What was your favorite childhood book?

Contributor: phunkyphreak phunkyphreak
I was cleaning today and found Where the Sidewalk Ends. It reminded me of my childhood. I love Shel Silverstein and still do. I also loved a book called Don't hurt Laurie. What were your faves as a kid?
03/18/2011
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Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
The Phantom Tollbooth!
03/18/2011
Contributor: Stephanie Marie Stephanie Marie
"Are you my mother" lol! The book still amuses me for some odd reason.
03/18/2011
Contributor: That Guy That Guy
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Originally posted by ~LaUr3n~
The Phantom Tollbooth!
I love the Phantom Tollbooth! My girlfriend used to read it to me to get my mind off of work when I was trying to fall asleep in college.
03/18/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
At different times, there were different books.

The Night and the Dragon was probably my first favorite, then Strega Nona, and Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day.

The Harry Potter books were next, and the Goosebumps series, and Aliens ate my Homework. Oh--and the Boxcar Children, whom I'd forgotten about until this thread.

And finally I moved onto things like The Westing Game and The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
03/18/2011
Contributor: Sammi Sammi
There's a lot of them, but the Dark Is Rising Series definitely, and At the Mountains of Madness.
Also, the Three Investigators, the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew
03/18/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
"The Little Red Hen", lol, no joke, and still to this day I live by that and preach it!
03/18/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by phunkyphreak
I was cleaning today and found Where the Sidewalk Ends. It reminded me of my childhood. I love Shel Silverstein and still do. I also loved a book called Don't hurt Laurie. What were your faves as a kid?
I love Shel Silverstein but my favorite book growing up was Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (the whole series actually)
03/19/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
Oh gosh, there were tons. I adored the Betsy-Tacy books and also the Mrs. Pigglewiggle series especially.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by phunkyphreak
I was cleaning today and found Where the Sidewalk Ends. It reminded me of my childhood. I love Shel Silverstein and still do. I also loved a book called Don't hurt Laurie. What were your faves as a kid?
YES the boxcar children, thanks much for reminding me of that series i may just have to pick it up again, anyone here read the Animorphs? Pretty addicting series when i was in middle school.
03/19/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by toxie m
Oh gosh, there were tons. I adored the Betsy-Tacy books and also the Mrs. Pigglewiggle series especially.
Omggg Mrs Piggle Wiggle love!

I'm having lovely flashbacks.

Amelia Bedelia!
03/19/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by Daniel & Brittany
YES the boxcar children, thanks much for reminding me of that series i may just have to pick it up again, anyone here read the Animorphs? Pretty addicting series when i was in middle school.
LOVED Animorphs but the TV show was way better than the books, I thought.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
At different times, there were different books.

The Night and the Dragon was probably my first favorite, then Strega Nona, and Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day.

The Harry Potter books were next, and the ... more
Yes thanks much for reminding me of the boxcar children i may have to pick up and read that again, goosebumps was a great also but i was personally addicted to the reading of Animorphs, back when i was in middle school those were the greatest thing i had seen since sliced bread lol.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
LOVED Animorphs but the TV show was way better than the books, I thought.
Tv show was awesome but not long lived enough i thought, yet another thing to look up tonight lol
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by Daniel & Brittany
Tv show was awesome but not long lived enough i thought, yet another thing to look up tonight lol
You ever personally read any of those "choose your own" series? those were some trippy books lol, hours of marking pages with your finger so you could cheat and "go back in time" if you picked a fatal path lol, at least i did.
03/19/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by Daniel & Brittany
You ever personally read any of those "choose your own" series? those were some trippy books lol, hours of marking pages with your finger so you could cheat and "go back in time" if you picked a fatal path lol, at least i did.
I did read them! I couldn't for the life of me tell you the titles, but I totally loved them!

(I never cheated though, neener neener.)
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
I did read them! I couldn't for the life of me tell you the titles, but I totally loved them!

(I never cheated though, neener neener.)
you never cheated? i'm afraid i have to call your bullshit on that one, everyone cheated!
03/19/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by Daniel & Brittany
you never cheated? i'm afraid i have to call your bullshit on that one, everyone cheated!
I don't remember cheating, at least.


And if I don't remember it, it never happened.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
I don't remember cheating, at least.


And if I don't remember it, it never happened.
haha i don't remember what i did 2 hours ago, but i'm still quite sure it happened anyhow.... lol
03/19/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
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I love the Phantom Tollbooth! My girlfriend used to read it to me to get my mind off of work when I was trying to fall asleep in college.
I read it to my boyfriends too! I thought I was the only nerd lol.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Xavier7 Xavier7
Where The Wild Things Are.
03/19/2011
Contributor: NaturalWoman NaturalWoman
Love You Forever
03/19/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by Stephanie Marie
"Are you my mother" lol! The book still amuses me for some odd reason.
Isn't tat the book about the little bird that falls out of its nest, thinks a bulldozer and such is its mom, am i thinking of the right book here?
03/19/2011
Contributor: Bunnycups Bunnycups
Island of the Blue Dolphins.
03/19/2011
Contributor: Annemarie Annemarie
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Island of the Blue Dolphins.
I remember reading that book in like 3rd grade. I still own a copy of it, somewhere.

I would have to say that my favorite non-picture book as a kid was Where the Red Ferns Grow. Or maybe Watership Down.
03/20/2011
Contributor: sexyk515 sexyk515
hmm i don't know
03/20/2011
Contributor: Stephanie Marie Stephanie Marie
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Originally posted by Daniel & Brittany
Isn't tat the book about the little bird that falls out of its nest, thinks a bulldozer and such is its mom, am i thinking of the right book here?
Yes! LOL! Its so cute and stupid at the same time it's amusing!
03/20/2011
Contributor: Daniel & Brittany Daniel & Brittany
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Originally posted by Stephanie Marie
Yes! LOL! Its so cute and stupid at the same time it's amusing!
Man, I can't even tell you the number of times i must have read that book, its like the #1 classic from my childhood, that and Fun with Dick and Jane, i could to this day almost quote that book...
03/29/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Anne Shirley and I might as well be twins. Constantly saying shit we shouldn't to people we shouldn't in an effort to express our deepest feelings...got the red hair to go with it.

Anne of Green Gables, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and the Mrs. Pigglewiggle series.
03/29/2011
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
Omggg Mrs Piggle Wiggle love!

I'm having lovely flashbacks.

Amelia Bedelia!
Wow, I didn't read the comments before I posted my own.

HELLS YEAH ON THE MRS PIGGLE WIGGLE LOVE!!!
03/29/2011