You know those children’s books that are ten times better than most adult novels? I would love a list to go through.
Besides the obligatory Harry Potter, I also adored the A Series of Unfortunate Events, Amelia Writes, and Little House series. Holes, Everything on a Waffle, and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler are some of my favorite books of all time, much better than anything adult novel I’ve read in the past couple of years.
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Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery and Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster (although the latter is actually about a college student)
Charlotte’s Web
Catwings
Hatchet
The hobbit by Tolkien and maybe Watership Down by Richard Adams. These both left an impact on me as a child and when reread as an adult gave me a completely different experience. For myself a truly classic novel is a book that has something different to offer me at each stage of life that I read it.
The Secret Garden
And another vote for Anne of Green Gables
The Little Prince, Anne of Green Gables, The Hundred Dresses
Where the Red Fern Grows
Oh the places you’ll go by Dr Seuss
The chronicles of Narnia.
I thought Skellig by David Almond was wonderful. I think the age recommendation was something like 9-14, but I said (in a review) it should be 11 – no upper limit.