Favorite Children's Books This Year

1. Little Pilgrim's Progress by Helen L. Taylor

2. Dangerous Journey by Oliver Hunkin (adaptation of Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan)

3. The Silent Bells by William MacKellar

4. The Door In The Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

5. By The Shores Of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

6. Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

7. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

8. Alexander The Great by Jane Bingham

9. The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

10. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

11. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

12. The Mandie Collection Vol.1-11 by Lois Gladys Leppard

13. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

14. Landon Snow series Vol.1-5 by R.K. Mortenson

15. Bob Books (Beginning Readers) by Scholastic

16. The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau

17. The Children's Bible in 365 Stories by Mary Batchelor

18. The Adventures of Tintin Vol.1-8 by Herge

These are many of the books our children have enjoyed this past year, most of which they have read themselves. Some were read to them on our couch in the afternoon or evening.  When I was a child, I was not much of a reader, but since becoming a parent, children's literature has blossomed in our lives and in our imaginations. Some of these books we have read over and over again, particularly The Children's Bible in 365 Stories and Little Pilgrim's Progress.  They are worth that.