Hypothetical Bookshelf

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You’re stocking a bookshelf for a child – your own, someone else’s, doesn’t matter. Cost is no expense, and you want them to have books that will see them right through to adulthood. What are the must-have titles?

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  1. 2.
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    The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    by Eric Carle

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  2. 5.
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    I Want To Go Home! (Apple Paperbacks)
    by Gordon Korman

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  3. 6.
    Beware the Fish! (Bruno and Boots)
    by Gordon Korman

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  4. 7.
    Alice in Wonderland
    by Lewis Carroll

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  5. 9.
    The Secret Garden
    by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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  6. 10.
    The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
    by Beatrix Potter

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  7. 11.
    When We Were Very Young (Pooh Original Edition)
    by A. A. Milne

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  8. 12.
    The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh/WTP
    by A. A. Milne

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  9. 13.
    The Giving Tree

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  11. 15.
    Where Did I Come From?
    by Peter Mayle

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  12. 16.
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    The Roald Dahl Treasury
    by Roald Dahl

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  13. 17.
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    The Twits (Hardcover)
    by Roald Dahl

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  14. 18.
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    The Witches by Roald Dahl

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  15. 19.
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    by Roald Dahl

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  16. 20.
    Matilda
    by Roald Dahl

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  17. 21.
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams

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  18. 22.
    Small Gods
    by Terry Pratchett

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  19. 23.
    The Wind in the Willows
    by Kenneth Grahame

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  20. 25.
    Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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    The Magic Faraway Tree
    by Enid Blyton

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  22. 27.
    My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)
    by Jean Craighead Craighead George

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  23. 28.
    Bridge to Terabithia (Summer Reading Edition)
    by Katherine Paterson

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    The Poky Little Puppy (Golden Fuzzy Wuzzy Book)
    by Jean Chandler

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  25. 30.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C.S. Lewis

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  26. 31.
    The Farthest-Away Mountain
    by Lynne Reid Banks

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    The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
    by PATRICIA C WREDE

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    The Silver Tree
    by Ruth L. Williams

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  29. 34.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by Ray Bradbury

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  30. 35.
    The Complete Screech Owls, Volume 1
    by Roy MacGregor

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  31. 36.
    The Sword in the Stone (Collins Modern Classics)
    by T.H. White

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  32. 37.
    Swallows and Amazons
    by Arthur Ransome

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  33. 39.
    Journey to the River Sea
    by Eva Ibbotson

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  34. 40.
    Owls in the Family
    by Farley Mowat

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  35. 41.
    The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
    by Farley Mowat

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  36. 42.
    Hoot
    by Carl Hiaasen

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  37. 43.
    The Story of Ferdinand
    by Munro Leaf

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  39. 45.
    Dancing Shoes
    by Noel Streatfeild

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    Coraline
    by Neil Gaiman

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  41. 47.
    Caddie Woodlawn
    by Carol Ryrie Brink

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  42. 48.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
    by William Shakespeare

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Created by rhia on Apr 02, 2007.
 

Comments

Untitled — 1 year ago

‘Cost is no expense.’

Giggle!


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Heidi — 1 year ago

Heidi was actually written by Johanna Spyri. I don’t know who this Alan Dwan is, maybe the translator.
Anyway, when I was a child I hated the book, it’s incredible cheesy and dull.