I finally got a library card. There's a cute little public library a few blocks away from where I live. I've been patiently waiting to go get a card, but I needed a piece of mail addressed to my apartment. (All of my mail has been going to my mailbox at the UPS store!)
The minute a piece of mail came with my name and my address... I was in line at the library. Of course, I love libraries in general for my own reading. But I've been dying to go because I need to start researching for my next project. I know... another project. This is more of a longterm project, and I'll definitely be sharing more about it in the future. It's something that has been churning in my head for just over six months and I'm really ready to get underway with it.
(As an aside: I went out to a bar with a bunch of friends from the rowing team last week. While I had so much fun catching up with the guys, I was reminded that I just really don't like bars. I think I felt like I was "missing out" since I wasn't "going out." For better or for worse, I'd really much rather work at home... Sorry dad.)
So the next chapter, literally and figuratively, begins. But I would like your help and input If you're only going to comment on one post.... please let it be this one!!! Let me know what your favorite books in elementary school were– especially series!
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Mine was miss fanny's hats:) it was about a cute little old lady and her collection of hats!
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berenstain bears are the first that come to mind :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing Days of Abby Hayes!!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes and Junie B. Jones! I also loved The Baby Sitters Club, Cam Jansen Mysteries, and those MKA Two of a Kind books! Ahhh, memories..
ReplyDeleteDefinitely check out Main Street by Ann Martin and Mallory on the Move!
ReplyDeleteI loved the junie b jones books!
ReplyDeleteBox Car Children, Nancy Drew, Babysitter's Club, Judy Bloom books, Eloise (it was the books that got me to love reading)
ReplyDeleteAnything by Sharon Creech but especially Walk Two Moons and Bloomability.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED the Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary. So cute and fun. :) Also, the Little House on the Prairie series.
ReplyDeleteBabysitters Club, Nancy Drew, and Little House on the Prairie were definitely my favorites! I was SO obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder - even dressed up as her for Halloween in third grade. :) I also read a lot of Magic Tree House and Junie B. Jones when I was first learning how to read.
ReplyDeleteBabysitters Club, Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, American Girl, Nancy Drew, Wayside School, Superfudge, anything by Judy Blume,and Samantha the snob.
ReplyDeleteI second Junie B. Jones
DeleteI loved the Babysitters Club, but I'm Australian, so in terms of Australian series I loved Teen Power Inc. That probably won't help out but thought I'd contribute anyway!
ReplyDeleteBabysitters Club and Eloise.
ReplyDeleteI loved Nancy Drew, I'm probably still obsessed! Carly, I swear if you write a children's book, I will preorder it now and save it for when I have little preppy babies. No joke! Good luck with your project, I know it will be incredible! xx
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing, such an inspiration with everything you do! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorites were the Magic Tree House Series, Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, Junie B Jones, and anything that had the Olsen twin's faces on the cover!
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I'm impressed!!! I loved Beverly Cleary books especially the Ramona ones. The American Girls books were also my favs! I loved Molly, Samantha, Felicity, and Kit. I read the others but those were the ones I reread! Good with your new project!
ReplyDeleteEloise and Amelia Bediliea, those were probably for younger kids but still amazing. Junie B. Jones was always a hit and I also loved all of Beverly Cleary's books!
ReplyDeleteloved the magic tree house books as a kid!
ReplyDeleteBoxcar Children for sure, and Ms. Piggle Wiggle was tons of fun too
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ReplyDeleteThis post just made me smile to no end, Carly!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love that you devoted an entire post to books and the library. Growing up, the library was basically one of my homes away from home so no matter what, it'll always have a special place in my heart.
Thinking back, there were so many books I loved as a kid. There was the Nancy Drew series, the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, Junie B. Jones, Cam Jansen Mysteries, anything Rick Riordan, the A to Z Mysteries, Jigsaw Jones, and so many more!
There must have been billions and billions of books that I loved in elementary schools. If only I could remember them all now! Those were definitely good times :)
Hope you're having an amazing weekend! <3
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I can't believe no one has posted The Series of Unfortunate Events! Longest series EVER! But, AMAZING! I learned a serious amount of vocabulary from Lemony Snicket!
