Some of my most favorite books I
have read over the years have been children/young adult books. After all who
can honestly say they haven’t read the Harry Potter books, The Hunger Games
series, The Twilight saga, or have at least one Dr. Seuss sitting on a
bookshelf in their adult years. I honestly cannot tell you how many times I
have read Alice In Wonderland and The Little Prince and let’s face it, who doesn’t
like the Eloise stories, she even has her own Instagram account! Like with anything
else I didn’t appreciate the messages of some of these books until I was older.
The first time I read The Little Prince I was in the fifth grade and I loved
how it was written but all the metaphors and underlying messages the book
contains were way over my eleven-year-old mindset. In all truthfulness if I
wasn’t an education major in college I probably wouldn’t have gone back and
read some of the books I did in elementary and middle school, but if you ever
get the chance you should definitely take a trip down memory lane and read one
of your favorite books from when you were younger; having an older perspective
and mindset puts a whole new spin on things. Here are some of my favorite
children’s books!
The Annotated Alice
by Lewis Carroll
The Little Prince by
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Richard Howard
Eloise: The Ultimate
Edition by Kay Thompson
Oh, The Places You’ll
Go by Dr. Seuss
The Invention of Hugo
Cabret by Brian Selznick {granted this book wasn’t around during my childhood
but the illustrations are amazing}
will definitely check these books!
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DeleteI can't wait to read Eloise and Alice with Baby Whimsy. I pray she's a reader. :)
ReplyDeleteI am sure she will love both of those! :)
DeleteThis is such a great idea. I think my favorite book was The Giving Tree, I'll have to go back and see if I can find a copy stashed somewhere. I love that you were an education major!
ReplyDeletexo Mary Jo
Oh I love the Giving Tree!
DeleteGreat books.
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Thanks! Hope you had a great weekend as well!
DeleteLovely post!
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Thanks! You should check one of them out :)
DeleteOh my goodness! I absolutely LOVED Eloise as a child! My dad read The Little Prince to me when I was a little girl, but I reread it my junior year of college while going through a difficult time, and it has been a favorite of mine ever since!
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The Little Prince is such a classic, I love that book and you just can't get any better than Eloise!
DeleteEloise was definitely one of my favourites! Such a little mischievous soul.. I adore this post!
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Deleteahhh this takes me back to great times! loved all of these!
ReplyDeleteI love a good trip down memory lane!
DeleteOh The Places You'll Go brings back so many childhood memories, such a classic!
ReplyDelete-Alex
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I love that book and it always makes for a great graduation present!
DeleteI have so many fond memories of reading/story time as a child. Two of my favorites were definitely The Little Prince and Eloise. If I'm being honest, I have definitely pulled those two out over the past few years to read again :). Thanks for sharing this post!
ReplyDeleteNicole, keepcalmandcocoon.com
Haha I am definitely guilty of the same exact thing!
DeleteThanks Laura!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that children's books are the best books! They really do have the most meaning, even if we didn't understand that meaning the first time around ;)
ReplyDeleteMy parents used to read The Little Prince to my brother and I all the time, but I just had to read it in my English class and now I'm even more in love with the book!
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The Little Prince seriously is one of the best books, I just love everything about it!
DeleteI read Pride and Prejudice literally every year, and sometimes I used to find myself enjoying bedtime stories more than the little kids I nannied for in college! Eloise is my all time favorite :)
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Tara
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I love Pride and Prejudice, it is such a classic!
DeleteI remember going to see The Little Prince at Radio City Music hall when I was 6years old.. that was ages ago! I loved that book then and still do today!
ReplyDeleteThe Little Prince never gets old, I love that book!
DeleteAw. I didn't know you're an education major. :) Anyway, this seriously makes me want to read these books! :)
ReplyDeleteZoe
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You should definitely check out some of these, you would love them!
DeleteThe little prince is such a good book! :) Thank you for sharing Lauren!
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DeleteWonderful post! "oh the places you'll go" is one of my favorite books ever! It's amazing for everyone. I think if everyone understood the message behind it, we would all be in peace. Great children books are the best because they keep imagination and creativity going.
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That book has the best message to it! I agree a 100% children's books really do keep the imagination and creativity going without a doubt!
DeleteI read a lot of children books because I am a pre-school teacher. I love "Oh the Places You Will Go". I love it more as an adult than I did then!!!! :)
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Elizabeth
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I love that book more now than when I was younger as well :)
DeleteI love this list, sometimes I wish I could just be Eloise. :)
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I am with you, who wouldn't want to be Eloise every now and then!
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VS has the best pajamas, I love their things! I love Eloise, she is rawther mahvelous!
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