Favorite Childhood Book - Page 3

Verencat · 05-13-2009, 06:15 PM

Anne of Green Gables, the whole series...I still get teary when I think of poor Walter's death...

taosaur · 05-13-2009, 07:10 PM

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Jaime_Astorga · 05-19-2009, 06:49 PM

I think my progression of favorite books went from The Little Prince in elementary school, to The Giver, to Harry Potter books 2, 3, and 4 in middle school (maybe the last one was in high school? I can't remember). I also used to read a lot of books from the Goosebumps series.

kikar · 05-19-2009, 07:04 PM

The Great Brain Series
Encyclopedia Brown
Superfudge
The Story of Roland

wayspooled · 05-20-2009, 08:50 AM

This will never be in ebook I bet :P Anyone else remember the Junior Deluxe version of King Arthur and His Knights by Henry Frith?

I've still got it heh.. I loved it so much as a kid.

ladyjane · 05-20-2009, 09:51 AM

Anne of Green Gables- being originally from the east coast and being able to actually walk around in her house as a kid got me hooked.

MelC · 05-20-2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verencat

Anne of Green Gables, the whole series...I still get teary when I think of poor Walter's death...

And Tuesday (?) the dog waiting for Jem to come home...must go find kleenex now.

Mel

ruth1304 · 05-20-2009, 10:53 AM

Little House books
Little Women
The Chalet School books

I read lots as my family collected books - many were out of print before I was born and passed down from my grandparents or my mother and her sisters. It let to an interesting collection. Although I had no interest in riding I read lots of books about girls riding because one of my aunts collected them! The ones above are the ones I remember for a specific reason, and ones that I reread at every opportunity.

Gideon · 05-20-2009, 11:09 AM

"There's a Monster at the End of this Book" starring Grover.

ilovejedd · 05-20-2009, 12:27 PM

pre-school to kindergarten:
Brer Rabbit (Enid Blyton)
Peter Rabbit
Cinderella (still my favorite fairytale)
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Little Red Riding Hood
Thumbelina
Hansel and Gretel
The Frog Prince

elementary:
books regarding Greek Mythology
books regarding Norse Mythology
books regarding King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table
Grimm's Fairytales
Little Women
A Midsummer Night's Dream (our school library had a Shakespeare for children collection)
Macbeth
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Ghost Twins
Goosebumps
R.L. Stine
Babysitter's Club
Sweet Valley *cringe*

Wow, looking at my reading list during childhood, it feels like I've regressed. Nowadays, I often read trashy romance novels to de-stress.

taosaur · 05-20-2009, 03:03 PM

I loved Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court when I was ten-ish: probably where I got my fetish for time bending and alternate history. A little later I acquired Born into Light by Paul Samuel Jacobs, about the appearance of uncanny feral children around the world, and a slim anthology called Out of This World, which introduced me to Vonnegut, Asimov, LeGuin and Bradbury, as well as classic stories like To Serve Man, Betelgeuse Bridge, and A Bowl of Biskies Makes a Growing Boy.

I'm pretty sure all of these were scored from RIF.

EDIT: and Fritz Leiber! He had a great story in there, A Bad Day for Sales, about a robot salesman roaming nuclear winter in search of a prospect, like Wall-E without the happy ending.

dynabook · 05-20-2009, 04:25 PM

"A Wrinkle in Time" and Tom Swift, Jr.

HistoryWes · 05-20-2009, 04:50 PM

My favorite childhood books-- the books that turned me into a reader-- were the Tom Swift Jr. Books by Victor Appleton II (pseudonym). These were great books by the Strattemeyer group who did the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew but they are different from the original Tom Swift books that my grandfather read.

All of the original Tom Swift books are available at Manybooks and other places, but so far I've only seen 2 (of the 34) Tom Swift Jr. Books. They are at Manybooks: Tom Swift and his Electronic Hydrolung and Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X.

pagansoul · 05-22-2009, 08:45 AM

The book I remember most. Dr Seuss, GO DOG GO.

http://books.google.com/books?id=mAi...+dog+go&pgis=1

When I got older I was into ANN of GREEN GABLES.

When I was an early teen I was reading Barbara Cartland, regency romances and Comic books. By the time I was 14 I was reading Science Fiction and Shakespear.

