annotation (sort of): books that shaped me

[matsushima]

I saw this on verdande_mi's journal and decided I wanted to give it a go. My list is in (roughly) chronological order from childhood until now. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, it's pretty heavy on children's literature.
( the list )

I'm sure I'll think of more I left out and add them later…
I'll also say, as an elementary educator generally and a librarian specifically, that inclusion on this list doesn't mean a book is of high literary quality or that it has aged well or even that I'd recommend it to anyone else.