Books From Your Childhood That You’ll Remember Instantly

How much do you read as an adult? And no, your phone doesn’t count. Because we’re talkin’ honest-to-goodness pieces of paper bound together. Also known as books. If it’s been a minute since you’ve cracked a good one open, a trip down the library of memory lane might inspire you.

Check out some of your childhood books, and take a look. It’s in a book!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Some book covers feel tactile. Like you can touch the subject and feel it for real, not just the paper.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar achieves such a feat, and the inside ain’t bad either. Eric Carle’s book, which sneakily shows us where butterflies come from, won several children’s book awards, and was even endorsed by the Royal Entomological Society 

The Giver

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Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel is harrowing and poignant to this day. It depicts a world without color, dreams, or joy — except for one young boy, who must feel it for everyone.

The book won the Newbery Medal, but was also regularly censored and removed from children’s libraries for its intense, sometimes disturbing content.

The Baby-Sitters Club

Wouldn’t you like to move to Stoneybrook, Connecticut? Or at least vacation there? Because the characters at the center of The Baby-Sitters Club series, written by Ann M. Martin, make it seem so quaint, authentic, and lived in — even as they squabble and struggle. The books were eventually adapted into a TV series and a standalone film.

When Zachary Beaver Came To Town

The tale of a morbidly obese child who works as a sideshow freak, When Zachary Beaver Came To Town is a mature, sensitive, sad, and touching children’s novel by Kimberly Willis Holt. It won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and was adapted into a movie starring Jonathan Lipnicki, Jane Krakowski, and Eric Stolz.