WillAdams · 05-22-2009, 01:20 PM

Agree w/ many of the books listed here --- the only one I would suggest which isn't listed here is Hal Gordon's _DIvers Down! Adventure Beneath Hawaiian Seas_

William

05-20-2009, 03:03 PM	#41
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I loved Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court when I was ten-ish: probably where I got my fetish for time bending and alternate history. A little later I acquired Born into Light by Paul Samuel Jacobs, about the appearance of uncanny feral children around the world, and a slim anthology called Out of This World, which introduced me to Vonnegut, Asimov, LeGuin and Bradbury, as well as classic stories like To Serve Man, Betelgeuse Bridge, and A Bowl of Biskies Makes a Growing Boy. I'm pretty sure all of these were scored from RIF. EDIT: and Fritz Leiber! He had a great story in there, A Bad Day for Sales, about a robot salesman roaming nuclear winter in search of a prospect, like Wall-E without the happy ending. Last edited by taosaur; 05-20-2009 at 03:08 PM.

05-22-2009, 08:45 AM	#44
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	The book I remember most. Dr Seuss, GO DOG GO. http://books.google.com/books?id=mAi...+dog+go&pgis=1 When I got older I was into ANN of GREEN GABLES. When I was an early teen I was reading Barbara Cartland, regency romances and Comic books. By the time I was 14 I was reading Science Fiction and Shakespear. Last edited by pagansoul; 05-22-2009 at 08:51 AM.

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05-13-2009, 06:15 PM	#31
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Anne of Green Gables, the whole series...I still get teary when I think of poor Walter's death...

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05-19-2009, 06:49 PM	#33
Jaime_Astorga Member Retired Posts: 274 Karma: 4446 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Device: PRS-350-SC: Sony Reader Pocket Edition	I think my progression of favorite books went from The Little Prince in elementary school, to The Giver, to Harry Potter books 2, 3, and 4 in middle school (maybe the last one was in high school? I can't remember). I also used to read a lot of books from the Goosebumps series.

05-19-2009, 07:04 PM	#34
kikar Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 258574 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Device: Too many eReaders, One annoyed wife.	The Great Brain Series Encyclopedia Brown Superfudge The Story of Roland

05-20-2009, 08:50 AM	#35
wayspooled Crab In The Dark Posts: 486 Karma: 2328180 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Tablet PC until a 10" comes out that I like	This will never be in ebook I bet :P Anyone else remember the Junior Deluxe version of King Arthur and His Knights by Henry Frith? I've still got it heh.. I loved it so much as a kid.

05-20-2009, 09:51 AM	#36
ladyjane I hate to clean Posts: 125 Karma: 1155 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Burlington, ontario Device: Sony PRS-505, Acer NetBook	Anne of Green Gables- being originally from the east coast and being able to actually walk around in her house as a kid got me hooked.

05-20-2009, 10:53 AM	#38
ruth1304 Addict Posts: 394 Karma: 1546 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Waiting for a kindle!	Little House books Little Women The Chalet School books I read lots as my family collected books - many were out of print before I was born and passed down from my grandparents or my mother and her sisters. It let to an interesting collection. Although I had no interest in riding I read lots of books about girls riding because one of my aunts collected them! The ones above are the ones I remember for a specific reason, and ones that I reread at every opportunity.

05-20-2009, 11:09 AM	#39
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	"There's a Monster at the End of this Book" starring Grover.

05-20-2009, 12:27 PM	#40
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	pre-school to kindergarten: Brer Rabbit (Enid Blyton) Peter Rabbit Cinderella (still my favorite fairytale) Snow White Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Thumbelina Hansel and Gretel The Frog Prince elementary: books regarding Greek Mythology books regarding Norse Mythology books regarding King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table Grimm's Fairytales Little Women A Midsummer Night's Dream (our school library had a Shakespeare for children collection) Macbeth Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Ghost Twins Goosebumps R.L. Stine Babysitter's Club Sweet Valley cringe Wow, looking at my reading list during childhood, it feels like I've regressed. Nowadays, I often read trashy romance novels to de-stress.

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HistoryWes Teacher/Novelist Posts: 632 Karma: 2274466 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nevada Device: Nook STR, iPad	My favorite childhood books-- the books that turned me into a reader-- were the Tom Swift Jr. Books by Victor Appleton II (pseudonym). These were great books by the Strattemeyer group who did the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew but they are different from the original Tom Swift books that my grandfather read. All of the original Tom Swift books are available at Manybooks and other places, but so far I've only seen 2 (of the 34) Tom Swift Jr. Books. They are at Manybooks: Tom Swift and his Electronic Hydrolung and Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X.

05-22-2009, 01:20 PM	#45
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	Agree w/ many of the books listed here --- the only one I would suggest which isn't listed here is Hal Gordon's _DIvers Down! Adventure Beneath Hawaiian Seas_ William