{"id":476,"date":"2010-10-06T08:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janice-campbell.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T22:47:16","slug":"great-books-week-day-3-what-childhood-book-captured-your-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/great-books-week-day-3-what-childhood-book-captured-your-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books Week Day 3: What childhood book captured your imagination?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/great-books-week2010sm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/great-books-week2010sm.jpg?fit=300%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"great-books-week2010sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Great Books Week 2010- sponsored by Excellence in Literature and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/great-books-week2010sm.jpg?fit=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/great-books-week2010sm.jpg?fit=300%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-470 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"great-books-week2010sm\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.janice-campbell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/great-books-week2010sm-231x300.jpg?resize=139%2C180\" alt=\"Great Books Week 2010- sponsored by Excellence in Literature and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" \/>I grew up in a quiet home with no television or other young people. My grandparents liked to read, and so did I. Books were my trusted friends and companions throughout childhood, and I loved many of them for many reasons. So&#8230;. all that to say that narrowing it down to just one book is asking a bit much, so I&#8217;m going to share some overall favorites. I&#8217;m pretty sure that the Great Books Week police aren&#8217;t on patrol!<\/p>\n<h4>Picture Books<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em> by Maurice Sendak<\/li>\n<li><em>Johnny-Go-Round<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Madeleine<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Babar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Illustrated Fairy Tales<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Non-Series Books<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>David and the Phoenix<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Secret Garden<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Island of the Blue Dolphins<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Little Princess<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mary Jane<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prudence Crandall: Woman of Courage<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Brighty of the Grand Canyon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>My Side of the Mountain<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Little Women<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crazy Horse (Landmark Biography)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Florence <\/em><em>Nightingale<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Helen Keller<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Little Lame Prince<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bedknob and Broomstick<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Series<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Oz books<\/li>\n<li>Raggedy Ann and Andy<\/li>\n<li>The Burgess Books (animal stories)<\/li>\n<li>Bobbsey Twins<\/li>\n<li>Happy Hollisters<\/li>\n<li>Pippi Longstocking<\/li>\n<li>Heidi books<\/li>\n<li>Harriet the Spy<\/li>\n<li>The Black Stallion<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Drew &amp; Hardy Boys<\/li>\n<li>Cherry Ames<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Grey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Young people&#8217;s books I didn&#8217;t discover until adulthood, and still enjoy:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/li>\n<li>The Boxcar Children (early books in the series)<\/li>\n<li>Hank the Cowdog audio books<\/li>\n<li>Wrinkle in Time trilogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is far from a complete list of the young people&#8217;s books that sparked my imagination, but it&#8217;s at least a start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in a quiet home with no television or other young people. 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