my favorite children's books: >From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Dominic by William Steig Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit Alice and Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll and everything Daniel Pinkwater has written, especially Alan Mendholsson, the Boy From Mars and Young Adult Novel. I worked in a children's bookstore for a while in the late '80's, so I've read LOTS of children's literature. >From the Mixed Up Files... i read for the first time in the third grade, and I credit it with giving me a love of literature. The rest of my list (except for the Alice books) I didn't discover until I was an adult. I don't really consider the Alice books children's lit, at least not anymore. Adults get so much more out of them than kids do. Anyone who loves silly fun needs to read Daniel Pinkwater. I forced his books on my sister, she gave me the Douglas Adams' Hitchiker' s guide books in return. They're both full of the same type of silly, punning humor. Good stuff! Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
