Book I lost myself in as a child
Discover the books I lost myself in as a child, from Magic Elizabeth’s secret dolls to Tom’s Midnight Garden and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Explore nostalgic children’s fiction picks that spark wonder, adventure, and timeless imagination.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by Clive Staples Lewis
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
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Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landlady's antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful, magical discovery and marking the beginning of a secret that's almost too amazing to be true. But it is true, and in the new world that Tom discovers is a special friend named Hatty and more than a summer's worth of adventure for both of them. Now Tom wishes he could stay with his relativesand Hatty -- forever...
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Magic Elizabeth
by Norma Kassirer
An eight-year-old girl is transported into the past while looking for a lost doll in her aunt's memory chest.
