I still love to read children’s books! As a child, then as a mother and elementary school teacher, I have loved children’s books my entire life. I even specialized in developing and sharing a technique for teaching children called “Literature-Based Learning” (and wrote a book about it). And for many years, I volunteered as a reviewer of children’s books for School Library Journal.

If you are looking for a way to bring a smile to your face (with or without a child on your lap or next to you), consider reading a great children’s book!

Here are some of my all-time favorite “Children’s Classics”—and why I love them:

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
  by Lewis Carroll
  Why: Keeps me believing that wonderland is real

• Ferris
  by Kate DiCamillo
  Why: Endings are just the beginnings of new adventure… 

• Hello Lighthouse
  by Sophie Blackall
  Why: I live at that lighthouse every time I read the book
   

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  by Mark Twain
  Why: The great American experience continues to have deep meaning