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What was your favorite childhood book?

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Contributor: EJ EJ
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Originally posted by Stephanie Marie
"Are you my mother" lol! The book still amuses me for some odd reason.
Yep, same here. "Are You My Mother?" is the very first book that I remember checking out from the school library. I checked it out over and over. (I never really wanted to return it in the first place.) I just felt so sorry for that little bird. I guess I just wanted to carry him around with me and protect him.
08/19/2011
Contributor: Miss Morphine Miss Morphine
I read a lot and have lots of favorites, but today I think I will go with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff.
08/22/2011
Contributor: Kkay Kkay
The Last Unicorn. Watched the movie when I was very young, read the book in first grade, and never really let go of the story.
08/22/2011
Contributor: beachluv51800 beachluv51800
Little House on the Prairie series. I also loved Nancy Drew.
08/23/2011
Contributor: catgirl9 catgirl9
When I was really little, these were my favorites...Arty the Smarty, In a People House, Ant and Bee (series), and Alyson J Cat.
08/23/2011
Contributor: EJ EJ
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Originally posted by beachluv51800
Little House on the Prairie series. I also loved Nancy Drew.
Well after all the talking...I didn't know you liked Nancy Drew! (I liked some of them too.)
08/23/2011
Contributor: systematicweasel systematicweasel
I read more comics when I was a kid than books lol. But if I had to choose Fahrenheit 451 has always been my fave. They made us read it in school and I never stopped liking it lol
08/23/2011
Contributor: Miss Morphine Miss Morphine
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Originally posted by systematicweasel
I read more comics when I was a kid than books lol. But if I had to choose Fahrenheit 451 has always been my fave. They made us read it in school and I never stopped liking it lol
I miss the days when comics weren't $3-4 a piece.
08/23/2011
Contributor: EJ EJ
I don't think I could narrow it down to a single favorite. Several of my favorites that came to mind this morning are Where the Red Fern Grows, The Rats of Nimh, and Charlotte's Web.
08/29/2011
Contributor: FaerieLove FaerieLove
Oh wow this is a tough call. But, after much though I have narrowed it down to 2: The hungry caterpillar and the Cat in the Hat.
08/31/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
As a young kid - Thumbelina!
08/31/2011
Contributor: EJ EJ
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Originally posted by FaerieLove
Oh wow this is a tough call. But, after much though I have narrowed it down to 2: The hungry caterpillar and the Cat in the Hat.
I had forgotten about The Hungry Caterpillar! (How can you forget about The Hungry Caterpillar???) I loved that one too.
09/08/2011
Contributor: mmike mmike
Greek Myths by Marcia Williams

The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg

Dr. Seuss books and the Amelia Bedelia series were always good.
09/09/2011
Contributor: Princess-Kayla ♥ Princess-Kayla ♥
Alice in Wonderland.
Or if you mean super little it'd be When You Give A Moose A Muffin, or Stand Back Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze.

Great books. ^^
09/11/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel was my first-ever favorite, and I still love it today. I've considered getting a tattoo of one illustration...

As I got older... there are just too many to mention. So, Mike Mulligan shall stand alone.
09/11/2011
Contributor: VenusianThunder VenusianThunder
I used to love the Goosebumps series by RL Stine, especially the ones where you could choose your own ending.
09/11/2011
Contributor: Wildchild Wildchild
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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?
"The little engine that could"
09/12/2011
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
I had tons of favorite books when I was little. My mom would even get through novels for older kids with me, by reading 1 (or 2) chapters a day.

I really loved all the Bill Peet books, especially Wump World. They were always so witty and full of intelligent puns, and often had a message to them. When I see a Bill Peet book, it automatically makes me think of my childhood.
09/12/2011
Contributor: LadyDarknezz LadyDarknezz
The Stinky Cheese-Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

I literally read this book still; It's so hilarious and nostalgic. I bought it for pretty much all of my nieces and nephews.
09/18/2011
Contributor: Pururin Pururin
I was a huge fan of the Redwall books as a kid. My faves being Redwall and Mossflower. I remember when Redwall came out on tape and I listened to them until the tapes broke.
09/19/2011