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6 Of My Favourite Childhood Books

The Prince and the Pauper By Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1537, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusivefather in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a picture book written and illustrated by Eric Carle. It follows the life cycle of a caterpillar as it starts by coming out of its egg, all the way to becoming a butterfly. It teaches the days of the week and counting up to five.

The Black Stallion By Walter Farley

The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion

Alec encounters a magnificent black Arabian horse while traveling aboard a steamship around the coast of North Africa with his father. When a disaster destroys the ship, Alec frees the horse and escapes with it to a nearby island, where they form a close bond. When Alec is rescued, he insists the horse be rescued too, and both return to America. There, Alec and former jockey Henry (Mickey Rooney) work to train the horse, which Alec names "The Black," for a race.

The Rainbow Fish By Marcus Pfisher

The Rainbow Fish
The Rainbow Fish

The Rainbow Fish is a book about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit By Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The story focuses on a family of anthropomorphic rabbits. The widowed mother rabbit keeps her four rabbit children, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter from entering the vegetable garden of a man named Mr. McGregor. Her triplets (Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail) obediently refrain from entering the garden, but Peter enters the garden to snack on some vegetables. Peter ends up eating more than what is good for him and goes looking for parsley to cure his stomach ache. Peter is spotted by Mr. McGregor and loses his jacket and shoes while trying to escape. He hides in a watering can in a shed, but then has to run away again when Mr. McGregor finds him, and ends up completely lost. After sneaking past a cat, Peter sees the gate where he entered the garden from a distance and heads for it, despite being spotted and chased by Mr. McGregor again. With difficulty he wriggles under the gate, and escapes from the garden, but he spots his abandoned clothing being used to dress Mr. McGregor's scarecrow. After returning home, a sick Peter is sent to bed by his mother, and his triplet sisters receive a scrumptuous dinner of milk, bread and berries whilst Peter has a supper of chamomile tea.

The Happy Prince By Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince

Ray's (Magical Tales from Many Lands; The Story of Christmas) folksy, gilt-laden artwork graces this somewhat formal abridgment of Wilde's tale about an enchanted statue. The Happy Prince, who had lived a happy life and died a happy man, is now immortalized high above the city as a golden and bejeweled statue.

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6 Of My Favourite Childhood Books
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