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jillelvish's "Books I Loved as a Child"

My favorite books from childhood, the ones I read over and over until their spines broke (something I absolutely hate), the ones that I insist on dragging back and forth across the Atlantic, everytime I move, the ones I feel the keen loss of when I’m forced to leave them behind.

1. The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
 
2. Little Women (Signet Classics)
by Louisa May Alcott
 
3. Eight Cousins
by Louisa May Alcott
 
4. The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
 
5. Little House the Laura Years Boxed Set: The Early Years Collection
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
6. The Diamond in the Window (The Hall Family Chronicles)
by Jane Langton
 
7. The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle (Signet Classics (Paperback))
by Hugh Lofting
 
8. The Reluctant Dragon
by Kenneth Grahame
 
9. Alice in Wonderland (Wordsworth Classics)
by Lewis Carroll
 
10. The Witchy Broom (A Reading Shelf Book)
by Ida Delage
 
11. The Big Tidy-Up (A Golden Classic)
by Norah Smaridge
 
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
 
13. Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics)
by L. M. Montgomery
 
14. Wuthering Heights (Signet Classics)
by Emily Bronte
 
15.
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Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
 
16. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
by Dr. Seuss
 
17. The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
 
18. Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated)
by R. and Higton, B. Ash
 
19. Winnie the Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition
by A.A. Milne
 
20. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
by Robert Browning
 
21.
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
 
22.
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Walt Disney Productions Story of Robin Hood (Read-along Book and Record)  
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Created by jillelvish on Sep 30, 2008.