ReplyDeleteSeries? I definitely loved the Boxcar Children, Amelia (American Girl), Molly (American Girl), okay, really most American Girl books! lol But those three have special places in my heart! <3
ReplyDeleteI loved reading as a kid and I love children's books. I am studying to become an Elementary school teacher and reading specialist! My favorite series were The Bailey School Kids, Amber Brown, the Baby sitters little sister, and Junie b jones!
ReplyDeleteAmelia and Harry Potter and Junie B. Jones! In general, I think I really liked the interactive ones that sort of talked to me, you know? Like Amelia was my FAVORITE because it was in that cute notebook form and I got to see her life and it made me almost feel older than I was. Plus, the illustrations were so happy and fun!!
ReplyDeleteThis post just reminded me to renew my own library card! As a kid I loved Nancy Drew and these Scholastic diary books that the name of is just slipping my mind, they were about about American history and had a series on princesses around the world. I loved them.
ReplyDeleteyou're thinking of the Dear America series and the Royal Diaries series that was like it! I loved those too!
DeleteBabysitter's Club Little Sister Series (the books were all about Kristy's little sister, Karen). I think I owned every book in the series at the time!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew hands down. She's the best role model.
ReplyDeleteAll of Roald Dahl's books! I read them again and again. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved Roald Dahl and the Babysitter's Club. Now as a 4th grade teacher, I am able to see my students' read and enjoy some of the same books that I loved. They love finding a book in my classroom library that used to belong to a younger me!
ReplyDeleteI loved the EARLY Magic Tree House books (I think the author ran out of ideas after the first 20), as well as anything Dear America. And Harry Potter, of course!
ReplyDeleteThough it's not a series, I also agree with what Laura said about Sharon Creech above- she was one of my favorites!
Junie B. Jones and Nancy Drew were some of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteI loved the amazing days of abby hayes and the magic tree house books.
ReplyDeleteLittle House, Ramona Quimby, Nancy Drew.
ReplyDeletethe beezus and ramona books!
ReplyDeleteI really liked the Magic Tree House series and the Berenstein Bears were my sister's favorite series.
ReplyDeleteLittle House of in the Prairie Series. Anne of Green Gables series. The Narnia series. And I also loved the Baby Sitters Club! And Sweet Valley High. That's all! :)
ReplyDeleteBabysitters club, nancy drew, ramona books, sweet valley high and little house books. Love childrens books and have so much fun going theough them with my four year old!
ReplyDeleteThe Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace is totally classic and I adored it as a kid. My mother had read them when she was younger as well and passed them on to me.
ReplyDeleteThe American Girl ones (specifically Kit and Molly) and Junie B. Jones!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite series include Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the 39 Clues, and Misty of Chincoteague!
ReplyDeleteLittle House on the Prairie and anything written by Beverly Cleary! (Beezus and Ramona being one of my favorites.)
ReplyDeleteHenry and Mudge!
ReplyDeleteLittle House on the Prairie and Ginger Pie
ReplyDeleteSweet Valley Kids and Sweet Valley Twins series, along with Nancy Drew and Babysitter's Club!
ReplyDeleteThe Thoroughbred series - Continued to read it for years!
ReplyDeleteThe Magic Treehouse series!!
ReplyDeletemrs. piggle wiggle and amelia bedelia!
ReplyDeleteEloise, Little House, Anne of Green Gables, and Beatrix Potter
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteThe American Girls books! Kit was my favorite - I even brought one of the books to college with me!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Betsy-Tacy series, Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mysteries. I enjoyed the Secret Garden and re-read it several times. I also liked Harriet the Spy.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxcar Children and Nancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteMadeline was my absolute favorite! American Girl books a close second, Nancy Drew, Babysitter's Club and the Boxcar Children.
ReplyDeleteA Series of Unfortunate Events and the Magic Treehouse series!
ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones and Magic Treehouse!
ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones series!
