Top Ten Tuesday: Childhood Favorites

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's topic is:
Childhood Favorites

This was a really fun topic to do! Once I started thinking about the books I loved as a kid, I ended up with more than 10 and had to narrow down my list, lol. I also had a lot of fun looking at the retro book covers, especially the ones from the 80s!

1. Just As Long As We're Together by Judy Blume

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I was about the same age as the characters when I first read it, and they were so relatable. I still have my copy, and it's well-worn from having been read so many times.

2. Sweet Valley Twins by Francine Pascal

I was kinda late to the Sweet Valley party, but once I started reading these, I couldn't get enough. Whenever I got some new SV books to read, I'd have one almost completely finished on the car ride home from the bookstore, lol.

3. Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar

I was in sixth grade when I read this, lol, and I tried, rather unsuccessfully, getting some of my classmates to read it because I thought it was such a cool book.

4. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Little House books were another childhood reading staple, and this was my favorite out of all of them. I also loved watching the TV series.

5. Stage Fright by Ann M. Martin

I never read The Baby-Sitters Club, but I did really enjoy this Ann M. Martin book. I borrowed it from the library and was bummed when I wanted to reread it and could no longer find it on the shelves. I only remembered the title, not the author, and almost 25 years later, I found it on Goodreads and finally learned who the author was!

6. Say Cheese by Patricia Reilly Giff

I'm not a huge fan of this version of the cover, but I still love this book. This was part of a series, and sadly I only got to read about three of the books.

7. Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

I LOVED seeing Encylopedia Brown pull a bunch of seemingly random clues together to solve the case. Every time.

8. The Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Another series that I loved! I think my mom was trying to give me some not-so-subtle hints when she read The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room to me, lol.

9. Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse by Richard Scarry

I borrowed this book from the library so often that my parents got it for me for Christmas so I could reread it as many times as I wanted, lol.

10. The Secret of NIMH by Seymour Reit

This is the graphic novel-esque adaptation of the movie. I got my copy through a school book club order, and it was another bedtime reading favorite, which is a little weird now that I think about it considering that the story is quite dark at times.

What are your favorite childhood reads?