Books

In honor of my new niece, Sofia, I thought it would be fun to blog about kids' books...and it's something everyone else hopefully has fond memories of, too. :)

So, here are five books (well, maybe a few more) that I loved as a kid - or still love...

1. Johnny Tremain. I always felt like Johnny and Cilla were my good friends, and I cried over Pumpkin. And, no exaggeration, I felt like I lived in Revolutionary-War-era Boston when I was reading it. Silversmith apprentices sounded like pretty normal people to me.
   
   
   
   
2. Blueberries for Sal and One Morning in Maine are probably my favorite picture books; bears, berries, beaches, sisters - and clam chowder for lunch.
   
   
   
   
3. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Somehow I think I liked how hardworking and resourceful Mike and Marianne were.
   
   
   
   
4. Childcraft book of children's stories (it was my dad's, from the 60's). There were myths (Persephone eating a pomegranate seed and being stuck in the underworld for half the year), histories (a boy meeting the pirate Jean Lafitte - a sort of hero in Louisiana), and so much more. It's weird how I still think of these stories sometimes, and haven't read them in 15 years or more.
   
   
   
   
5. Little House in the Big Woods (and the rest of the series). My mom gave this to me for my fifth birthday, and I remember us almost crying with laughter as she read about Laura's grandpa and the pig on the sled. Good times. :)

What are your old favorites?