What are your favorite children's books?

There are a zillion terrific books. These are some favorites of mine right now. (I've included some unknown, unfamous ones that as a kid I read till the covers fell off). If you check back later, this list may change.

 

If you are at least eight, try

The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

The Treasure of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

The River at Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

An Enemy at Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

A Stranger at Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Casket and the Sword by Norman Dale

Half Magic by Edward Eager

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

The Four-Storey Mistake by Elizabeth Enright

Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright

Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright

Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Run Away Home by Elinor Lyon

Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster

Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff

 

If you're a bit older but not yet elderly, try:

The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam

The Stone Book by Alan Garner

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Year and a Day by William Mayne

Earthfasts by William Mayne

It by William Mayne

Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff

Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff

 

If you are really elderly, say thirteen or more, try:

Empty World by John Christopher

The Goats by Brock Cole

Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones

The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy

The Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy