When I was a young girl, my grandmother used to read fairy tales to me--not the Disney versions of Cinderella, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid, but the real deal--those tales by the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson.
The only childrens' book I remember my grandmother having other than those fairy tale books, was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. She later bought the movie adaptation of the book, and I used to watch it when I visited and it was too cold or rainy to be outside. I read the book as a young person, but I recently decided to revisit the book. All of the mystery and fascination that it brought me as a child was still there when I read it as a 31 year old mother of two. It's a beautiful story that I hope to share with my kids in the near future (before they see the movie version).
Read The Secret Garden for free on Project Gutenburg's site.
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