byJ.R.R. Tolkien
-A Little Princess,The Secret Garden,
by Francis Hodgson Burnett
-At the Back of the North Wind, The Golden Key, and The Princess and the Goblin,
by George MacDonald
-All 7 Narnia Chronicles, The Space Trilogy, Till we have Faces, Mere Christianity,
by C.S. Lewis
-The Harry Potter series, by J.K Rowling
-The Enchanted Castle, Melisande,
by E. Nesbit
-Half-Magic, by Edward Eager
-The Dr. Dolittle books, by Hugh Lofting
-A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, An Acceptable Time, Many Waters
by Madeline L'Engle
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy"
by Douglas Adams
-The Oz series, by L. Frank Baum
-The 8 Anne of Green Gables books
by L.M. Montgomery
-Little Women, Little Men, 8 cousins,
by Louisa May Alcott
-The Pyradin cycle,
by Lloyd Alexander
-The Jungle Book, Just So stories,
by Rudyard Kipling
-The Bible
by various authors
- Dr. Seuss books
-The Little House on the Prarie books,
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
-The Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte's Web,
by E.B. White
-The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
-The Blue Sword, Beauty,
by Robin McKinley
-The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
-Curious George,
by H.A. Rey
-The Little Prince, by
-Milo and the Phantom Tollbooth, by
-Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
-Guess How Much I Love You,;
-Redwall series by Brian Jacques
-Nancy Drew books, and Hardy Boys series ...
by various authors
-The Indian in the Cupboard by
-The "Jennifer" books
by Jane Sorenson
-Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard and Florence Atwater
-The TinTin series by Herge�
Internet Public Library
Planet-Tolkien (Just as it sounds -- an online
community of Tolkien fans. (My name there is Elanorraine.)
Glendale Public Library
Arcadia Public Library
Monrovia Public Library
Buena Park Library
Orange County Public Library
Sierra Madre Public Library
Duarte Public Library
UCI Library
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Mrs. Hogan - 2nd grade -- who read fiction
aloud in class, gave me the chance to
read it aloud in class (once), and gave
me a copy of 101 Dalmations.
Mrs. Lathrop - 3rd grade -- who gathered the
entire class around me and took a picture
of me reading the above-mentioned book
"behind my desk" -- totally oblivious to the
rest of the world, and to whatever else she
was trying to teach! She also read...
Mr. Martin - 6th grade -- who introduced me to Milo, Tom Sawyer, and The Little Prince.
Monrovia Library, which I still visit frequently,
find lots of new and old (to me) to read in,
have payed many late fines to, and whose
summer children's reading program made
me search out science-fiction for the first
time.
Madeline L'Engle, the first author I called "one of my favorites" and whose Time cycle
remains most beloved, whose ideas
remain in my philosophy, and whose
quotes still intrigue me.
C. S. Lewis, whose clear thinking and images are embedded in my thoughts.
Tolkien, whose mythology claimed me
long before those movies came out. And in
passing, to Peter Jackson and Co., who
uncovered more "beauties that pierce like swords or burn like cold iron" than I knew
existed in his epic.
Mr. Stewart, High School -- who read fiction
in class, after a long hiatus from teachers of
that sort.
Mrs. Bicknell, High School American Lit -- who made As I lay Dying somewhat
comprehensible, and put humor into all
discussions of "serious" works.
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