Heart of a Child Challenge Completed

After finishing Harriet the Spy I was able to check off another challenge as completed. The Heart of a Child Challenge was hosted by Becky (watch out she’s a prolific challenge creator and once you get sucked into the Vortex, she finds a way to keep you coming back for more and more challenges!!

I loved the idea of this challenge and it was an easy one:

How many? Read 3 to 6 books
When? from February 1, 2008 to July 14, 2008
What? Books and authors that you discovered, loved, or adored as a child.
How am I defining "child" --I'll be generous. Anything and everything that you read through the age of 18 would qualify.
Why? Because sometimes it's fun to reread books and see if they still hold the same "magic."

These are the books I read for this challenge:

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Tree Wagon by Evelyn Sibley Lampman

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

All of these were enjoyable trips into my memory and still held up over the years. They reminded me of people and places from my childhood and I was pleased to find that I still thought all of these books were fun reads even as an adult.