Aw crap.Well, whoever wrote it, I still read it and loved it!
Aw crap.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Indeed. It's a related story to Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingOriginally Posted by obscurejude
OH!!!
Sideways Stories from Wayside School. I LOVED that book. It was probably one of the first "chapter books" that I read numerous times in elementary. Wayside School is Falling Down was fun, too, but I think I liked the first one better.
Man, more and more books are coming back to me.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Hey, I loved the Wayside School books too! Now there's a cartoon based on them, but it's not as great.
I also had (and still have) this book called Pretzel, by Margaret Rey; it's about a dauchsund who grows up to be extremely long, and tries to win the heart of another dauchsund who doesn't care for long dogs. In the end, he saves her life, so they marry and have pups. It's pretty awesome.
Have you heard of people with short fuses? Well, I have no fuse at all, and there's a thousand could testify to it if I hadn't stilled their tongues for good.
You can't ignore my girth.
For me, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. My grandmother used to read them to me and use the best voices. How the Elephant Got His Trunk was my favorite. "Mear Smear Nose" I guess second would have to be the story "The Frog Prince" I don't know who wrote it, but here is the link to the story.
http://childhoodreading.com/Edmund_D...gic_Jewel.html
I just saw this thread and was coming in here to mention those two books. I actually liked the second one better.
Some other books I loved: the Beverly Cleary books(sp?), anything by Shel Silverstein (especially where the sidewalk ends), Babysitters club, Judy Blume (especially Forever, read that thing over and over again because it had sexy parts), The Little Princess, The Little House on the Prairie (the whole damn series) ...
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
I'm lucky enough, because I tutor first grade reading at one of our urban schools, that I get to read a lot of the books again! The kids all seem to love the Dr. Suess books, and Strega Nona. And lots of others!
John
Madaline L'Engle's Many waters was amazing... as were most of her books...
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Wow, so many good ones listed here!
The ones that were important to me as a young reader were:
Tom Swift Jr. (and his flying lab!)
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators (Jupiter Jones FTW)
Encyclopedia Brown
Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising books
The Hardy Boys
John Christopher's "Tripod" books
As far as the S.E. Hinton books go, they are great but I didn't get exposed to them until I was around 12 or 13 and had moved to Tulsa, Ok where the books are set. It was cool to see the movies and see places that I'd actually been to
I forgot all about those.
Some other ones I enjoyed were The Secret Garden, and The Witches by Roald Dahl.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
oh. tales of a fourth grade nothing. superfudge. "eat it or wear it! eat it or wear it!" god, i loved that.
and cpu - love your new sig!!!!!!!!!!!!
Books
That Was Then, This Is Now
The Outsiders
Indian in the Cupboard
The Hatchet
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Also there's one I can't remember the name too but when I was younger I loved it, think it was "Where the Sidewalk Ends" or something like that.
The Yearling, and Lassie!
Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series
The Ramona books
A Little Princess
The Cam Jensen series
Huck Finn
Richard Scarry when I was reeeeeally little
Pimm's Place
The Dark Crystal (read the book before I ever knew it was a movie)
The Silver Crown
Shel Silverstein's books
Encyclopedia Brown (high fives CPU)
Alex and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
A Dog Called Kitty
Where The Red Fern Grows
Maniac Magee
Bill Peet's books (also when I was really little)
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
I loved the Ramona books too, though I believe they were written by Beverly Cleary.
Good call, they were.
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
The Giving Tree
'but not for you Gunslinger, never for you. you darkle. you tinct. may I be brutally frank? You Go on.'
I think it's awesome that so many of us that love Stephen King have read so many of the same books (generally speaking).
When I was quite a bit younger, I loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale. The second one had illustrations that I couldn't get enough of.
I think they might have already been mentioned but The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs were also fun illustrations (and good little books!)
OH!!!
Miss Nelson is Missing!!!
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Anybody else ever read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg? I loved that book. Brother and sister run away from home and live in a museum where adventure follows. Anyone? It won the Newberry Award, so somebody else must have read it.
My old roommate used to talk about it all the time, she loved it. She knew she had a copy of it somewhere, but she still hasn't found it so I can read it, heh.
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
I used to love his books when I was really little. I remember we had this one that had a little bug on every single page. I can't even tell you how many times me and my sister would flip thru that book trying to be the first one to find that bug.
I do remember the name of this book, and I'm almost 100% positive I read it, however I don't remember anything about it.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Yes, Goldbug! I used to love finding him as well. I suppose he was our generation's Waldo.I used to love his books when I was really little. I remember we had this one that had a little bug on every single page. I can't even tell you how many times me and my sister would flip thru that book trying to be the first one to find that bug.
what about those books that taught manners? like how to share and be polite.. i had a few of those and when i was working in a daycare last summer they had some and it brought so many fond memories.
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
Bear, Your Manners Are Showing.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
is there really something about bears? or was it only a figure of speech for the title?!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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