Le Petit Prince (
The Little Prince) from Antoine de St-Exupéry is one to my earliest book I remember reading. Our Teacher would read a chapter every Friday afternoon if the class was well-behaved. It worked!
It is only after a number of years did I discover that the book was a fable for adults, not for kids; But as kids, We all loved the imagery used in the book, even though we did not make a metaphoric connection to it.
Around the age of ten, I was plunged both into Tintin, Astérix, Spiro and other Hergé comics and "Choose your own adventure" books. LOVED those books. I did small chores in order to get money and buy a set of dices and paper. I managed to play ALL the ones in the public library and ended up buying a few from the bookstore. After hitting puberty, I was, drawn to D&D books and set sessions with my friends.
I would immediately purchase a "Choose your own adventure" book if it were to come to Kindle!