The 19 Books That Made Us Fall in Love With Reading as Kids According to Scary Mommy

"If you ask anyone what their favorite book was as a kid, something magic happens: They get a wistful expression on their face, and nearly always share the title as well as a special memory about it. For me, it was 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' which I read while sitting in a big orange tree outside my grandparents' house in their 55+ mobile home community (as I did with many more books after that). If you ask a group of professional writers and editors this question, you're going to get way more than one excited answer — which is what happened when the Scary Mommy team got to talking about it. So, here's a list of the books that made us fall in love with reading as kids. Maybe they'll ignite your nostalgia, inspire you to reread an old favorite, or remind you to pass down the meaningful titles to your own kids." - scarymommy.com