{"id":513,"date":"2020-04-02T09:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.wpcomstaging.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:02:32","slug":"top-5-childrens-classic-literature-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/top-5-childrens-classic-literature-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Children’s Classic Literature Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Compiled by:<\/strong> Aideen <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we are now facing a period of unprecedented social isolation, I thought it fitting to compile my Top 5 Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classics which have a common theme of quarantine or illness. These may sound like bleak topics but these books are uplifting, and show the characters overcoming insurmountable obstacles. As a child I was a voracious reader and read a lot of classics. Little wonder that I ended up in my current profession!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


There are a lot of common themes running through these books such as illness\/quarantine (sometimes due to a tragic sudden accident), orphans also feature strongly! So here it goes – My top 5 books which are all available on your BorrowBox app to download in eBook or eAudiobook format.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Garden<\/em><\/strong> by Frances Hodgson Burnett<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The book centres around a neglected yet spoiled girl unwanted by her parents and raised primarily by servants in India. She is sent to live with her wealthy uncle, whom she has never met, after her parents are killed by a cholera epidemic. There, at his isolated moorland house, Mary discovers many secrets including a neglected garden and her cousin Colin, who is confined to bed and unable to walk. Incidentally, A Little Princess<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>also written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is available on BorrowBox. Another book I would highly recommend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secret Garden<\/em> eBook <\/a>& eAudiobook<\/a> on Bolinda BorrowBox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secret Garden<\/em> in our library catalogue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pollyanna <\/em>by Eleanor H Porter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You might be more familiar with the 1960 Disney adaptation of this classic novel, but the book is also well worth reading. Pollyanna<\/em> is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter and is considered a classic of children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s literature. It is the story of a cheerful orphan, who comes to live with her aunt and changes the outlook of a small town. The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcglad game\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 she plays, of finding a silver lining in every cloud, transforms the sick, the lonely and the plain miserable. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. This is Pollyanna\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s philosophy inspired by her late father. Until one day, Pollyanna has a terrible accident and loses the use of her legs. Can the game save her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollyanna<\/em> eAudiobook<\/a><\/strong> on Bolinda BorrowBox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollyanna<\/em> in our library catalogue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Heidi <\/em>by Johanna Spyri<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A classic children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri, published in two volumes 1880- 1881. The title character is a young orphan who is sent to the Swiss mountains to live with her grandfather, having previously been cared for by her Aunty Dete. Heidi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grandfather, a recluse, is initially very resentful of the introduction of Heidi into his solitary life, but she eventually wins him over with her gentle and endearing personality. She makes many friends throughout the novel, most notably Peter the goatherd. So when Dete returns to take Heidi to Frankfurt to be a hired lady\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s companion to a wealthy girl named Klara Sesemann, everyone including her grandfather is devastated. Klara, who is unable to walk, is charmed by Heidi’s simple friendliness and her descriptions of life on the Alps. However Heidi begins to pine for the Alps and is determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heidi <\/em>eAudiobook<\/a> on Bolinda BorrowBox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heidi <\/em>in our library catalogue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What Katy Did<\/em><\/strong> by Susan Coolidge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A children’s book written in 1872 by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, under her pen name Susan Coolidge. Katy is a tomboy with a wild imagination and high spirits. She is always up to mischief, but plans for the day when she will be ‘beautiful and beloved, and amiable as an angel’. An accidental fall from a swing seems to threaten her hopes for the future, but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with pluck, vitality and good humour. Katy<\/em> by Jacqueline Wilson, inspired by this classic novel, is also available on BorrowBox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Katy Did<\/em> eAudiobook<\/a> & Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy<\/em> e-Book<\/a> & Audiobook<\/a> on Bolinda BorrowBox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Katy Did<\/a><\/b><\/em><\/span> & Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy<\/a><\/em> <\/a>in our library catalogue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anne of Green Gables<\/em><\/strong> by L M Montgomery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anne of Green Gables<\/em> is the classic children’s book by L M Montgomery, written in 1908, and the inspiration for the Netflix Original series Anne with an E<\/em>. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They were expecting a boy to help them on their farm and get a shock when a red-haired feisty girl arrives!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne of Green Gables<\/em> eBook<\/a> & eAudiobook<\/a> on Bolinda BorrowBox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne of Green Gables<\/em> in our library catalogue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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