ReplyDeleteThe Boxcar Children series, Baby Sitter's Club, and Nancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteThe Dear America series, Little House on the Prairie, and Nancy Drew were some of my favorites. I was constantly reading as a kid...can't wait to see what your new project entails!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew, Little House on the Prairie, and Junie B. Jones
ReplyDeleteDear America, Babysitters Club, and the American Girl books. Also Magic Tree House for sure.
ReplyDeleteBox Car Children & Little House on the Prarie!
ReplyDeleteBabysitters Club, American Girl series... really anything historical. Also some classes, like Heidi, A Little Princess, Secret Garden, Little House :).
ReplyDeleteAnything by Judy Blume! Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, Blubbler, Fudge, Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing. Also LOVED My Side of the Mountain! I now teach Kindergarten and love seeing some of my faves become theirs!
ReplyDeleteThe Wind in the Willows, Anne of Green Gables, James and the Giant Peach, Junie B Jones series, Boxcar Children series, American Girl books.
ReplyDeleteMy sister is in 5th grade and one of her favorite series is Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Little House on the Prairie!!! I had a major obsession.
ReplyDeleteMine were definitely Thoroughbred, Nancy Drew, The Phantom Stallion, and Unicorns of Balinor. I had all of the Nancy Drew and Thoroughbred books, and a couple years ago, I actually gave them all to a friend who is an elementary school teacher to use for her classroom. I kind of miss seeing them on my shelf...but it means other kids get to enjoy them, so I guess that makes it worth it. lol
ReplyDeleteAnne of Green Gables, American Girls, Babysitters Club
ReplyDeleteI loved the Wrinkle in TIme series by Madeline L'Engle!
ReplyDeleteAlso Anne of Green Gables, the Boxcar Children, Little House on the Prarie, and anything Eva Ibbotson.
Plus anything else I could get my hands on. Literally.
Its a wonder I have any social skills at all with the amount of time I spent with my nose in a book as a child.
Boxcar children, the babysitter's club, bearinstein bears, junie b jones series
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter! Encyclopedia Brown, Goosebumps, Lord of the Rings, the historical fiction Royal Diaries series, Junie B. Jones, Amelia, and Madeline!
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter! Encyclopedia Brown, Goosebumps, Lord of the Rings, the historical fiction Royal Diaries series, Junie B. Jones, Amelia, and Madeline!
ReplyDeleteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle... Matilda by Roald Dahl... the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine... Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf... the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll... and the Grimm fairy tales :) These were the books I would reread obsessively throughout my childhood for shear pleasure... :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorites were the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes and the Ramona series. Hands down. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite series in elementary school was Little House on the Prairie!!!
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter, The babysitters club, Abby Haze, Anne of Green Gables
ReplyDeleteThose history ones with the different girls in different time periods written like a diary.
Junie B Jones and Nancy Drew! I think I read every Nancy Drew and Boxcar Children book about 3 times each. Love them!
ReplyDeleteI loved all of the American Girl books, Dear America and the Babysitter's Club Little Sister books.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Babysitter's Club, Boxcar Children, Magic Tree House, and Roald Dahl books!
ReplyDeleteall of the sharon creech and sarah dessen books!
ReplyDeleteAnything by E.L. Konigsburg!!! "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" and "The View from Saturday" are both incredible books!!!
ReplyDeleteIn no particular chronological order: Berenstein Bears, Babysitters Club, anything by Judy Blume, Dr. Seuss, Anne of Green Gables, Sweet Valley series, and most importantly, Ramona Qumiby
ReplyDeleteBabysitters club, wayside school, ramona, all judy blume books (freckle juice, tales of a fourth grade nothing), so many more I can't think of right now!!
ReplyDeleteall of the above and angelina ballerina!
ReplyDeleteI always read the Cam Jansen mysteries
ReplyDeleteRamona Quimby, Judy Blume books, Nancy Drew
ReplyDeleteI love Babysitters Club and Ms.Fanny's Hat!
ReplyDelete-Emily Anne
I read the Amber Brown series with my dad, and The Borrowers series with my mom. It gave me something to look forward to each night, and they rotated out every other night on who got to read with me before bed. I also enjoyed The Babysitters Club, Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, American Girl, and Harry Potter. I was a reading fiend as a child!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew hands down! I read every single Nancy Drew book in the series!
ReplyDeleteI loved the babysitters club!
ReplyDeletePicture books: ANY by Mo Willems, and the Fancy Nancy Series (FABULOUS!!!)
ReplyDeleteChapter books: Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, and Junie B. Jones.
Have fun!!
I loved Animorphs!! super nerdy, but I collected the entire series and I was really sad when I finally gave them away haha. I also loved the Babysitters' Club, Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley Kids.. and the Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Saddle Club!
ReplyDeleteI loved Amber Brown, Sweet Valley High (and various spin-offs) and Nancy Drew.. and Idk if this counts, but I was an Archie Comics fanatic! :D
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Nancy Drew! You could NEVER go wrong with those books! Amelia Bediliea, The Magic School Bus!! Those books were awesome because I could read the books and then watch the tv show!
ReplyDeleteBabysitters Club for sure! I also LOVED Sweet Valley High, although I think I was way too young for those. I also ordered every single Dear America book from the Scholastic orders (you know the ones about girls during a poignant time in history)? Roald Dahl books were another favorite...The Twitches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxcar Children, Little House on the Prarie, Shel Silverstein poems.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Girl books... I really enjoyed Kirsten, Molly, and Samantha.
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew!!
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Junie B. Jones!
ReplyDeleteLittle House on the Prairie
ReplyDeleteLoved the Ramona books, American Girl Books (Molly was my fave but I had the Samantha doll so I liked those too), and The Babysitter Club little sisters series about Karen.
ReplyDeleteThere were two books that I also loved that were required reading for school... A Wrinkle in Time in third grade and Phantom Tollbooth in fifth grade; I couldn't put either of those books down!
Books of Enid Blyton :)
ReplyDeleteBtw, I am a rower too! :)
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I was a huge fan of the Baby-sitters Club!
ReplyDeleteThe Giver, and anything else by Lois Lowry, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Golden Compass. A lot of these books are appropriate for children but have serious themes that inspire thought. Sometimes kids aren't given enough credit for how well they can handle difficult ideas, and these books completely changed my worldview, even in third or fourth grade. The Golden Compass is actually still my favorite novel, and I can read it again and again and always discover new and beautiful things about it.
ReplyDeleteI've been rereading The Baby-Sitters Club. My mom found a ton of them at a small used book store in Montana and sent them to me, and I think I've read 15 of them in the past month. It always reminds me of when life was simpler! Other than that I read a lot of Roald Dahl, The American Girl Books, Scary Stories, and Goosebumps.
ReplyDeleteFor chapter books I mostly read Harry Potter, Series of Unfortunate Events, Goosebumps, and Magic Tree House. I also read two picture book series(Well, there were a bunch of these kids books...) Berenstain Bears, and Spot the Dog.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I LOVE books, and always have.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite books as a kid were The Babysitter's Club, and eventually Babysitter's Little Sister, The Saddle Club, Sweet Valley Twins, the Little Mermaid series, The American Girl books, all the Roald Dahl, Edward Eager's books (especially Half Magic), The Boxcar Children, and many, many more.
The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne was my favorite series. I really liked the Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood
ReplyDeleteI LOVED the Magic Tree House series, lol. I had like 20 books! Super entertaining (: I also enjoyed Nancy Drew, Roald Dahl and of course my American Girl Doll books! Ah, the memories....
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your new project!! <3
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I see an Amazing Days of Abby Hayes in your pile... I loved that series!
ReplyDeleteI also loved the Boxcar Children, Invisible Inc., The Babysitter's Club, Ramona, Amber Brown, Cam Jensen, anything by Judy Blume, and of course: Harry Potter!
The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes :)
ReplyDeletebaby sitters club, boxcar children, ramona, harry potter, and my favorite - sweet valley high... i have one dedicated to me!!!
ReplyDeletelittle house on the prairie books were my favorite. as corny as it sounds, i learned so much from those books. harry potter, nancy drew, and boxcar children were other favs. good luck!
ReplyDeleteThe Boxcar Children books
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ReplyDeleteThe Magic Tree House series; Madeline; the berenstain bears; CS. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia; All American Girl series books - one with each doll!
ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones!!
ReplyDeletethe Ramona books by Beverly Cleary were, and still are, my favorite!
ReplyDeleteAnne of Green Gables, Babysitter's Club, Boxcar Children, Sideway Stories from Wayside School
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew, the Ramona series by Beverley Cleary and the Ginger Pye books!!
ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones series, Boxcar Children series, Letters from Felix, Amelia Bedelia!
ReplyDeleteAmerican Girl books, Babysitter's club, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Chartotte's web, Little House on the Prarie, Little Women, Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, Goosebumps
ReplyDeleteAll of a Kind Family.. it's an older series but it's WONDERFUL. Please check it out!!!
ReplyDeleteBoxcar Children, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables
ReplyDeleteI loved The Babysitters Clubs, Bernstein Bears, Goosebumps, Amelia Bedelia, and American Girl. Now that I am a teacher I LOVE the Junie B. Jones series.
ReplyDeleteI loved author Gail Carson Levine, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Sweet Valley Kids/Jr. High/High/University, Dear America, American Girl, Goosebumps, Wayside School books, Shel Silverstein and bien sur, Harry Potter.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Babysitters Club, Franklin, Arthur, Magic Treehouse, and Ramona and Beezus!
ReplyDeleteThe Babysitters Club and American Girl :)
ReplyDeleteJunie B Jones and the Ramona series. :]
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ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones, and all the roald dahl books
ReplyDeleteAmelia Bedelia! And Madeline :)
ReplyDeleteI loved Junie B. Jones! :)
ReplyDeleteThe whole Laura Ingalls Wilder collection. I read them all through every summer until college. Love!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew, American Girl books, and Junie B. Jones!
ReplyDeleteI loved the American Girl series and the Boxcar Children!
ReplyDeleteA Series of Unfortunate Events, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Nancy Drew, and of course, Harry Potter. Kick butt on the project!
ReplyDeleteMagic Tree House, all Laura Ingalls Wilder books, Boxcar Children, and all Ronald Dahl's books
ReplyDeleteMagic Tree House!!
ReplyDeleteA Series of Unfortunate Events, Nancy Drew, Judy Blume books, Harry Potter
ReplyDeleteBook Series:
ReplyDeleteDear America
Sweet Valley Twins
The Clique
It girl
A series of unfortunate events
goosebumps
captain underpants
bailey school kids
Authors:
Judy Blume
Meg Cabot
Beverly Cleary
Roald Dahl
Jerry Spinelli
Hope this helps.
Oh dear, so many! I will try to keep it short and original!
ReplyDeleteBook series:
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
The Giver and connecting books (Gathering Blue and Messenger) by Lois Lowry
The Babysitters Club
The Boxcar Children
Harry Potter (of course!!!!)
Little House series (woods, prairie, by the lake, long winter, etc.)
Authors
Meg Cabot
Madeline L'Engle
Beveryly Cleary
I have so many more but these are the ones I can remember - so I guess the ones I loved the most!
I really loved the Serendipity book series by Stephen Cosgrove. My mom used to buy me a new book in the series as rewards for accomplishing different goals :)
ReplyDeleteI really loved the Serendipity book series by Stephen Cosgrove. My mom used to buy me a new book in the series as rewards for accomplishing different goals :)
ReplyDeletelove your blog!
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I was obsessed with "Is your mama a llama", "I'll love you forever", and "Where the Wild Things Are." But now being a full time nanny and aunt I love the Pinkalicious series, and my niece and the girl I nanny love them, I mean obsessed with them!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew was FANTASTIC.
ReplyDeleteJunie B. Jones was great.
But, my favorite books were probably the Royal Diaries. They were princesses who had written fake "diaries" and was a great historical fiction piece for kids!
i really loved princess diaries, the american girl series, and the clique
ReplyDeleteIn elementray school I loved to read The Baby Sitters' Club, Eloise, Arthur, Junie B. Jones, Pooh book series and Harry Potter
ReplyDeleteOooh, I loved The Bailey School Kids mysteries! Can't wait to hear about the project. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Bailey School Kids!
