Happy Throwback Thursday!
It’s List of the Day time again and I wanted to take the time to revisit all the books I loved as a child. I read to my son every night and the last time we were at the library I picked up some of the classics that I read when I was a child. These books had such great messages and yes, they were a little cornier back then, but I loved them back then and reading them again makes me realize how well they stand the test of time.
The Velveteen Rabbit
A Wrinkle in Time
The Story of Ferdinand
Stuart Little
The Boxcar Children
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Corduroy
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Goodnight Moon
Charlotte’s Web
Where the Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
James and the Giant Peach
The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Giver
The Giving Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Wind in the Willows
These are just a few of the classics that my son loves me to read to him. I know that I love to read and I want him to love it as much as I do.
What are some of your favorite classics to add to this list?
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I would most likely read them to myself! <3 Love them!
I know, I think in the beginning it was more for me when I started reading these books. My son was so small when I started this that I’m sure he didn’t know what I was reading, so I was reading something that I would enjoy too. Now he enjoys them, so thats an added bonus.
I love this! The Shel Silverstein books were favorites of mine, I think I still have my copies! I forgot about the Wrinkle In Time books, I remember really enjoying those so I’ll need to look for them again!
Actually A Wrinkle In Time is one of my son’s favorites. I have read it to him 3 times now.
I used to love The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was little. Some others I enjoyed Oh, The Places You’ll Go, Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see?, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs and I am sure there are a lot more.
Those are some great classics too. I knew I was missing a lot+. Oh, The Places You’ll Go was one of my favorites too, but I haven’t had much luck reading him Dr. Seuss. He always stops me to read a different story.
Great list! Little House on The Prarie is on our list of favorites!
I remember reading those! It would be a lot of fun to read those again. I just may have to go add those to my cart on Amazon. Thank you for the suggestion!
So many great books! We don’t have kids yet, but I still reference some of them (mostly If you Give a Mouse a Cookie). My husband is Cuban and he didn’t grow up with these books, so I’m always telling him about them as an adult!
I too find myself referencing these books, even as an adult!
So many classics to choose from. I was a huge fan of Goodnight Moon!
My son is the same way, I know this book by heart. I used to have to read it every night!
If you give a mouse a cookie is such a good one!!!! Great list!
It is and Amazon Instant Video has put out a tv show based off that book. It’s actually pretty cute.
I loved many of these books as a child, but my all-time favorite is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I still pull it out and read it from time to time!
Oh, thats a wonderful one and I completely forgot about it. I am going to have to get that one! Thank you for the suggestion!!
Sigh this whole list just makes me smile and they all have different memories for me w/my 4 kids. My 13 yr old I still call him Ferdinad the Bull because of his just sit and smell the flowers attitude he has!
Thank you for your comment! Ferdinand the Bull is such a great story and it so sweet how it has such an impact with you and your son.
We already own a few of these books. Corduroy and Goodnight Moon are favorites in our home. I want to get the Boxcar Children series to read to them when they are a little older too.
The Boxcar Children is such a great series! I remember reading them as a child on rainy Saturdays in my living room.
My little one is just six months old but I’ve been trying to build a solid book collection for her. Hoping to instill a love of literature from a young age! This is great list. I had forgotten about some of these classics! Thanks for the reminder!
Anytime! I think its great that you’re wanting to build a collection. I did that for my son and he seems to really love picking which book we read at night.
You have some of my childhood favorites listed here! I just took a trip down memory lane…
thanks Nicole! it was really fun to reread these and see my son enjoy them.
This is an awesome list! My mom read the little house on the prairie series and all of the chronicles of narmia. Such happy memories. ?
That’s great that you remember her reading those to you. That’s what I hope to achieve with my son.
Beautiful list, I love this and I will show this to my sister in law as she always looking for new books to read to her child. xx
That’s great! I’m glad you love it!
This is a great list! I remember reading a lot of these when I was younger, so sharing with my daughter will be very special! We actually just read “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” the other night 🙂
That was one I used to have to read every night. I could probably recite that one by heart. 🙂
Great list! I can’t wait to read them all to my kid. I’m sure they’ll love them, too. 🙂
I’m sure too, its a great way to bond!
This is a great list, I read a lot of these when I was younger too. My daughter also loves the Dr Suess books as much as I used to and recently I tried reading her The Secret Garden – it was my favourite book. She’s not ready for it yet (she’s only 4) but she likes the condensed version we have.
I have Secret Garden in the book shelf ready to read because it was one of my favorites as a child as well! I may have to find a condensed version too, to start off. Thanks for the idea!
We’ve read a lot of these but not all of them. We’re currently reading The Sign of the Beaver, just finished Caddie Woodlawn, and we have the Bronze Bow next in our stack. Pinning this list!
I haven’t seen those you losted. I will have to check them out when we go to the library on wednesday! thanks
Great books! I’ve read most of them myself, and all the age appropriate ones to my daughter (she’s three).
These are great books. I think your daughter will really enjoy them!!
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