My Book Club

I saw this picture the other day of George Bush holding up Flat Stanley and I was thinking of books that I loved growing up.

So here is a partial list:

Flat Stanley
–This is the story of a boy who is flattened by a bulletin board but then has adventures because of it. Including catching an art thief! (The put him in a frame next to the paintings to spy…)

Where The Red Fern Grows
–Seriously, if you don’t want to ruin yourselves and your childhood memory do not reread this book unless reading to a kid. It surprised me how welll and this sounds silly—childish the writing was, when I reread it a few years ago.

The Last of the Amazing Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews
–Yes, Julie Andrews wrote a book. And yes, it is wonderful!

Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
–Mrs. Anderson, my 4th grade teacher read these last two to us and I loved them both. I had a crush on Mrs. Anderson—she was the first person to call me Nate. This book isn’t as strange as other Dahl creations. It’s pretty straight forward. It’s about a dad and his son and they’re poor and alone.

The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwheiler by E.L. Koningsberg
–Did I get the spelling right? Prolly not. Two kids decide to start staying at the Museum of Natural History in New York. They encounter a mystery about a statue that might have been made by Michelangelo. Why hasn’t Flat Stanley and this book been made into kids’ movies? They’d kill! KILL!

Alan Mendhelson, Boy From Mars by Daniel Pinkwater
–Daniel Pinkwater’s imagination knows no bounds. He is hilarious too! This is the beginning of the Snarkout Boys as well.

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
–Note: Also, a movie. Also, a movie with an awesome soundtrack by Yaz with tracks from Upstairs at Eric’s.

The Undertaker’s Gone Bananas by Paul Zindel
–My sister gave me this book to read. It’s insane. But awesome. I think he also wrote this book about something with the Blue Figurine? Hmmm…. can’t remember. As you can see, I loved me some teen fiction.

The Great Brain series
–These are depression era books about these kids in Utah. The Great Brain is a detective.

The Soup series
–Why did I read these books that were about another time? Hmmm… not sure. But read Soup for President and others to find out. Besides, I learned the joys of whipping apples after reading this book.