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