A FEW OF LISA'S FAVORITE BOOKS . . .
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TOP TEN FAVORITES (in random order)
1) Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech - What a great storyteller Sharon Creech is! 2) Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - I think we all know someone like her--and maybe some of us are Stargirls. 3) Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - Enough said. 4) Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Wow, this book was a true page turner! 5) The Arrival by Shaun Tan - A brilliant and beautiful novel without words. 6) Katie John books by Mary Calhoun - I LOVED these stories so much, I named my daughter after the main character. Read what happened when Lisa met her literary hero. 7) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - I cried at the end of this book, because I never wanted it to end. 8) The Penderwicks series by Jeannie Birdsall - These contemporary novels read like the classics I cherished as a child. 9) Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne - See my Winnie-the-Pooh obsession. 10) Charlotte's Web by E.B. White - Perfect. Top Ten Favorite Books That Lisa Would Defy Bedtime Rules to Read with a Flashlight (when she was a kid) 1) The Moffits by Eleanor Estes - What a fun family! 2) All-of-a-Kind Family books by Sydney Taylor - This series of books made turn-of-the century New York come alive for me. It also made me want to be Jewish and have a lot of sisters. 3) Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books by Betty McDonald - I wanted to hang out at Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's upside-down house! 4) Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene - This is really bad, but sometimes I couldn't stand it and would read the last page first. 5) The Trouble with Jenny's Ear by Oliver Butterworth - A fun and funny book that I read several times. 6) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - I totally identified with Jo. But then, who doesn't? 7) The Borrowers by Mary Norton - So enchanting, yet, to me, the Borrowers were so real. 8) Beezus and Ramona books by Beverly Cleary - These books get even better over time. Here's a video of Lisa talking about Beverly Cleary. 9) Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - I loved reading these on rainy days. 10) The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett - Oh, to be transported back to that secret garden! |
