Favorite childhood books?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

I loved the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and the Laura Ingalls Wilder series. Also read anything I could get my hands on about American presidents.

[xxqqqzme]

1. Anyone remember the biography

books that were illustrated w/ only silhouettes? I think I read everyone of those.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Yes!

And the SRA series we had to do in grade school - anyone remember that? I LOVED SRA!

[hippiepunk]

2. Dr. Seuss

Of course.

[imenja]

9. my favorite christmas presents were Dr. Seuss books

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. Where the Wild Things Are

Still one of my favorites, now that I think about it.

[imenja]

8. The best ever!

[Bok_Tukalo]

14. Yes!

[imenja]

16. didn't they make an opera out of it?

Or was it a play?

[Bok_Tukalo]

23. I didn't know that.

How? It was so compact.

[imenja]

25. yes, it was an Opera

From Wikipedia

"The story also formed the basis of a children's opera by British composer Oliver Knussen. The first (incomplete) performance was in Brussels in 1980, with the first complete performance of the final version given by the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in London in 1984. This was followed the next year by its first U.S. performance in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The song Where The Wild Things Are by Metallica is based on the book."

It has played in the US more recently. I remember hearing of it in the 90s.

[Heidi]

40. Absolutely my favorite book ever when I was a kid.

"We'll eat you up, we love you so!"

[Bok_Tukalo]

50. It is amazing how some things stick with you

That was the first book I bought for my daughter when she was born.

[Heidi]

51. It's the book that I give . . .

to all my friends on the birth of a child.

[Skittles]

5. anything written by Enid Blyton

I was a Brit kid :)

[Ron Green]

6. The first book I read all the way through was "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."

This was in about 1957. What kind of weird kid would read that? I loved it, though. A true story and a compelling one.

[6000eliot]

7. "Curious George"

"Green Eggs and Ham," "Horton Hears a Who," and "Bless the Beasts and Children."

[Huckebein the Raven]

10. Dr. Seuss

Any dinosaur book. (I had a few)

The Laura Ingalls Wilder books

These series of stories centered around sports. For example, football would have a story about a team, Baseball, etc. I can't think of the name of the author at moment

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

[imenja]

15. I had an awesome Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe dream

when I was little, and I still vaguely remember it. It was way better than the animated version I saw on TV.

[Huckebein the Raven]

21. I think they are making a motion picture out of it

[imenja]

26. animated or live action?

If it's animated, I hope it's done by Pixar.

[lenidog]

28. Its live action

[Huckebein the Raven]

32. Here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363771/

[imenja]

34. thanks. Let's hope they do a decent job

[Huckebein the Raven]

37. I hope so too.

[imenja]

11. What was the one about the kids who ran away to the Metropolitan museum?

A sister and brother. They've fish coins out of the fountains and sleep in the period beds. Anyone remember the name of that one?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. I know!

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Had to Google it, but now I remember! I loved that one, too.

Oh - and Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web; how could I forget those?

[imenja]

19. I think you're right

Though for some reason the name isn't at all familiar to me. This is from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0689711816/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-9088924-6518203#reader-link

[lenidog]

30. That is it!

Now that I see the name I remember it!

[lenidog]

17. I know exactly what you are talking about

wasn't is something like ( From The Mixed up Files of ....) There was a name but I can't remember it.

[lenidog]

13. Dr Seuss, Where the Wild Things Are, dino books and Nargun and the

Stars.

[benny05]

18. The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Warner and the Henry Huggins series by Beverly Cleary.

[ahem]

20. all my Shel Silverstein books.

[bling bling]

29. The Giving Tree is still one of my favorites.

[imenja]

38. I read that to my nephew a couple of years ago

after my brother gave it to him for Christmas. My sister and I were shocked hearing it from today's perspective. It teaches co-dependence to the extreme. I wouldn't choose it for a child today.

[bling bling]

41. It depends on what perspective you choose to see it from.

I view it from the perspective that what is important in life isn't "stuff" you get or give in life, but simply being with loved ones. That's the perspective I would convey to a child I'd just read the book to, as well.

[frogbison]

46. What an interesting perspective!

I can't read The Giving Tree outloud. Just can't. My kids used to laugh at me as I choked on the words.

Call of the Wild, Treasure Island, Bartholomew Cubbins, The Chirkendoose, Mr. Bear Squash You All flat, Trumpet of the Swans, Old Yeller, Woogie Norple, Island of the Blue Dolphins, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...

