Article: My Top 5 Children Books

Children Literature is rich of wonderful tales, mostly with great morals and lessons. These tales are unique for their characters and writing style. Personally, I think they not only meant for kids as adults, like me, enjoy reading them from time to time.

1.       Charlie and the Chocolate factory by Roald Dahl:

 “But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.” 

There's a chance for five kids to visit Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory which has been shut for ages. However, Charlie's family is poor, they cannot afford buying a chocolate bar. His grandpa tries to help him, but he gets a Golden Ticket after two futile attempts. He takes his grandpa for a companion, and together they have a grand time inside the wonder that the factory is. After many adventures and several tests from Willy Wonka, Charlie seems to be the eligible kid, and W.W. makes Charlie a deal.

Cute, funny kids and chocolate! It was fun. This book has some good values to teach kids. 

I loved the sweet, simple and humble child that Charlie is. And Willy Wonka's energetic character is very beautifully portrayed.

It's first book I've read for Roald Dahl, and I I'm up for more of his children books. The Chocolate, the incredible imagination, the funny illustrations, the new, made-up words of Dahl...all makes this story very enjoyable. It also has a charming cover *starry eyes*.

Lesson: Apparently being a good, well-behaved child makes wonderful things happen to you.

2.      Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne:

“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”

Winnie the Pooh is very fortunate for a bear with such brain. The story is told for the entertainment of Christopher Robin and his bear; it's about the exploits of Pooh and his friends in the forest.

The best thing about this book is that it has diverse characters; each character has its own distinctive features from the optimistic and helpful Pooh, to the small and squeaky Piglet, to the grumpy and gloomy Eeyore, to the know-it-all Owl, to the caring mother Kanga, the naughty baby Roo, the practical and wanna-be leader Rabbit, and the friendly Christopher Robin.
It was fun reading this book.

Lesson: Friendship and being there for each other.

3.      Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll:

“…but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.” 

It's actually quite hard to pick a favourite quote from this book.

The story is about Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole, and the incredible creatures she gets to meet.

Spoiler Alert: Alice is this prodigious child with a wild imagination.

Lesson: You'll undoubtedly survive this world with a wild imagination, and maybe some sisterly love.

4.      The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

It's such a heart-touching, moving story. It's the story of a little boy who leaves his tiny planets, and travels around. Each visit is a new discovery of places and characters. Every one he meets represent dome type of people and brings out the bad side of them.

It's a beautiful, albeit sad, tale of love and friendship.

Lesson: Love, friendship, and love.

5.      The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis:

“If you've been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you - you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing was ever going to happen again.”

A wardrobe is the entrance to another world where everything happens and years pass in a few Earthen minutes. Lucy is the first one to discover Narnia. At first, no one believes her until her siblings join her, and know things about the wonderful world of Narnia and Aslan.

I enjoyed reading all the siblings' bickering. The writing style is really good. This book is great for kids, and enjoyable for adults, too.

Lesson: Check your wardrobes, people. Okay, kidding.