What were your favorite childhood books?Answer

Books read in your formative years can shape the person you become just as much as parents, teachers and friends. What were some of the books that you remember most from your childhood years?

The Boxcar Children

#1 of 125 in The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children
ByGertrude Chandler Warner

1924 • 166 Readers 3.9

Why this book?

The first book I remember being read to me by an elementary school teacher. I was hooked immediately.

The Secret of the Old Clock

#1 of 126 in Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

1930 • 158 Readers • 210 pages 3.8

Why this book?

Every year, I would get a new Nancy Drew book for either my birthday or Christmas. I loved Nancy’s independence and cleverness.

Little Women

#1 of 4 in Little Women

Little Women
ByLouisa May Alcott

198 • 2,004 Readers • 449 pages 4

Why this book?

I found the lives of the Little Women to be so interesting and wanted to know what happened to them.