Ah hell, I have to post 3 days in one because I’ve been a slacker. Can I blame the election craziness for keeping me from my blogging duties? Does this mean I’ve failed the challenge? Don’t judge me.

I’ve already talked about my love of Nancy Drew, Alice in Wonderland and Dr. Seuss. Instead of picking my own favorite childhood book (impossible!) I’m going to tell you about the books that I loved reading with my own children.

Oh Little House books, what a joy you were to read to my kids! I loved them when I was young and I loved them even more when I was able to share them with my own children.

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is such a sweet book. It made the first few days of Kindergarten a bit easier. (Mostly for me)

It would be easy to choose the obvious here. Such as The Diary of Anne Frank, Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird. But I’m picking A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I happen to think that everyone in the world should read this classic. 

I believe that The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck was the book that started my long love affair with Asian history and culture. It’s been many years since I read this and it started a life long journey of learning for me that has been wonderful. 

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” ~ Pearl S. Buck 

Yes Ms. Buck, yes indeed.