What book do you still have from your childhood? - Page 2

Sydney's Mom · 03-05-2009, 04:34 PM

The 500 Hats of B. Cubbins

busy91 · 03-05-2009, 04:36 PM

Sadly none. My mother gave them all to the library.
But I repurchased books that I loved as a child for my children. So it is almost like still having them.

Peadar Ó Guilín · 03-05-2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busy91

Sadly none. My mother gave them all to the library.
But I repurchased books that I loved as a child for my children. So it is almost like still having them.

I don't have any either, but sadly, in my case it is because I am a Cylon and my childhood memories are fakes.

But, joking aside, I would love, love, love to have the copy of The Hobbit my father gave me when I was 10.

voidIndigo · 03-05-2009, 05:00 PM

I recently found my very first book, "O Menino do Dedo Verde" ("The Boy with a Green Thumb"). My mother bought for me in a bus stop when I was 6-7 (I'm 37 now) to keep me quiet for a while. It didn't work quite well since she started to turn every 5 minutes or so to see if I was still breathing.

I rediscovered it when I had to move my library (the physical one, of course, the other was in my pocket

) to my new office upstairs (I think I never hated my books so much!). Although it is a pulp book (very thin brownish paper in a paperback edition), there is so much tape in torn pages and cover that it stands alone!!

[]´s

void Indigo

pilotbob · 03-05-2009, 06:20 PM

I bet a very worn copy of _A Wrinkle In Time_ is still at my Mom's house on the book shelf somewhere.

Bob

montsnmags · 03-05-2009, 09:30 PM

I can't think of anything earlier than this particular book (I was 9 at the time) other than a Dr. Zeuss or two and a Rusty, the Nimble Numbat that might be still hanging around in a box somewhere at Mum's, but the only book from my childhood that is still sitting on my own shelves is David Attenborough's Life On Earth (1979).

~sigh~ Sometimes I wonder if I was way too serious as a child...

HarryPigg · 03-06-2009, 07:21 AM

A very old very battered copy of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

PieOPah · 03-06-2009, 07:30 AM

I have a book of various A.A Milne poems which I have had as long as I can remember. It contains some great ones.

Some of my favourites being
'Us Two'
'Vespers'
'Lines and Squares'
'The Kings Breakfast'

There are others but I can't remember their names atm.

Being so young when I owned it, I had scribbled on it and torn pages etc. I have now managed to sellotape everything back together and have passed it on to my 3 year old daughter.

GeoffC · 03-06-2009, 08:40 AM

The only two I have from my childhood
- though it depends when you class the borderline from that to adult

-
would be the Bible and the New Testament, both school issues....

Penforhire · 03-06-2009, 11:04 AM

Zig, no, the other other Sendek book I've read is Where the Wild Things Are. I wish I still had my original. His combination of children's artwork and story is amazing. He might have been the author that set my feet on the road to reading fantasy, even more than Dr Suess.

Ziguezon · 03-06-2009, 11:17 AM

Wish I still had some of my old comic books from when I was a child: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, etc.

Even my old Archie digests would be fun to have. I liked it when they all had longish hair and dressed like hippies back in the 70's.

yvanleterrible · 03-06-2009, 11:29 AM

I only have the old Bob Morane novels that I bought myself. All the old Astérix, Tintin, Le Journal Tintin, Magazine Pilote are at one of my sibling's place.

HarryT · 03-06-2009, 11:33 AM

I still have my Mum's 1940's school atlas which she gave me when I was a teenager. On the inside front cover it has a map of the world, with a satisfyingly large proportion of it shaded as the "British Empire"

.

Greg Anos · 03-06-2009, 12:07 PM

The Digby Allen - Space Explorer series 1-3 and 5-6.

rebarnmom · 03-06-2009, 12:16 PM

I still have my old worn copy of "Caps For Sale" and from later years the whole "Wrinkle in Time" series.

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03-05-2009, 04:34 PM	#16
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	The 500 Hats of B. Cubbins

03-05-2009, 04:36 PM	#17
busy91 Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 264 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NYC Device: Kindle 2, Nook Color	Sadly none. My mother gave them all to the library. But I repurchased books that I loved as a child for my children. So it is almost like still having them.

03-05-2009, 05:00 PM	#19
voidIndigo Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 20 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brazil Device: Sony PRS 505, REB 1200, Kobo Glo	I recently found my very first book, "O Menino do Dedo Verde" ("The Boy with a Green Thumb"). My mother bought for me in a bus stop when I was 6-7 (I'm 37 now) to keep me quiet for a while. It didn't work quite well since she started to turn every 5 minutes or so to see if I was still breathing. I rediscovered it when I had to move my library (the physical one, of course, the other was in my pocket ) to my new office upstairs (I think I never hated my books so much!). Although it is a pulp book (very thin brownish paper in a paperback edition), there is so much tape in torn pages and cover that it stands alone!! []´s void Indigo

03-05-2009, 06:20 PM	#20
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I bet a very worn copy of _A Wrinkle In Time_ is still at my Mom's house on the book shelf somewhere. Bob

03-05-2009, 09:30 PM	#21
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I can't think of anything earlier than this particular book (I was 9 at the time) other than a Dr. Zeuss or two and a Rusty, the Nimble Numbat that might be still hanging around in a box somewhere at Mum's, but the only book from my childhood that is still sitting on my own shelves is David Attenborough's Life On Earth (1979). ~sigh~ Sometimes I wonder if I was way too serious as a child...

03-06-2009, 07:21 AM	#22
HarryPigg Alleged Writer Posts: 20 Karma: 498294 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Sony PRS-505	A very old very battered copy of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

03-06-2009, 07:30 AM	#23
PieOPah Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 914 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	I have a book of various A.A Milne poems which I have had as long as I can remember. It contains some great ones. Some of my favourites being 'Us Two' 'Vespers' 'Lines and Squares' 'The Kings Breakfast' There are others but I can't remember their names atm. Being so young when I owned it, I had scribbled on it and torn pages etc. I have now managed to sellotape everything back together and have passed it on to my 3 year old daughter.

03-06-2009, 08:40 AM	#24
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	The only two I have from my childhood - though it depends when you class the borderline from that to adult - would be the Bible and the New Testament, both school issues....

03-06-2009, 11:04 AM	#25
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Zig, no, the other other Sendek book I've read is Where the Wild Things Are. I wish I still had my original. His combination of children's artwork and story is amazing. He might have been the author that set my feet on the road to reading fantasy, even more than Dr Suess.

03-06-2009, 11:17 AM	#26
Ziguezon Ogg Vorbis Posts: 145 Karma: 292661 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Wish I still had some of my old comic books from when I was a child: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, etc. Even my old Archie digests would be fun to have. I liked it when they all had longish hair and dressed like hippies back in the 70's.

03-06-2009, 11:29 AM	#27
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I only have the old Bob Morane novels that I bought myself. All the old Astérix, Tintin, Le Journal Tintin, Magazine Pilote are at one of my sibling's place.

03-06-2009, 11:33 AM	#28
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I still have my Mum's 1940's school atlas which she gave me when I was a teenager. On the inside front cover it has a map of the world, with a satisfyingly large proportion of it shaded as the "British Empire" .

03-06-2009, 12:07 PM	#29
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,527 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	The Digby Allen - Space Explorer series 1-3 and 5-6.

03-06-2009, 12:16 PM	#30
rebarnmom Wizard Posts: 1,289 Karma: 4525055 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Sony PRS-700 (traded in), Sony PRS-650	I still have my old worn copy of "Caps For Sale" and from later years the whole "Wrinkle in Time" series.