I also like Judy Blume. Little house is a classic....
In the telly series, at least Three former and present actors on Days have a Micheal Landon Connection:
Suzanne Rogers
Wayne Heffley
Melissa Reeves [listed as Melissa Brennan]
Suzanne and Wayne were on Little House and Missy was on Highway to Heaven. She was in the episode called Song for Jason about being a werewolf.