ReplyDeleteI love the magic tree house series. When I was super young I loved anything Dr Seuss. I also loved this one book called "Sand Cake" by Frank Asch, it had a few others in the collection. The later years of elementary school I was obsessed with the Amelia's Journal series. Also, it almost goes without saying, but Harry Potter!
ReplyDeleteFirst thing that comes to mine is definitely Box Car Children. While working as a library helper in elementary school I spent a lot of time there and I'm pretty positive I read every one I could get my hands on!
ReplyDeleteI love that you're apologizing to you dad for not going out to bars lol.
ReplyDeleteMy faves were the bernstein bears, hank the cowdog and I was seriously obsessed with Go Dog Go (I think that was before elm school), I used to stare at the dog party at the end forever. I got pretty bored with kids books early, I shocked everyone by reading Jurassic Park in 5th grade and basically only read novels after that.
I liked Harry Potter, Junie B. Jones, Arthur, Captain Underpants, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Toot and Puddle, Magic Tree-house, Dear America, and anything by Dr. Seuss.
ReplyDeleteBoxcar Children, Magic Treehouse...I think those were only children's book series I read. I had a penchant for reading above my age level, though I'm currently reading Harry Potter so maybe I'm making up for it.
ReplyDeleteI loved Junie B. Jones, Ramona by Beverly Cleary, Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss, The Berenstein Bears, A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Jillian Jiggs series by Phoebe Gilman (also by her, Grandma and the Pirates, Little Blue Ben, and The Balloon Tree, all fantastic), Abby Hayes (though I see it’s in your photo!), the Little House on the Prairie Series, all of L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, etc.), Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (as well as many of her other books), The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Clifford, The Magic School Bus, the Dear Canada series by Scholastic, anything Robert Munsch, Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood, Crysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, the Heartland series by Lauren Brooke, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Harriet the Spy, Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, Beatrix Potter’s books, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Jack London’s books, Ida B by Katherine Hannigan (such a fantastic message!!!), Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Tarzan, The Swiss Family Robinson, The Royal Diaries series, Pippi Longstocking, Black Beauty, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, Old Yeller by Fred Gipson, Mercer Mayer books, Franklin books… and many, many others.
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry for the gigantic list, but I was a voracious reader as a child and still love to read kid’s books… and I figured I might as well put them all down!
The Romona books by Beverly Clearly!
ReplyDeleteJunie B Jones, The Babysitter's Club, and Little House on the Prairie :)
ReplyDeleteI love Junie B Jones, The Pony Pals, Harry Potter, and the Princess Diaries.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing more about your next project! :) Good Luck Cary!
Had to be Eloise when I was a child. I loved her.
ReplyDeleteOh oh oh. How fun!!
ReplyDelete-- series:
The Boxcar Children.
Little House series.
The Babysitter's Club.
Nancy Drew.
Oh my goodness I LOVED all of the "Amelia Bedelia" and "Madeleine" books when I was a little girl. When I was older, my favorite chapter book series were:
ReplyDelete- The Babysitter's Club (and Babysitter's Little Sister... holla)
- ALL of the "Alice" books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- American Girl series
Babysitter's Club Little Sister series and Little House on the Prarie were my go-to books. Couldn't get enough of those series'!
ReplyDeleteI *love* the NY public library!! My favorite part - reserving books online and just walking in, grabbing them and checking out! Super simple! You can also borrow e-books too!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew was by far my favorite childhood read! :)
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew was by far my favorite childhood read! :)
ReplyDeleteRamona, Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, Babysitter's Club, Harry Potter, and anything by Roald Dahl!
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew, Boxcar Children, Bobsy Twins, Babysitter's Club, and, as an adult, Harry Potter (didn't come out til I was in college). I cannot wait to read the Boxcar Children with my boys once they are bigger!!!
ReplyDeleteBabysitter's Club!
ReplyDeleteAnything Judy Blume, especially the Tales of a Forth Grade nothing series.
