The Borrowers (and the various sequels)- Mary Norton (?)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach, Danny the Champion of the World - all by Roald Dahl
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B. Gilbreth
And probably a ton of others I can't remember right now. I was also an avid reader - never without a book.
I was a big Jean Little fan! And have never seen her on such a list. Mine for Keeps and Spring Begins in March were both about Sal and were wonderful. I will have to see if Look through my Window is in our library.
All the Little House books over and over. My boys have enjoyed these books as well.
And my oldest and best friend gave me a copy of All of a Kind Family for an adult birthday because she remembered how much I liked them! And I agree, the sequels were not nearly as good. My friends never understood how I, the non-Jewish friend, knew more about Purim and some other holidays than they did. It was all from Henny (my personal favorite) and her sisters.
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I also loved the Betsy-Tacy books (esp when they were young). Karen and Wren, Mixed up Files and Harriet, too. I wanted to lived in the Met for awhile.
Interestingly, I too read alot of kids biographies but found the parts about when the people were children to be the best parts. I esp remember Nathan Hale for some reason.
When I was quite young I loved the Nancy Drew books! I had every one and kept them in numbered order, undoubtedly astonishing my mom, who believed (actually, believes) that I am an unrecoverable slob. That's how much I loved them 
I loved A Wrinkle in Time, too, it's really the only book from my childhood that I remember details from. I read that interview with Madeleine L'Engle -- she sounded thoughtful and impressive.
Of course I'm reading this. And taking notes! Now you have to tell me which of those we should read aloud now and which should wait for her to read on her own. We're in the middle of James and the Giant Peach right now. And I'm having problems finding lists of good chapter books for preschoolers, so suggestions are very welcome.
Something funny: I couldn't tell you a single book I read as a kid. Yet I read hundreds. Thousands, probably. But I didn't read kid books. They weren't around. I was reading Stephen King by 8 or 9 and Harlequins soon after, because they're what I had. I didn't discover GOOD kids' lit till I was a grownup.
Lori, I can only tell you what I read to my Em when she was around the age of your Em: Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, A Mouse Called Wolf (Dick King-Smith), The Wizard of Oz, several of the Ramona books, Little House on the Prairie, in roughly that order. I started reading some of James Herriott's stories to her, too (forgot to mention those in my post, but I read them all) but the language was hard for her to understand. (His picture books are great, though.) We never quite finished A Secret Garden and then she got into reading aloud with me, so we'll get back to it soon. I really wanted to read Pippi Longstocking to/with her, and hope we'll get the chance to do it soon. Right now, we're doing the American Girl doll (Kit) series, which is really pretty good, but I'd wait a few years for your Em.
Betsy-Tacy books for sure! My daughter (age 6 1/2)and I are on the 4th one and our night-time dreams are of horse-drawn carriages and hitching posts, of May Day celebrations and picnics on hillsides. I love your list of books and have read most of them except for Look Through My Window. Off to Amazon.com to check it out!
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