Okay, so this is cheating, but there are many more than 31 books that I loved as a kid, so I am dedicating this last day to “the rest”.

Some of the other books I have really fond memories of that I couldn’t fit in this list are:
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip, 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith, A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, Charlotte’s Web and The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White, Anything by Roald Dahl, Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, Little Sisters of the Grassland, The Kids Whole Future Catalog by Paula Taylor, The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, The Borrowers by Mary Norton, The Tripods Series by John Christopher, Anna to the Infinite Power by Mildred Ames, The True Game books by Sheri S. Tepper.

And then there are the books I only have vague memories of and can no longer identify, but which I know I loved at the time. And the ones I’ve forgotten! And the ones I didn’t discover until I was a “grown up”, like the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace.

So perhaps I will continue the series of postings more sporadically over 2009, to give these books (and others) their due. I’ve really enjoyed the nostalgia and hope that you folks reading this have been at least somewhat entertained.

But now what I really want to know is: what about you folks? What have I missed? What is on your own list of childhood favorites?