I loved
Charly & the Chocolate Factory
Judy Blume
The Little House on the Prairie series
when I was young, Dr. Suess would have been my choice, I think.
I loved
Charly & the Chocolate Factory
Judy Blume
The Little House on the Prairie series
when I was young, Dr. Suess would have been my choice, I think.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
The first book I ever loved was Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. I got it at the book fair in 2nd grade. The illustrations are what prompted me to get it but the story ended up being lovely.
Chronicles of Narnia
James and the Giant Peach
The Ramona Quimby books. Shel Silverstein books.
OH! I absolutely LOVED Madeleine L'Engle's series of books....A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet....what else? Many Waters and An Acceptable Time.
Those were the books I loved in elementary school so I'm considering them childhood books.
“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
i'm so glad this thread has caught on so well... ahhhh memory lane *nostalgic*
I'm glad it was started. It's made me think about some of the books I fell in love with that gave me a passion for reading in the first place.
I think I'm gonna look for those Wind in the Door books next time I'm at the bookstore.
“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
Those were some of my favorite novels when I was younger. There was an entire series of abridged classics for children-I don't even remember the publishing house, to be honest-which I loved reading as a child.Originally Posted by Jean
I don't remember reading too much fiction as a kid. Usually I stuck with the Eyewitness series, about things like dinosaurs and archaeology, or that catalog of thin books about scientific subjects.
-The Pigman
-The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
-The Outsiders, I love S.E. Hinton too!
-James and the Giant Peach
OOH! The Chronicles of Naria! I forgot about them! I've been reading them to my daughter.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
I forgot all about the Little House on the Prairie books. I loved them!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Wow, INTERSTING TO SEE THIS ONE as I recently went searching for copies of this to give to my nephews. It was one I always considered a favorite.
My wifes favorite was "The Boxcar Children"
I spent many hours searching for a 1st Edition of it for her. I found a few, usually not cheap and not in great shape..... then happened upon on at a fleamarket and nice shape for a couple bucks. Since then, was able to acquire a signed copie at St. Petersberg Antiquarian book fair.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
Tiffany - I loved the Wrinkle in Time series in elementary school! I read the first four but aparently there's a fifth - An Acceptable Time?
Sweet. I'm gonna look for it.
And......I must admit to a Sweet Valley High obsession at one point
and that just reminded me of The Babysitter's Club. I think I read quite a few of those when I was younger.And...
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Oh gosh... I read as many Babysitter's Club books as I could get my hands on.
OMG! Me too!And...
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
United in our cheesy shame
Yeah... i'll admit to reading The Babysitter's Club too.... *sigh* lol
i still read that one.Wow, INTERSTING TO SEE THIS ONE as I recently went searching for copies of this to give to my nephews. It was one I always considered a favorite.
I recently saw a book that used to read when I was real small was made into a movie - Harold and the Purple Crayon. What were those Christopher Pike books? It was like a series of thriller books that was written for I guess young teenagers..I know I read some of those...
Harold and the Purple Crayon is an eternal classic....
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.
Did you guys watch the TV show?OMG! Me too!And...
Crap, now I got the f'n song stuck in my head.
Harold and the Purple Crayon! I was just talking about those books with a friend the other day.
What about the Carl books? One was called Good Dog, Carl - they didn't have any words, just illustrations - he was kind of a dog babysitter, they were so cute.
I don't remember a show... must have been after my time.Did you guys watch the TV show?OMG! Me too!And...
Crap, now I got the f'n song stuck in my head.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
I remember that show, and I'll admit to having watched it. And now that you've got me thinking about it Feev, I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all night too.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
R.L. Stine and Christoper Pike. Before that Judy Blume and Roald Dolph and if anyone remembers these "Choose Your Own Adventure Books".
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
I used to love those as well
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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