Favorite Books from Childhood from Between You and Me on 11/17/07

           

From Will and Rose Weaver:

 “Barns of Minnesota” – by Doug Ohman and Will Weaver

Richard Scarry Books

“Curious George” by H.A. and Margaret Rey

Classic comics – Lives of the Romans

Thornton Burgess books – with characters like Jimmy Skunk, Grandfather Frog, Johnny Chuck, Sammy Jay, Reddy Fox and Hooty Owl

 

From William Durbin:

Stevenson, Melville, Michener, Nordhoff, Hall

Jacques Cousteau’s  “The Silent World”

Armstrong Sperry’s “Call it Courage”

 

From Karl from Bemidji :

“The Narnia Chronicles” by C.S. Lewis

Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel

Jan Brett’s books including “The Mitten” “Hedgie’s Surprise” “The Tomten”

Harry Potter

“I Stink” by Kate and Jim McMullan

 

Darla from Baxter wrote:

            Maud Hart Lovelace’s “Betsy Tacy” series

            Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie” series

Maurgerite Henry’s horse books including “Misty of Chincoteague”

            “The Happy Hollisters”  by Jerry West

 

Baylor (a kindergartener) from Hackensack :

            Jigsaw Jones mysteries

            Dr.Seuss

 

Marcia from Grand Rapids :

            Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

            Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope

            Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

            Cam Jensen mysteries by David A. Adler

            A-Z Mystery series by Ron Roy

            History Mystery series by Carole Marsh

            “Nate the Great” by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

            The Malted Crow

 

Joan from Boy River :

            “Uncle Remus” by Joel Chandler Harris

“Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” by Betty McDonald including “Hello Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” and “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Magic Cure” and “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm”

 

Julie from Meadowlands:

            “Winnie the Pooh” by A.A. Milne

            “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame

            “Stuart Little” by E.B. White

            “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier

            “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte

            “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak

 

Kelly recommended:

            “The Pig Who Ate Truffles” by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre

            “The Book of Knowledge” Children’s Encyclopedia

            “Island of the Blue Dolphins” by Scott O’Dell

            “Witch of Blackbird Pond” by Elizabeth George Speare

 

Bonnie recommended:

“I Like Me” and other books by Nancy Carlson

            “Strega Nona” by Tommy De Paola

            “Dog Watch” series and picture book “Some Dog” series by Mary Casanova

            William Durbin’s books: Tiger Woods, The Broken Blade, Wintering,

            The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker,

The Journal of Otto Peltonen:  A Finnish Immigrant, The Journal of CJ Jackson:  A Dust Bowl Migrant, Song of Sampo Lake , Blackwater Ben, The Darkest Evening, El Lector

 

Sharon from the Emily Charter School recommended:

            Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “The Long Winter”

“Holes” by Louis Sachar

            “Bud Not Buddy” by Christopher Paul Curtis

            “The Whipping Boy” by Sid Fleischman

            Redwall series by Brian Jaques

            “The Series of Unfortunate Events” by Lemony Snicket

            “Poppy” by Avi

            “A Cricket in Times Square” by George Selden

            “Because of Winn-Dixie” and other books by Kate DiCamillo

            “Ratatouille”

            Trixie Belden mysteries

            Turk & Grunt

            “A Turkey for Thanksgiving” by Eve Bunting

            “The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey” by Susan Wojciechowski

            “December” by Eve Bunting

 

Betsy from Meadowlands:

            “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White

            “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls

            “Peanuts Treasury” by Charles Schultz 

“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown

 

From Aaron Brown:

            Truck books narrated by Wally (email us if you know the title!)

            “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger

            “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren

           

Missy recommended:

            “The Witches” by Roald Dahl

            “Ox Cart Man” by Donald Hall

            Shel Silverstein’s books like “The Giving Tree” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends”

            “Children of the Forest ” and “Peter in Blueberry Land ” by Elsa Beskow

 

Jeanine from Angora

            “Poems for the Children’s Hour” by Josephine Bouton

            “We Live in Alaska” by Constance Helmericks

           

Ken recommended:

            “The Little Engine that Could” by Watty Piper

            “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss

            “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson

            “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery

            Biographies of Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle

            “Call of the Wild” by Jack London

 

Maureen recommended:

            “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor

 

Heidi recommended:

            “Caddie Woodlawn” by Carol Ryrie Brink

            “Harriet the Spy” by Louise Fitzhugh

            “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint Exupery

            “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

            “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh” by Robert C. O’brien

            “Snap” by Alison McGhee

 

Other books mentioned on the show:

Will Weaver’s books for young adults: Striking Out, Farm Team, Hard Ball Memory Boy, Claws, Full Service, Defect, and Saturday Night Dirt (to be published in March/April 2008)

 

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