Enjoying Childhood’s Books Again

Some of my favorite childhood memories are of the hours I spent sitting sideways across my grandfather’s big reading chair, one padded chair arm at my back, the other under my knees, and a book under my nose. We had an old set of My Book House books, a classic collection of stories edited by Olive Beaupre Miller. They may have been my mother’s when she was a child, but for as long as I can remember they were on the bookshelf by that chair and I read them all. I liked the old-fashioned Nursery Rhymes and I was intrigued by the myths, but my favorites were the Fairy Tales. As a young girl my head was filled with the elaborate illustrations of tall castles with moats and towers, dashing knights in armor and fierce horses draped in colorful blankets and bridles/ Cheryl-Anne Millsap , SR Treasure Hunting. More here.

Question: Cheryl-Anne goes on to say that she bought a set of My Book House books for $28 on impulse from The Velvet Rabbit. The Wind in the Willows series provided my favorite books. What were your favorite childhood books?