Books, books, and more books.....

My cousin, Carrie, asked on her blog what everyone's favorite books are. Since I didn't want to "clog" her comments, I'll post mine here.

Favorite children's books:
The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (A MUST for children and adults alike. I reread this whenever I need a chuckle)
The Boxcar Children by Gertude Chandler Warner
The Babysitter's Club series By Anne Martin (I do have the whole series... Yes, ALL 200+ of them)
The Shel silverstein books (A Light In The Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends)
The Dear America series by various authors
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Have to love a kid that swallows a turtle whole.)
Superfudge by Judy Blume
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Favorite "Childrens" books that aren't for children..
Grimmes Fairy Tales (Very dark and morbid.)
The Mary Poppins series by P.L. Travers (NOT kid friendly)

Favorite fiction

The Daughters Of Lancaster County (The Storekeeper's Daughter, The Quilter's Daughter, and the Bishop's Daughter. All Amish by the way) by Wanda E Brunstetter
The Love Comes Softly series by Jannette Oke
A Woman Named Damarus by Jannette Oke
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (The movie is based on this book)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leneox
The Touch by Patricia Hickman (Story is inspired by the painting.)

Favorite nonfiction
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody (movie is based on this book.)
Please Stop Laughing At Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story by Jodee Blanco
Big Girls Don't Whine by Jan Silvious
Alex:The Life of a Child by Frank Deford (The author is the head of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and he wrote about his 9 year old daughter who died of the disease. Have tissues handy if you read this one.)

Favorite Holocaust books
Diary of Anne Frank
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Other Way Round, A Small Person Far Away by Judith Kerr
My Friend Anne Frank by Jacqueline Van Maarsen
Edith's Story by Edith Velmans
Tell No One Who You Are" The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller by Walter Buchignani and Regine Miller

There are MANY, MANY more, but these are the ones from the top of my head. Might add more as I think of them.... Oh, and by the way I own ALL of these books. ;)