36. Read Your Favorite Book From Childhood

Remember the magic of reading as a child? Remember how you felt when you first opened In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, or A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle? How about Harriet the Spy, or even Harry Potter? Why not take an afternoon and crack open one of these books and reconnect with your childhood imagination?

Don't recollect any books from your childhood? Try one of these:

• The Golden Compass (book 1 from His Dark Materials Trilogy) By Philip Pullman
  
• The Lord of the Rings Series By J.R.R. Tokien
  
• Island of the Blue Dolphins By Scott O'Dell
  
• Where the Sidewalk Ends By Shel Silverstein
  
• The Boxcar Children By Gertrude Chandler Warner
  
• Where The Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak
  
• Dominic By William Steig
  
• Yertle the Turtle By Dr. Seuss
  
• Frog and Toad By Arnold Lobel
  

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