ReplyDeleteBoxcar Children, American Girl, Magic Tree house
ReplyDeleteGrade School Favorites: Anne of Green Gables, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Boxcar Children, Judy Blume (Are You there God, It's Me Margaret)
ReplyDeleteIf you are wanting to include any other Young Adult Series, please feel free to e-mail me!
I took a few YA classes during Undergrad and was exposed to some absolutely marvelous series.
Have a great day!
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ReplyDeleteJunie B Jones, Little House on the Prairie, Boxcar Children, and Anne of Green Gables were the best!
ReplyDeletetotally loved junie b jones, but my all-time favorite book was cloudy with a chance of meatballs
ReplyDeleteYounger... it was Amelia Bedelia
ReplyDeleteOlder elementary to middle... Chronicles of Narnia
The best series was "Trixie Belden"! So much better than Nancy Drew.....
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun question! book have always been my favorite. i desperately wanted to be Harriet the Spy when I was little, so I carried around a composition notebook!
ReplyDeleteHere are a few of my favorites - -
The Boxcar Children
Angelina Ballerina
Little House on the Prairie (still in love - The Wilder Life is currently on my to-read stack!)
Anne of Green Gables
Babysitter's Club
Ramona Quimby
the American Girl books
I LOVED Junie B. Jones- I would finish those books in a day as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the Baby Sitter's Club, and the Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing series.
I read Nancy Drew and the Babysitters Club! :) Loved them! Oh! and a huge favorite when i was on the older end of elementary was the Inheritance Cycle and the Redwall series (which is seriously an amazing series for anyone!)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, you can rent ebooks on your nook or iPhone at the public library! Saved me so much cash on books since I read like crazy!
ReplyDeleteI was (and still am) a horse-crazy girl in school... so the only series' I ever really read in Elementary school were "Thoroughbred", "Saddle Club", and "Riding Academy". :) Haha!
ReplyDeleteooh! The Babysitter's Club and Junie B. Jones were my favorite :D
ReplyDeleteBabysitter's Club, Harry Potter, not Young Adult but I read it when i was in elementary school: Agatha Christie's Poirot series, Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, Sweet Valley High, The Giver Series by Lois Lowrey, Goosebumps (especially choose your own adventure! haha), Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass is the first book), Animorphs, Everworld series by Katherine Applegate, The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper
ReplyDeleteI loved the Nancy Drew books growing up and The Boxcar Children. I am not sure what age group and/or grade level your question is geared towards, but I was an Early Childhood Education major and the most popular books (as of late) seem to be the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie + all related titles by that author and, of course, Eric Carle books are always a hit. Good luck with your new project!
ReplyDeleteI read the Little House on the Prarie, American Girl books, and just about anything else I could get my hands on. Black Beauty was probably my favorite overall book though. Can I count Harry Potter though if the first book came out when I was in first grade?
ReplyDeleteBest of luck on the new project!
oh man, I wish I lived in nyc and could hang out at libraries with you!!
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter, American Girls, Little House on the Prairie, Sweet Valley High (!!), A Series of Unfortunate Events... the list goes on!
I like Sweet Dreams Romance series by Bantam Books. I started reading it when I was 13 and though this series has stop producing, I still buy and read them whenever I can get hold if them. These days they can only be found on thrift book store and my eyes shines in delight whenever I see this series on the shelves :)
ReplyDelete1) The Warriors Series by Erin Hunter. I was SO obsessed.
ReplyDelete2) Beacon Street Girls
3) Animal Ark by Ben Baglio
4) Junie B. Jones
5) Magic Tree House
6) Katie Kazoo
7) Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Hank the Cowdog!
ReplyDeletemy favorites when I was little were Nancy Drew and Little House on the Prairie. I was OBSESSED with Laura Ingalls Wilder's life! I also loved reading the American Girl series of books - thinking about it now, I guess you could say I particularly enjoyed historical fiction. :) I was (and remain) also really big into Harry Potter - but that came along a bit later in childhood.
ReplyDeletethe Emily Windsnap and Phillipa Fisher series by Liz Kessler
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew, Magic Tree House, and I'm not sure if this was elementary or middle school but I loved the books by Joan Bauer, Hope was Here and Rules of the Road.
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