Books I read from 1976-1989

Submitted by ukaunz on Wed, 07/27/2005 - 09:37
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  1. 101 Dalmations - Dodie Smith
  2. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
  3. Animalia - Graeme Base
  4. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
  5. Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman
  6. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume
  7. The Babysitter's Club series - Ann M. Martin
  8. The Barbapapa books - Annette Tison, Talus Taylor
  9. Benji - Alison Thomas
  10. Bertie and the Bear - Pamela Allen
  11. The BFG - Roald Dahl
  12. Bottersnikes and Gumbles - Sydney Alexander Wakefield
  13. The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek - Jenny Wagner
  14. The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
  15. Charlie Up A Gum Tree - Edwin A. Schurmann
  16. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
  17. Clifford the Big Red Dog - Norman Bridwell
  18. The Computer Nut - Betsy Byars
  19. The Cuckoo Clock - Mary Louisa Molesworth
  20. Digit Dick and the Magic Jabiru - Leslie Rees
  21. The Eleventh Hour - Graeme Base
  22. The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton
  23. Firestorm! - Roger Vaughan Carr
  24. The Folk of the Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
  25. Fungus the Bogeyman - Raymond Briggs
  26. Funnybones - Allen Ahlberg
  27. Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
  28. The Green Wind - Thurley Fowler
  29. Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh
  30. Heidi - Johanna Spyri
  31. How the Birds Got Their Colours - Mary Albert/Pamela Lofts
  32. Junk Castle - Robin Klein
  33. Kangaroo Stew - Norman Bridwell
  34. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
  35. The Little Black Princess - Aeneas Gunn
  36. The Little Engine That Could - Watty Piper
  37. Little Miss series - Roger Hargreaves
  38. The Little White Horse - Elizabeth Goudge
  39. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis
  40. Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey
  41. Miss Happiness and Miss Flower - Rumer Godden
  42. Miss Nelson is Missing! - Harry Allard
  43. The Mitten - Jan Brett
  44. Mr Men Series - Roger Hargreaves
  45. The Nimbin - Jenny Wagner
  46. No One Noticed Ralph - Bonnie Bishop
  47. Once Upon a Worm - Roger Hargreaves
  48. The Poky Little Puppy - Janette Sebring Lowrey
  49. Possum Magic - Mem Fox
  50. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Eleanor Coerr
  51. Saggy Baggy Elephant - Kathryn and Byron Jackson
  52. Scuffy the Tugboat - Gertrude Crampton
  53. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
  54. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - May Gibbs
  55. The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck - Beatrix Potter
  56. The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
  57. Thing - Robin Klein
  58. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
  59. Tiddalick the Frog - Susan Nunes
  60. Timbuctoo series (26 books) - Roger Hargreaves
  61. Tootle - Gertrude Crampton
  62. The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
  63. When the Wind Changed – Ruth Park
  64. Where the Forest Meets the Sea - Jeannie Baker
  65. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
  66. The Worst Witch - Jill Murphy
Author Comments: 

From the year of my birth until the age of 13, these are the books of my childhood. Some were read to me, of course, until I could read for myself. Many of them are little more than picture books but hold a special place in my memory and contributed to my love of books.