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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 3701 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,872,697 ratings — published 1997
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 3076 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,112,041 ratings — published 1952
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 2988 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,692,849 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 2985 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,073,500 ratings — published 1999
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2814 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,156,085 ratings — published 1988
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2773 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,373,861 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 2527 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,946,054 ratings — published 2003
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 2478 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,237,771 ratings — published 1950
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 2454 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,795,254 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 2411 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,252,664 ratings — published 2007
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 2269 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.17 — 954,757 ratings — published 1964
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2045 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,267,284 ratings — published 1964
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1899 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,543,685 ratings — published 1974
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1865 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,343,486 ratings — published 1911
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 1810 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.23 — 542,531 ratings — published 1982
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 1791 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,404,492 ratings — published 1998
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 1776 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,091,383 ratings — published 1963
Green Eggs and Ham (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1763 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.32 — 867,633 ratings — published 1960
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1748 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.04 — 530,210 ratings — published 1961
The Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 1646 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.18 — 439,154 ratings — published 1983
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 1624 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,576,446 ratings — published 2005
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 1570 times as childhood)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,316,268 ratings — published 1962
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 1553 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.03 — 588,410 ratings — published 1999
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 1550 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,913,866 ratings — published 1993
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 1535 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,161,287 ratings — published 1908
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1409 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,622,353 ratings — published 1943
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by (shelved 1408 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.20 — 600,630 ratings — published 1957
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1343 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.07 — 605,425 ratings — published 1977
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 1337 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.35 — 559,783 ratings — published 1969
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 1228 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,321,306 ratings — published 2008
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1154 times as childhood)
avg rating 3.88 — 355,809 ratings — published 1960
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1092 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.37 — 450,620 ratings — published 1990
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 1092 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,552,012 ratings — published 1868
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 1091 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,432,341 ratings — published 2006
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 1059 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,652,443 ratings — published 1937
Goodnight Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1059 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.32 — 401,975 ratings — published 1947
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
by (shelved 1056 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.02 — 427,906 ratings — published 1997
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 1030 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,272,416 ratings — published 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 1020 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,265,854 ratings — published 2008
A Light in the Attic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1016 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.37 — 484,260 ratings — published 1981
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 998 times as childhood)
avg rating 3.80 — 467,617 ratings — published 1987
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 981 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,197,468 ratings — published 2009
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
by (shelved 977 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.28 — 724,956 ratings — published 1956
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 975 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.13 — 451,923 ratings — published 1961
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
by (shelved 973 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.06 — 631,911 ratings — published 1955
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
by (shelved 971 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.21 — 293,698 ratings — published 1932
Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 958 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.20 — 639,188 ratings — published 1989
A Little Princess (Paperback)
by (shelved 955 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.23 — 336,184 ratings — published 1905
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
by (shelved 947 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.21 — 307,279 ratings — published 1935
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 946 times as childhood)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,650,103 ratings — published 1995
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“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
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