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Alright /lit/, crazy new idea.
ITT: Children's series or singular novels. They can be classics, or contemporary stories, and they need to be good.
Also, they need not be narrative, they can be a book of verse, nonfiction, introductions to certain subjects, etc - so long as they are interesting and of highish quality.

inb4 Harry Potter and Twilight

Oh, also, I'm not 12 years old. I just think that literary merit can be found in a lot of works written fro younger audiences. Pic related.

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OP is kind of fag. But I can sorta go with it.

>> No.1022849

Old man and the sea.

>> No.1022852

Alice in Wonderland

>> No.1022861

>>1022852
Good, but grossly overrated.

>> No.1022866

The never ending story. Michael Ende

>> No.1022871

The Lorax and Where the Wild Things are.

>> No.1022879

>>1022852
Most definitely grossly overrated. It was worth, maybe, one read-through for what it did, but apart from that... was meh. Nowhere near equal in value to the attention it received.

>> No.1022884

"Nation" by Terry Pratchett

>> No.1022911

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
It's one of those books that a lot of people are vaguely familiar with, yet, more often than not, have not actually read.

Gulliver's Travels is one of those rare books that is equally suitable for children and adults, as it seamlessly blends fantasy with political satire.

inb4 "that's not a children's book".

>> No.1022918

>>1022911
I used to love that book when I was a kid! <3

>> No.1022933

>>1022911
its a childrens book like Up is a childrens movie.
plenty for both kiddies and their parents to enjoy

>> No.1022938

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of my favourite books as a child. Also The Giver

>> No.1022956

the little prince

the wind in the willows

>>1022911
i love gulliver's travels.

>> No.1022967

Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; fantastic book imo.

>> No.1022996

no one has mentioned Redwall yet?

>> No.1023004

Anything by Roald Dahl really, though I have a slight bias towards "Matilda"

>> No.1023007

>>1023004
The BFG was my favorite, but they're really all good.

>> No.1023012

>>1023007
In norwegian it`s SVK. Good times, good times.

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Let's get some moomins up in this motherfucker.

>> No.1023020

>>1022844
Fuck yeah, Lemony Snicket. Shit got real badass later on.

Final book makes me shit brix even now.

>> No.1023024

Haven't read it in many years, but I certainly loved The Phantom Tollbooth when I was a kid.

>>1022956
These two definitely go on the list--true classics.

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>>1022866

Hell yes.

>>1022967

Seconded.

Also, this.

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>>1023024
>The Phantom Tollbooth
Oh FUCK YEAH. That book was AWESOME, holy shit.

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I've been meaning to read this. Any opinions on it?