BOOKS THAT HAVE STAYED

On Facebook, my good writing friend Jamie Swenson asked me to list ten books that have stayed with me - here they are. Some go way back to my early childhood. In all, I'm listing fourteen. That seems like a good number - and yet not enough. At the core, though, these are the books that have shaped my love of stories and poetry and helped me write my own stories and poems. Thanks for asking, Jamie. 

Do any of you want to make your list? Jump in if you feel so inclined!

TAMERA's list of books that have stayed:

Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth/Ezra Jack Keats

Disney's Fantasyland Stories/Mother Goose Rhymes

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan

Summertime Waltz and Four in All by Nina Payne

Danitra Brown series by Nikki Grimes

Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

Morning Girl by Michael Dorris

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 

Bonus books:

Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse by John Hollander

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron