Little Willow ([info]slayground) wrote,
@ 2008-04-05 07:46:00
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Booklist: Classic Picks from Postergirlz
Each @ symbol represents the recommendation of one postergirl. A title followed by @@@@ was recommended by four postergirlz.

Classic Picks from Postergirlz (Published Pre-1930)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett @@@@
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen @@@@
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery @@@
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald @@@
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott @@@
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte @@@
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett @@
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll @@
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas @@
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit @@
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne @
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter @
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy @
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens @
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor @
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathon Swift @
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte @
Call of the Wild by Jack London @
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo @

Many postergirlz also enjoy the works of Shakespeare.

Modern Classics (Post-1930 But Pre-1980)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster @@
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge @
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis @
The Chosen by Chaim Potok @
The Promise by Chaim Potok @
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok @

Additional Resources
Jen has posted her own favorite classics booklist.


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[info]millymarie
2007-07-12 01:10 am UTC (link)
Rats I've only read 4 out of all of those. I'd better get busy. :) I think I'll read more of those or get the chance to read them when I get more into my Lit classes. Good choices though!

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[info]slayground
2007-07-12 01:16 am UTC (link)
Stock up!

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[info]grrlpup
2007-07-12 02:29 am UTC (link)
This is the best kind of list-- I know and love almost everything on it, so the few that I'm not familiar with are sure to be wonderful. (I only just learned that the Limberlost is a swamp, not a Russian steppe or something, and The Little White Horse is a complete unknown for me.)

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[info]slayground
2007-07-12 02:33 am UTC (link)
Hurrah!

Though I am familiar with it, I have yet to read LWH myself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_White_Horse

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Classics
[info]janetleecarey
2007-07-12 02:31 am UTC (link)
Thanks Little Willow for posting this great Classics list from the postergirlz. So happy to see many of my favorites there!

Great reads are timeless.

Janet

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Re: Classics
[info]slayground
2007-07-12 02:37 am UTC (link)
It was great to discuss these books - we had a lot of overlap, then some very unique picks right in a row, creating a wider range!

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All-of-a-Kind Family
(Anonymous)
2007-07-12 12:54 pm UTC (link)
I'm so glad to see All-of-a-Kind Family on this list! Did you know that it was the first children's book with contemporary Jewish characters to go mainstream? It's such a classic in the genre of Jewish kidlit that it even has its own award named after it: the Sydney Taylor Book Award, presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries for the best Jewish-content kids' books each year. You can get lists of past winners at www.jewishlibraries.org, but even better, you can find a very exciting description of this year's award events on Planet Esme (planetesme.blogspot.com - see 7/12/07 post).

-Heidi Estrin (member of the Sydney Taylor committee, and host of The Book of Life podcast at jewishbooks.blogspot.com)

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Re: All-of-a-Kind Family
[info]slayground
2007-07-12 01:53 pm UTC (link)
Hi Heidi!

Pleased to meet you. :)

I love the All-of-a-Kind Family series so very much. I read them all as a kid over and over again. When Ella was deemed the Little Girl with the Big Voice, I remember shrieking out loud (just a little!) because that's what some people called me.

I am so glad that the books and their author continue to be celebrated, and that the Book Award celebrates new titles every year. It's fantastic.

I listened to the podcast last month with Lorie Ann Grover and Melissa Schorr. Thanks for supporting readergirlz!

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Thanks!
[info]lisaannsandell
2008-04-06 06:48 pm UTC (link)
Hey, Little Willow and Postergirlz,
Thank you so much for this fantastic list. This is exactly what every book lover needs!
Best,
Lisa

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Re: Thanks!
[info]slayground
2008-04-06 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Aw, thanks! :)

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