Favorite Girlhood Books

Recently, I was remembering the books I used to read and love as a young girl. I read a lot on my own, but we also read plenty as a family. On rainy days--it was kind of a tradition--we (my mom and sisters and I) would curl up with blankets and pillows on the couch, and my mom would read to us for hours. (Now, on rainy days I always think of that and feel like I should be allowed to take the day off and just read! I guess I got kind of spoiled:o)

I've always been kind of a bookworm...but even my less-inclined-to-read sister liked our reading times. (BTW, my mom had some great ideas about keeping us interested--or at least quiet and still--during reading. She let us draw pictures while she read, and suggested that we draw the people and scenes in the book. When little hands can stay busy it helps with the fidgeting!) Since then, the sisters and I have had a few passionate "discussions" about who will be allowed to keep each of our shared-favorite books to read to our own kids some day!

Here were a few of my best-loved books--most read multiple times; many admittedly girly:

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Series
• All-of-A-Kind Family Series
• Grandma's Attic Series
• Elsie Dinsmore Series
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Box-Car Children

I also remember loving a story-book called "The Princess and the Goblins," And a "Pilgrim's Progress" book adapted for children. There were many others. I loved stories about people who immigrated to America during the Irish Potato famine for some reason. We also read A LOT of biographies, and American history books.

Did anyone else read these? (I'm sure just about everybody must have read Laura Ingalls Wilder, and most children raised in Christian families probably become introduced to the Chronicles of Narnia!) I hope they're all still around in stores, because I will have to buy the ones I don't win through my ongoing negotiations with my sisters;o)