorites actually where two sisters go on an adventure, protecting their kingdom from gryphons, ogres, etc. It was action packed with mythical creatures and sword fighting. I remember the battles mostly, it was well written in detail. The book was my ideal story to read because it was literally all of what I love!
Then there was the book Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix, a retelling of Cinderella.
I also really enjoyed Carolyn Meyers’ book series The Royal Diaries. All of the books are historical fiction; most of them are about the England royalty like Queen Catherine of Aragon, her daughter Mary, etc. My favorite book out of the bunch was Doomed Queen Anne, which was about Henry VIII’s second wife.
There are many books that I grew up with that just stuck with me and enjoyed. What were your favorites? I’d love to know!
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