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These 23 Blast-From-The-Past Books Will Make You Want To Enjoy Reading Again

Who cares if you're a college kid? Put down that textbook and read a Magic Treehouse book.

Celine Schell

Jan 22, 2019

Shippensburg University

These 23 Blast-From-The-Past Books Will Make You Want To Enjoy Reading Again

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Us 90's babies are now at the point that we are in college or just freshly out of college, starting to "adult." We've been so consumed in schoolwork and our career that we probably can't remember the last time we sat down and read a book for leisure. Maybe it's time we start to set aside some time for ourselves and get back into reading. After all, we LOVED reading as a children and had some of the best books around. Do you remember reading any of these books as a kid? Brace yourself, this blast-from-the-past is about to make you want to read them again.

1. "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborne

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2. "Junie B. Jones" series by Barbara Park

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3. "A to Z Mysteries" series by Ron Roy

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/a-to-z-mysteries-08-the-haunted-hotel-by-ron-roy/

4. "Hank Zipzer" sereis by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/hank-zipzer/42076/

5. "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/flat-stanley-by-jeff-brown/

6. "The Boxcar Children" series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Mystery-Boxcar-Children-Mysteries/dp/0807593664

7. "Nancy Drew" series by Carolyn Keene

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Drew

8. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series by Lemony Snicket

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-bad-beginning-lemony-snicket/prod9780064407663.html

9. "Geronimo Stilton" series by Elisabetta Dami

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/my-name-is-stilton-geronimo-stilton-by-geronimo-stilton/

10. "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter

https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Into-Wild-Prophecies-Begin/dp/0062366963

11. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein

https://www.amazon.com/Where-Sidewalk-Ends-Poems-Drawings/dp/0060256672

Honestly all of Shel Silverstein's books were amazing. Really made poetry interesting as a kid.

12. "Frindle" by Andrew Clements

https://www.amazon.com/Frindle-Andrew-Clements/dp/0689818769

Again, all of Andrew Clements books were awesome.

13. "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/357664.Because_of_Winn_Dixie

14. "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein

https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Tree-GIVING-TREE-Hardcover/dp/B002VLETFS

15. "Beezus and Ramona" by Beverly Cleary

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beezus-and-ramona-beverly-cleary/1100258587?type=Audiobook

16. "The Berenstain Bears" series by Stan and Jan Berenstain

https://www.amazon.com/Berenstain-Bears-New-Baby/dp/0394829085

17. "If You Give A Pig A Pancake" by Laura Numeroff

https://thelibertybelleblog.com/tag/childrens-book/

And "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"

18. "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

https://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Web-B-White/dp/0061124958

19. "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister

https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Rainbow-Fish-Board-Book/549445

20. "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archbault

https://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Book/dp/141699999X

21. "The Princess Diaries" series by Meg Cabot

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38980.The_Princess_Diaries

22. "Goosebumps" series by R.L. Stine

https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Goosebumps_books

23. "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alexander-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-judith-viorst/1100238460

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These 23 Blast-From-The-Past Books Will Make You Want To Enjoy Reading Again

Who cares if you're a college kid? Put down that textbook and read a Magic Treehouse book.

1. "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborne

2. "Junie B. Jones" series by Barbara Park

3. "A to Z Mysteries" series by Ron Roy

4. "Hank Zipzer" sereis by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

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6. "The Boxcar Children" series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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