Glorious and carefree are the days of childhood, when our thoughts roam around as a free bird, and imagination flies high to give birth to a new chain of ideas, each wilder than the last. The discoveries often involve the creative genes that we inherit while delving into the curious lanes of fairy tales, and stories, that stay with us forever. The best habit to inculcate then, is reading, and if you are a child who has read, and read, and read in his or her childhood, then you must have definitely read these titles we are listing today. Get ready to go down the memory lane, as we bring you some children books that we all have read in our childhood, at some point or the other.
Fairy Tales of Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and so many more
Bibbety Bobbity Boo
We all fantasized about living in a forest with Snow White, or growing tresses as long as Rapunzel, or having a fairy godmother like Cinderella. Fairy Tales were indeed, magical.
Panchatantra
Stories from the Panchtantra
The wisdom of the learned came to us in the form of interesting folk tales, that we loved to read.
Champak, Nandan, Tinkle, and Chandamama
Couldn’t have grown up without these
For us the kids of the 90s, getting the first copy of the newest issue of the aforesaid, every month, or fortnight, was an achievement. We could just immerse in the fascinating stories, solve the puzzles with gusto, and take part in the contests. Suppandi, Shikari Babu remain our favourites till day.
Enid Blyton’s Different Series’ Inlcuding Famous Five & Secret Seven
How we wanted to be one of them
If you were in middle school and you missed out on these wonders by Enid Blyton, you really skipped a big chunk of mysterious recreation. More so, when you read it at night, under a cover.
The Jungle Book
Mowgli
We owe a greater part of our growing years to this jungle wonder by Rudyard Kipling. The adventures of Mowgli, the man cub, were simply astounding.
The Adventures of Rusty
Heart!
Oh the world created by Ruskin Bond. We sauntered in the lanes of Dehra with Rusty, and it seemed that every character of the book was someone whom we knew ourselves.
Classics – Heidi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Wizard of Oz
So many things to learn
Well, we owe our good command over the language to these. Entertaining yet educating, the classics were what gave us an edge in our English Classes, and made us unintentional pros.
Phew! We really did tour the lanes of the past, didn’t we? Which are the books that you grew up reading and we missed in the list? Tell us in the comments below.
Author: Kadambari Srivastava
