Children literature recommendations!

Hi all!

I'm new to this forum and I'm already excited to see how lively this forum is!

To start this post off, I should probably mention that I'm considerably new to the world of literature. I did grow up reading Enid Blyton's books though, and also some of The Narnia anthologies, and the Goosebumps books. As you can tell the genres that I grew up with are pretty jumbled up and inconsistent.

Recently I had the pleasure of reading about 80% of Roahl Dahl's children book and I was immediately transported back to being a little boy again! Never had I in a long time being so transfixed to a book for hours after hours! Working in the animation industry, I always try to find inspiration around me and I find myself always drawing from memories of my childhood. I feel gravitated towards children literature for the simplicity and the honesty of the approach in the writing style and I'm very excited to read more, but I honestly don't know where to start!

I'm 27 and while it may seem a little long overdue for me to just pick up on reading what most readers consider are the most important childrens' books, I'd still like to take on the challenge to read them all.

As I mentioned above, I recently read about 80% of Roahl Dahl's childrens' books, but I also read the following:

A Wrinkle in Time
Frog and Toad are Friends
Pinocchio
Alice in Wonderland
Anne of Green Gables
The Little Prince

It's not a lot, but I'd still like to read the books most readers consider to be the most important classical children literature written. I'd like to someday create stories that remind people of what it's like to be a kid again (very much like Mr.Dahl's children's books). What are some books any of you would recommend for a starter? Whatever you consider is a "must-read" would definitely help! I ordered these books off of Amazon today:

Pippi Longstocking
The Children of Noisy Village
The Borrowers
Charlotte's Web
The Wind in the Willows
The Secret Garden

I'm excited to see what books are any of your favorites!!!

-Yon

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Children literature recommendations!