defining childhood books that my mother read to me or encouraged me to read (which still hold up into adulthood). aka: the reasons I am the way I am
created by ananyan
last updated August, 2026
The Magic Faraway Tree (The Faraway Tree, #2)
Enid Blyton
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Judith Kerr
First Term at Malory Towers Malory Towers #1
The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)
Julia Donaldson
Eloise
Kay Thompson
The Twins at St Clare's
The Little House
Virginia Lee Burton
Matilda
Roald Dahl
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
The Witches
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
Are You My Mother?
P.D. Eastman
Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
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