Wow! Books are awesome things!

What about fairy tales?! The Little Match Girl • Little Mermaid • Ali Baba • others you folks have mentioned. I loved reading the Little House books to my daughter, for example.

[kodi]

22. go dog go

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[orleans]

24. shadow castle

i got it from the school book order when i was in sixth grade. i still have it. very cool story. i'm sure it's been long out of print.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

27. Oh, how I loved the Scholastic book orders!

I'd always bring my list home with a BUNCH of books selected. I know my parents gritted their teeth every time because we didn't have a lot of money, but bless their hearts, they always came through for me and purchased the books I wanted.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

31. The Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew books I "inherited" from

my older sister.

I do remember when I made my First Communion in 1961, I got my first hardbound book entitled "Caddie Woodlawn" from my second cousin who was a reading teacher. It was about a pioneer family in Wisconsin in the 1850's. I was so thrilled to have a book of my very own.

For some reason, I never read the Laura Ingalls Wilder series but I did read Anne of Green Gables, et al.

I'm forever grateful to my maternal grandmother and both my parents for instilling in me a love of reading that continues to this day. I'd rather read a good book, either fiction or non-fiction, than watch television any day.

As far as American history goes, I'll read anything, but then I've been a history "geek" since grammar school.

[patrice]

33. Laura Ingalls Wilder's series and

all of the Oz books and Water Babies by Charles Kingsley.

[bling bling]

35. Miss Twiggley's Tree.

She lived in a house in a tree and everyone thought she was strange. Till one day after it rained a lot there was a massive flood and...well you can probably guess the rest.

[Robeson]

39. Oh Wow! I was trying to think of the name but couldn't remember...

...it. Thanks! I used to look at it and read it over and over. And she saved the day.....:thumbsup:

[bling bling]

43. I thought I'd be the only one here that had read it.

I used to read it over and over too. I used to wish I had a house in a tree like her.

[Robeson]

44. Me too!....

...Its clear...you know....:)

[Jamastiene]

36. I read

Catcher In The Rye when I was 9 years old. That same year I also rummaged around the bookcase and found Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex...but were afraid to ask and The Kinsey report. I scurried off to my room with those and never looked back. Before that, I read the encyclopedia set we had. It was a Funk & Wagnalls. I also read 1984 and Animal Farm at about 11 and started getting into politics big time because I hated Reagan. Even as a youngster I was too aware of bullshit (my bullshit'o'meter kicked in about that time) to buy his lies. After that, I read books about Hitler and Nazi Germany and books about communism and books by Stephen King at the same time. I think that explains why I think like I do. That's my excuse anyhow. :P

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

42. I keep remembering stuff

Pretty bad in my own thread. I LOVED the Childcraft series (1947); my mom got rid of them when she thought I'd outgrown them. I found a set on eBay last year and quickly purchased it. They're in Texas and I'm waiting anxiously to read them for the millionth time after the bar exam!

[Midnight Rambler]

45. Maniac McGee

And Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles

[u4ic]

47. The Monster at the End of This Book

that's going waaaaaay back...

[Arugula Latte]

48. The Phantom Tollbooth, James & the Giant Peach, Misty of Chincoteague

Pippi Longstocking, My Friend Flicka (I was into horses big time).

I was also a huge Little House on the Prairie fan.

Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, Marguerite Henry -- what talent!

[fleabert]

49. Uncle Whiskers, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Nancy Drew, Judy Blume books,

and Reader's Digest...I was a weird kid and would read anything I could get my hands on. The best was when I had friends who had the Encyclopedia Britannica, oh boy. I'd stay overnight just to read them after everyone else went to sleep.

[Jean Louise Finch]

52. Eloise

was my favorite book when I was a kid. I used to wander around my little house in the NH sticks dreaming it was the Plaza.

I was also inseperable from the various Pooh stories though I think that was mostly my dad's influence, as he thought Pooh the wisest of all bears. Incidentally, he also thought that the show Cheers was loosely based on the Pooh characters.

[alittlelark]

53. 'Are You My Mother'

The first book w/ real meaning for me.

[Bullwinkle925]

54. I remember my 4th grade teacher reading a chapter a day from

"The House of Sixty Fathers" - that book has stuck with me.

[BuddhaGirl]

55. Harriet the Spy

I loved that book. I also loved the "Little House" series, and anything by Lois Lenski - "Strawberry Girl" was a big favorite.