Recs if you like Sideways Stories from Wayside School...

Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!

chapter books you probably read in elementary and/or middle school and you probably took the AR test as soon as you finished. cue nostalgia

Bring on those Gen Y memories! A list of books likely to give people born between 1981 and 1996 a lot of feelings.

This list is for those of us who grew up eagerly awaiting the Scholastic Book Fair, watching Reading Rainbow (or Wishbone!), and dreaming of a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.

Note: these are not books published in 1981-1996, but books that had a hold on the millennial generation.

Also check out the Dear America series, American Girl series & Royal Diaries series.

books that remind me of my Gen Z childhood, not necessarily books published 1997-2012. i haven’t read all, but most.

feel free to leave recs in the comments!

was it all a dream?

Sometimes present day is too heavy, let’s take a trip back in time.

Instead of dancing in Target for inner child work, maybe let's start with reading kids books from our youth- and kids books that remind us of our youth.

Joseph Fink (one of the writers of WTNV) gave us a recommendation list on Tiktok for fans of the podcast, so I thought it would be nice to bring it here.

the library books you probably read to score that Book-It personal pan pizza

Childhood favorite books or newer children’s books to turn to when you need a break from the adult world or a healthy dose of nostalgia

Books from childhood/school days in the 90s and early 2000s