What books did you love as a child?

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72. my last list of stuff not mentioned already:

This will be my last post to this thread, because I have to go clean out my email box, and plow my farm a little bit. I have Stephanie Miller in the background, and coffee nearby!

Hans Brinker and the SIlver Skates
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Mythology, in any form
Spin and Marty ( I read that one multiple times) PS I went over to Amazon and found a copy of this book; I ordered it to send to my sister's grandsons! )

The Secret Garden

Original Bobbsey Twins (got my first one in the first grade)
The Five LIttle Peppers and How They Grew
Assorted other young detective novels such as Trixie Belden, Cherry Ames, Hardy Boys.

I had a collection of "Uncle Remus" stories with illustrations from Disney's "Song of the South" ( it must have been a Disney book) I absolutely wore that thing out. Too young to detect the inherent racism I now see (and a child of the Jim Crow South, unfortunately), I was enchanted by the art and the characters!! I probably got that one around age and 4, so first enjoyed the art then the stories. The characters were actually well developed - of course the language was simplified from the early 20th century style but it was obvious who was smart and clever and who was mean and bumbling, easily duped by a smart clever critter. Since these characterizations have stuck with me for 60+ years, they must have been done well. In a way the racism in this work can provide a good compare and contrast lesson (have I just thrown a term paper topic to someone??? If so, run with it, my term paper days are long gone)

Grimm's Fairy Tales and some Andersen but Andersen's were so depressing!!!!!
I read Black Beauty and cried. To this day, animal books and movies are off my list. If one is recommended to me I ask if the animal dies; if the answer is no then I will read/watch it.