I thought of this because of the Little House topic.
What books do you recall fondly from your childhood, maybe a little beyond that?
I liked the Squanto book and the Little House books, both read to us in grade school.
My mom read us books often.
I loved the Silver Chief Dog of the North series.
Bambi was originally a thick book written in German. It was first translated into a thick book in English by Whitaker Chambers! It is still a good book.
I loved My Side of the Mountain.
I read my son one of the Silver Chief Books, the first one.
I read them a 1930s series of books The Story of Man, by William Nida. They describe the story of civilization, from people living in trees to caves, to domesticating animals to agriculture, to war, to metallurgy, to boat building, all in story form. They also describe the evolution of religion, from praying to the nature gods to only having one god, although he is not named. They also describe the history of inventions, in story form. Most inventions are accidental or come to the inventor in a dream.
