Who recommends it
- Christian B. MillerInterview
I think I would give different answers for different age ranges. If we are talking about 8-10 year olds who are really engrossed in reading, then I would encourage them to check out the magical world of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The stories themselves are of course classics, but behind them are also…
- J.M. DeMatteisInterview
It’s impossible for me to pick just one. When I think of great books for children, I think of Seuss, Baum’s amazing Oz books, the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, Roald Dahl, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L’Engle…
- Beth RevisInterview
Not really…although the books I read most often as a child were the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
- Kristi DeMeesterInterview
I grew up in an incredibly strict fundamentalist religion, so reading was the only opportunity I had for entertainment and escape. My first real memories of reading are filled with library book dust. The first true books I remember reading were books like Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and then…
- Nicole GallandInterview
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino, Anguished English by Richard Lederer, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, The Collected Plays of Samuel Beckett, The Idiot by Fyodor…
- Helen HardtInterview
So many! But the two series with the most impact have to be the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I still reread them to this day.
- Annabel AbbsInterview
Hundreds – I am built from books! Favourites included The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and everything by Penelope Lively.
- Laura McKowenInterview
I have a hard time with this question! I would never tell people to read only one book, because I think the most important thing is trying lots of books and finding one that really gets you lost, so you know what it’s like to fall in love with reading. But if I have to pick one, I’ll pick The Chronicles of Narnia by…
- Gretchen RubinInterview
I feel like I get epiphanies from books practically every month. So I can’t say what’s the biggest, but I was very influenced by Jackie Under My Skin by Wayne Koestenbaum; My Early Life by Winston Churchill, The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor, A Writer’s Diary by…
- Doc BrownInterview
Depends on the age. For 3-6 year olds I cannot recommend Not Now Bernard by David McKee and I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen enough. For 7 year olds I would say George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl is an absolute must. For breaking all literary rules, I would further recommend The Giggler Treatment by Roddy…
- Ken BrenimanInterview
The Chronicles of Narnia. These stories taught me early that wonder is a doorway, and that even grief can lead you somewhere luminous if you keep walking.
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