What books did you love as a child?


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When I was younger I was a voracious reader. I lived for the arrival of the Weekly Reader Book Club flyers and the orders I would place from them. I had a "captain's bed" with 2 HUGE drawers underneath which were filled with books, stood on edge so I could see the titles. Every night I'd read by flashlight under my covers....when I heard my parents coming up to bed I'd kill the light, feign sleep while they looked in to check on me, and wait for the sound of their bedroom door closing to click my light back on and keep reading. Sometimes I'd read till 1 or 2am!

Did you love to read as a child?

What were some of your favorite books from childhood?

Mine were:
-all of the Little House On the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

-anything by Judy Blume -- as an adult I love her novels for adults as well

-Individual titles that spring to mind (can't remember authors though): What The Witch Left, The Girl With the Silver Eyes, Iceberg Hermit

on a whim a few years ago I went to Half.com and looked for those three titles, I found the last two and re-read them and really enjoyed them! I should go back and look for the first one...

Tell us about what books enchanted you in your growing-up years
 
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Wow, you're really asking me to reach here. I remember that I have always loved reading, but I'm not sure that I can remember just what it was that I read. My nose was always in a book. In fact, this brings back a great memory of my grandfather...he was just amazed at how much I loved to read, and he would have me read to him--I came across a tape recording he made of me reading as a little girl after he passed away...he with his thick Hungarian accent helping me with the hard words, and me constantly asking, "What's that mean, Grandpa?" I have no idea what I was reading, though.

I remember that I loved the Little House on the Prairie series--in fact, believe it or not, I still have those books in a box upstairs.

I also loved The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I think The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was my favorite, though.

Oh, and the stories about Winnie the Pooh when I was very, very young. Tigger was, and still is, my favorite!

Remember discovering Forever by Judy Blume, ladies? That was the hot book when I was in junior high (oops, I think they call it middle school now). We had a request list a mile long for that book in our school library back then.

That's all I can remember right now....
 
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Lori, I too read under the covers with a flashlight. I also told the eye doctor it hurt my eyes to practice piano but not to read Nancy Drew Books (but that is another story.)

I loved Nancy Drew books like crazy. I even had the Nancy Drew cookbooks!

In the sixth grade our teacher would read us a little bit out of a book each day after recess (I guess to quiet us down) and I always remembered the story as it had such an impact on me. I searched and searched as an adult for this book as I did not have the name and finally found it. It is I am David by Anne Holm. I bought it and reread it and cried buckets. I highly recommend it for preteens or adults. Very well written and compelling story. It will stay with you forever.
 
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I spent my allowance buying books. The first books I bought were Trixie Belden. She solved mysteries too; she was about 13. From there I graduated to Nancy Drew.

I read the classics (if you can believe that!). I can still read a cereal box.

A favorite was The Boxcar Children. Brothers & sisters on their own who ran away & lived in an abandoned train boxcar out in the woods somewhere. Fixed it up like a little house!

Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web, The Wind in the Willows, Bobbsey Twins.

You people are sure taking me back! Where's the nearest bookstore?
 
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j0hn8andy wrote :
I spent my allowance buying books. The first books I bought were Trixie Belden. She solved mysteries too; she was about 13. From there I graduated to Nancy Drew.

I read the classics (if you can believe that!). I can still read a cereal box.

A favorite was The Boxcar Children. Brothers & sisters on their own who ran away & lived in an abandoned train boxcar out in the woods somewhere. Fixed it up like a little house!

Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web, The Wind in the Willows, Bobbsey Twins.

You people are sure taking me back! Where's the nearest bookstore?
Oh Charlotte's Web! I loved that book too! I can't believe I forgot about that one!
 
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The little house books, The Secret Garden, Little Women, The Golden Compass, anything by AVI, Catherine Called Birdy, Walk Two Moons, Anne of Green Gables, The Time Quartet (that includes a Wirnkle in Time), Beatrix Potters books (my room had a Peter Rabbit theme as a child), Babar and Ella Enchanted.

Ella Enchanted is a fantastic book, the movie was an insult. Does anyone ever read childrens fiction now? I read A Little Princess for the first time a few years ago and Hedi a few weeks ago. It was delightful. I've also become a huge fan of Eloise!
 
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I read soooo much as a child, my mother would make me go outside to play. When I was really young I enjoyed Dr. Seuss and my still favorite is Gren Eggs and Ham. As I grew older, I would read Judy Blume and The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and anything about Mythology. I now read a lot of James Patterson and Nora Roberts.
 
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WOW memory lane sure is fun - Chronicles of Narnia, The Wizard of Oz, Christy, As I got older - Run Baby Run, In My Fathers House and God's Smuggler seriously influenced my concept of God and His interest in our little world.
 
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All the Black Stallion books, the Little House books, Nancy Drew, didn't find Anne of Green Gables till the PBS series and then read them all. I went to small two room schools and read every book in the room library then started on the encyclopedia. Maybe why I like trivia.
 
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When I was young, my mom would read to us every night. From this I got my love of books. She would also make many trips to the library with us. I loved "Misty of Chincoteague" and others in the series by Marguerite Henry based, I believe, on actual events. I think my very favorite book was "Peter Rabbit". Our library had a children's reading room and I always made a beeline for Pete Rabbit!
 
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