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Barrie, J.M. "Peter Pan" - 1904 The book description starts with Peter Pan and his "irritable fairy friend". That could ...

Rawls, Wilson "Where the Red Fern Grows" - 1961 My youngest son read this in 3rd grade and it was his favourite book for ages. So,...

Ihimaera, Witi "The Whale Rider" - 1987 We discussed this in our  international online book club  in September 2025. This was a we...

Eccleshare, Julia "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up" - 2009 While reviewing a children's book, I fou...

Gaiman, Neil "Coraline" - 2002 Coraline is only a short novella. It was an alright read though nothing spectacular. I probably wou...

L’Engle, Madeleine "A Wrinkle in Time" - 1962 I read this for the " 1962 Club ". This book challenge takes place twice ...

Hislop, Victoria "Maria's Island" - 2021 If you've read " The Island " and its follow-up, " One August Nigh...

Rey, H.A. "Curious George" - 1941-1966 (series) I don't know whether he is still as popular as during the time my sons were li...

Carroll, Lewis "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" - 1865 When our sons were little, we used to watch all the animated films wi...

Leaf, Munro "The Story of Ferdinand" - 1936 The first time I heard of Ferdinand, the bull, was in a small little German book. Pixi...

de Brunhoff, Jean " The Story of Babar" (French: Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant ) - 1934 I remember my little brother watchin...

Kästner, Erich "Lisa and Lottie" (aka The Parent Trap) ( German: Das doppelte Lottchen ) - 1949 Most English-speaking girls...

Savage Carlson, Natalie "The Family Under the Bridge" - 1958 I remember selling this book in our school book sales. I probably bou...

Brown, Marc "Arthur's Nose" - 1976 It's about time I wrote about one of my younger son's favourite series when he was ...

Rest in Peace, Eric Carle. Eric Carle was one of my sons's favourite authors when he was in 1 st grade. They used to do a lot of pictur...

Obama, Barack "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to my Daughters" - 2010 This is one of the cutest picture books I have seen. Every page ad...

Jansson, Tove "Moominsummer Madness" ( Finnish: Vaarallinen juhannus ) - 1954 I hadn't read anything about the "Moomins...

Baumgart, Klaus "Laura's Star" (German: Lauras Stern ) - 1996 A lovely children's book with beautiful illustrations. My ch...