If they were readers, many of our elders might remember the classics.

Reading one of the great books together, whether a second time or the first, is a wonderful activity. Set aside reading time each day or each time you visit.

 Here are just a few of the many classic to choose from:

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter
• The Real Mother Goose (Many of these rhymes and stories were recited as children which an older person may recognize and may have fun reciting again.)
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
• The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery