Some Favorites' Favorites
Published by Jenny B on Sat, 09/29/2012 - 3:41pm
I just read a very interesting column [1] about some of our favorite children’s authors own beloved books from their childhood.
Lauren Child (author of the Charlie & Lola [2] series):
- The 18th Emergency by Betsy Byars
- The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Jeff Kinney (author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid [3] series):
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
- The Shannara series by Terry Brooks
- The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Bark
Julianne Moore (author of the Freckleface Strawberry [4] series):
- the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Rick Riordan (author of the Heroes of Olympus [5] series):
- Fletcher and Zenobia by Edward Gorey
- The Greek Gods by Bernard Evslin
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien




