Welcome to the Classic Children's Literature Party for 2023!

Welcome to the Classic Children's Literature Party of 2023!

If it goes well, I may host it every year.

My personal experiences with children's literature when I was an actual child pretty much stayed in its own little wheelhouse of Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Trixie Belden. And I read a lot of wonderful Christian children's series that I would check out from my church library. I honestly don't recall reading much else, and I really never delved into what we would now call classic children's literature. I did read Narnia, naturally, and I plan to read at least one book for this party, and I read The Princess and the Goblin, one of my favorite children's books by George Macdonald. But nothing else that would fall into the classic children's literature bracket.

My reading has expanded in recent years, and thanks to my sister, I have actually found a lot of wonderful children's classic literature that I wish I had read as a child. But there's something special about reconnecting with children's literature as an adult, finding a new story that sparks our imagination. That's my goal with this party, that your imagination would be sparked and that you would just feel warm and comfortable and joyful as you proceed through your reads.

I have some guidelines below that have been tweaked a little bit from my initial Announcement post, and we've got a Mister Linky for you to add your blog posts to the Party list. It's going to be very casual and I hope hope you have a wonderful time! 😘

• I consider children's classics to be in the Jfiction arena, so probably for elementary or preteen age groups.
• A common measuring tape using for classic literature is that it must be at least 50 years old. So let's stick with that measure, only books 1973 and older. I'm good with the publication month being after April in 1973. 
• Go wild with books from other countries and translations other than English.
• Since Ivy Miranda asked about movies based on classic children's literature, I will give that the green light. If one of your favorite movies is based off classic children's literature, by all means, please feel free to write about it.
• Once you've written your blog post, add the link to the Mister Linky below and comment this post.
• The party runs the entire month of April to give you ample time to schedule your reading and so we don't feel rushed!