Favorite childhood books

What did you like to read when you were a kid?

Let's see...I remember The Adventures of TinTin, Archie Comics, and Choose Your Own Adventure.

Also Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Fabulous Five, Sherlock Holmes, Babysitters Club, and Sweet Valley High (gawd, did I just admit that in public?).

Once, I swiped a copy of my mother's Jackie Collins novel. That's how I learned about sex! :eek:

Go Dog Go



harriet the spy and the sequel the long summer

the mummy market
Lazy tommy pumpkin head

The Chronicles of Narnia.....I read that whole series soooo many
The Boxcar Children
Anne of Green Gables
the Laura Ingals WIlder series
Nancy Drew
Babysitters Club
Pretty much anything else I could get my hands on....I absolutely loved to read when I was little.

What did you like to read when you were a kid?

Let's see...I remember The Adventures of TinTin,

Tin Tin?

Now I do remember Rin Tin Tin... even a TV show about that dog.

Anyway -

TOM SWIFT!

I was always caught reading when I was supposed to be in bed sleeping...

I mean,,,, I MEAN,,,, stopping a kid who is READING!

Just how fucking stupid is that!!!!!! :eek:

The Chronicles of Narnia.....I read that whole series soooo many
The Boxcar Children
Anne of Green Gables
the Laura Ingals WIlder series
Nancy Drew
Babysitters Club
Pretty much anything else I could get my hands on....I absolutely loved to read when I was little.

This sounds like what I read...except the babysitters club...that came out after my time.

Add in anything else that was in the house....Moby Dick, Treasure Island, etc...hehe...I even read the bible several times. Yeah, I loved to read too. I was big on Nancy Drew, and also the Trixie Beldon series. And the Narnia series too.

Tom sawyer
little women
alice in wonderland

and alot of the classic disney books,especially cinderella

Dr. Suess. ANY and All. Most especially The Sleep Book. :eek: I'm STILL majorly addicted to Dr. Suess and thankfully, my kids are, too. NEVER tire of that stuff. :D I also LOVE Sneetches and What Was I Scared Of.

Then there is Stop That Ball and A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock. AWESOME books.

As an older kid, I loved the Velveteen Rabbit and Judy Blume books.

And as a pre-teen, one of my favorites was Catcher in the Rye. :eek: I know, apparently most serial killers love that one, too. BWAHAHAHAHAA...

I'm still way too into Dr. Suess for my own good. There just isn't any BETTER children's author out there. Never will be, either.

~phos

The Berenstein Bears HANDS DOWN!! I used to stare at the pictures of their tree house and wonder how a whole family of bears could fit inside.

How about all the Richard Scaary books? Lowly worm? Huckle cat?

Steven Kellogg (Pinkerton Behave!!), Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express), and Where the Wild Things Are by whats-his-name.

Yeah!

Then of course, the pre-teen years: The Babysitter's Club "Little Sister" series...that girl was such a whiny little brat.

Judy Blume (Superfudge!), Beverly Clearly, and of course...

R.L. STEIN and Christopher Pike! Those books were cheesy, but still great.

Once, I swiped a copy of my mother's Jackie Collins novel. That's how I learned about sex!

Ah yes...the infamous romance novels shoved to the side of my bed that would only come out at night :eek:

The Berenstein Bears HANDS DOWN!! I used to stare at the pictures of their tree house and wonder how a whole family of bears could fit inside.

How about all the Richard Scaary books? Lowly worm? Huckle cat?

Steven Kellogg (Pinkerton Behave!!), Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express), and Where the Wild Things Are by whats-his-name.

Yeah!

Then of course, the pre-teen years: The Babysitter's Club "Little Sister" series...that girl was such a whiny little brat.

Judy Blume (Superfudge!), Beverly Clearly, and of course...

I forgot about The Berenstein Bears! those used to be some of my favorites. I read alot of Beverly Clearly to.

berenstein bears
dr seuss
beverly cleary

and ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN....

As an older kid, I loved the Velveteen Rabbit and Judy Blume books.

Oooh how can I forget Judy Blume...

FUDGE! :D

Ooooh I love Richard Scarry. And Encyclopedia Brown!

What about Enid Blyton?

And then there were all those Little Mr. Happy or Little Ms. Busy books.

Are you there God? It's me Margaret.
Well anything by Judy Bloom
or Beverly Cleary I loved the Ramona books!!
I read ALL of the Babysitters Club books.

I would read Berstien Bears to my brothers and my youngest brother would not go to sleep unless I read him Dr. Suess Green Eggs and Ham

Read the Chronicles of Narnia.
Have been a diehard Tolkien fan since I read the Hobbit (I was 8)

I forgot Ramona Quimby! Aww you guys stir up so many nice memories. :)

And then there were all those Little Mr. Happy or Little Ms. Busy books.


OH YEAH!!!!! Roger Hargreaves was the man!

I loved Mr. Nonsense and Mr. TICKLE! Oh i'm going to have fun if I have kids.

:D :D :D

Ramona Quimby was my favorite for a couple years.

Oh man....I used to read all of Beverly Clearly's books!

I actually looked like Ramona! One year for a library contest I dressed up like her and made tin-can stilts and totally won a prize! *grin*

Judy Blume of course.

Baby-sitters club, Sweet Valley everything...

Pretty much anything I could get my hands on.

I would ride my bike and read....shower and read...do the dishes and read...I can do it all. *Grin*

My parents would ground me from reading...cuz they knew that if I was just grounded from going outside...I'd just read in my room and be happy as a little clam. LOL.

Nadine.

Amelia Bedelia? Those cracked me up! As I got older it was R.L.Stine, Christopher Pike, Goosebumps, I loved reading about mythology, I read all the Boxcar Children and Babysitters club AND Sweet Valley High. I've read all the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I started reading Steven King in 6th grade :D Makes me want to go re-read some of them!

Alanna:o

Anything by Roald Dahl!

Anything by Roald Dahl!

I remember liking him! Though I don't remember what I've read by him. :(

Anything by Roald Dahl! I remember liking him! Though I don't remember what I've read by him.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
Matilda

and my fav...

The Twits :D

Sky King
Bobbsey Twins
Dick and Jane
Madeline
Goodnight Moon
Velveteen Rabbit
The Chosen Baby
The 5 Chinese Brothers
The Chronicles of Narnia
Little House on the Prarie books
Anne of Green Gables books
Pippi Longstockings
Richie Rich comics
Old Yeller
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Arabian Nights
Dickens Stories About Children
Black Beauty
My Friend Flicka
Misty of Chincoteague
Rin Tin Tin
Lassie
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Chronicles of Narnia
the Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
EVERYTHING by Beverly Cleary and Judy Bloom (the Ramona books were favs and Superfudge!)
Tales of a 4th grade nothing
Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
ALL the Babysitter's Club books.
Black Beauty
Little Women
Les Miserables (Mom wouldn't take me to see the musical till I read the book, it's still one of my favs!!)
How to Eat Fried Worms (they're making this one into a movie now!!)

I'm sure there were more! I was ALWAYS reading Something!
Never did like comic books or mysteries.

oh how could I forget Roald Dhal!!!
I LOVED his books!!!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
James and the Giant Peach (this was my favorite!)

also need to add
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler
Wrinkle in Time
Phantom Tollbooth
Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Velveteen Rabbit
all the Little House books