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| Original Books from Phantom's Childhood |
It’s Children’s Book Week, and Book Phantom has been reminiscing about the books on her childhood shelves.
I still have many of my dog-eared and Pepsi-stained paperbacks (most of them cost between 95 cents and $1.25!).
I’m not sure I had very good taste when I was a child.
My mother bought me the best titles of that time (early 80s), many of them Newbery Award winners, but as I flipped through them, I realized that I don’t remember the stories as well as I should.
Perhaps my comprehension wasn’t as developed as it is now.
Perhaps I only read part of them before casting them aside.
The only books I absolutely remember loving to the point of re-reading was Judy Blume’s books. My copy of
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is pretty tattered.
I also remember loving a couple of fluffy books that my mom probably gave away. I guess they didn’t seem to merit saving for twenty years until I had my own home to clutter with childhood detritus. In spite of their dubious literary value, I remember details from those books that I don’t remember from the award winners. Just goes to show you that what appeals to kids is often very different from what parents and critics like. Kids should always be allowed an opportunity to choose most of their reading, even if their selections make you roll your eyes and fill you with dread of story time.
Here is a list of important books from my childhood:
