Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (My dad read this to me as I was recuperating from a broken arm and dislocated shoulder. Still gives me warm and happy memories of the parental closeness)

The Chronicles of Narnia (all of 'em) C.S. Lewis

The Dark is Rising Sequence - Suzanne Cooper (I didn't read this one until I was in college, but love it.)

Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh

The Black Stallion (and sequels) - Walter Farley

The Green Knowe Books - L.M. Boston (I like books that come in series)

And I still love Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Can't remember how many times I've read it.

Andre Norton's Dark Piper..

Dr. Suess' One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

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Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks & the other Freddy series:)

I was going to say "Harry Potter", but I have a hard time really considering these to be children's books (lest I then feel horribly immature for enjoying them too much), so I'm going to go with anything by Shel Silverstein.

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Thanks for the tip be-bop. The book that started me off on fantasy (in fourth grade) was Shadow Castle.

Anything by Mitsumasa Anno or Daniel Pinkwater.

Are You My Mother and Encyclopedia Brown mysteries.

The Charlie Brown Encyclopedia! It had everything explained in question and answer format. Each book covered a different topic, book one was the human body, book two I think was transportation.

Oh, and when I grew up a little I liked World Book encyclopedia. Even when I was too small to understand the words, I would look at the many many colorful pictures.

I loved Encyclopedia Brown. I also remember reading Johnny Tremain when I was in elementary school.

I was obsessed with this whole series as a child. I still have all of them (except 2 that got lost in one of the many moves). I hope that one day, one of my kids will get as much enjoyment out of them as I did.

My favorite was always "The Black Stallion Returns" ... with the race in the desert.

I thought "The Black Stallion and the Girl" was kinda weak, but things get that way toward the end of series.

I loved "Man O' War" too, even though it's not one of the BS set, it's still Farley, and about horses.

I also loved the C.W. Anderson books ... "Afraid to Ride," "The Blind Connemara," etc. They seem to be out of print. Hmmmm. So is "Tall and Proud" by Vian Smith.

My Kidlit is disappearing. I'll bet they're not findable in libraries, either, having been replaced by R.L. Stine and The Babysitter's Club.

One of my very favorite books from when I was very small was one that had actually been my mother's when she was small - it's called 'Honey Bear', and it was published in the '20s. It's about a big, black bear who comes out of the woods and 'kidnaps' a baby, and is pursued by the parents, who find the bear's home in a big, hollow tree and discover that the bear just wanted someone to play and eat honey with. The illustrations are wonderfully done - very dark, dramatic, and realistic. I'm afraid that a lot of parents today would consider both the story and the pictures to be far too scary for kids.

As my own kids have grown up, I've become fond of Silverstein's 'The Giving Tree' and a book called 'Mouse and Tim'.

The illustrations are wonderfully done - very dark, dramatic, and realistic. I'm afraid that a lot of parents today would consider both the story and the pictures to be far too scary for kids.

Another one that might not be considered appropriate by the more sensitive crowd: Neil Gaiman has actually written a couple of great children's books. "The Wolves in the Walls" and "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish" are both favorites in our house. Very cool illustrations, kind of Tim Burton/Alice in Wonderland-y.