The Royal Society of Literature magazine recently published an article containing the top ten books Jo Rowling believes all children should read:
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The Tale of Two Bad Mice, Beatrix Potter
The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
Hamlet, William Shakespeare
I haven't read Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoe, or David Copperfield. I'm pretty sure I've read the Tale of Two Bad Mice before, but I can't remember it specifically. But I'm assuming bacause we had a lot of Beatrix Potter books when we were little.
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Holly? You are posting as Holly?
Also, some of those seem like a bit much for "children." Are you sure that's what she meant?
Yeah for me! I've read all of those (or at least enough to know why they're famous and that I don't care, I'm not finishing it).
Take a wild guess which ones those were.
My guess is Catch-22 and The Catcher in the Rye. Both of which I have read. And own. But I can't find Catch-22. Did you borrow that one Holly?
Wow, you're good. That was really hard.
Maybe I borrowed it. Did you ever think of that?
I don't have it here... it might be on my bookshelf in Tucson, but I don't think so. You casn check if you want.
I found it. Don't worry. Everyone can stop looking now.
Phew! 'Cause I was really tearing my house apart. Oh wait...that was Sarah.
She is such a good little girl. Tearing her house apart just to help me find my book. You should really reward her with something. I recommend reinstating nail polish rights.
I think she shouldn't be allowed to paint her nails until she is 12. That was pretty much the rule for me... except when I was at a friend's house.
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