Favorite Books While You Were A Child?

[KingLouieLouie]

What were your favorite books when you were a child?

I read anything by Shel Silverstein, of course Dr. Seuss, "Little Blue & Little Yellow" (by Leo Lionni), "Curious George"......

Then as I got slightly older.. "1984", "Animal Farm'', "Moby Dick", "Treasure Island".... Just to name a few.....

 

[thirty-two]

Bearenstein Bears (sp?)
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
Ping (i think that was the name... that yellow duck)
Shell Silverstein
Goodnight Moon
Nancy Drew

and more

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Swiss Family Robinson...Treasure Island, War of the Worlds, Lord of the Rings...

I don't think I really started reading until I was in my teens...

Mike

 

[green machine]

The Bearnstein Bears were great, my Dad always used to read them to me and my brothers and do different voices for the characters.

My favorite book as a really young kid was this little one called "I am a Puppy". It was like 6 pages long, was a green cover with a beagle on the front...I had that book until my German Shepherd ate it...kind of ironic I guess.

Charlotte's Web was a good one too!

 

[Jersey Girl]

When I was really young, I liked "Around the World With Ant and Bee." Still have a really beat up copy of it.

I loved the Bernstein Bears and all Snoopy books. Also Ramona Quimby.

In high school my favorite required reading books were A Separate Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird and I think that was it. We had suck reading at my high school.

 

[Pariah]

All the Ronald Dahl books were great.

 

[CQ]

I've always been a Seussical kinda girl! I loved One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish SOOOOO much that I memorized it at a very early age! Yes, I celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday every year (March 2). My daughters' school always does a Green Eggs and Ham day on the school day closest to March 2nd. The first words my 5 year old read were from Hop on Pop.

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[Cardinal Bob]

The greatest book of all-time!

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[HeavyB3]

When I was really young, I liked "Around the World With Ant and Bee." Still have a really beat up copy of it.

I loved the Bernstein Bears and all Snoopy books. Also Ramona Quimby.

In high school my favorite required reading books were A Separate Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird and I think that was it. We had suck reading at my high school.

I liked the Bernstein Bears books and also the Ramona books... Is that odd that i read the Romana books? I guess thats what happens when you live in a house with mostly women.

 

[vince56]

My mom used to read "The Pig Who Saved The Day" to me just about every night when I was very very young. My parent's still have that book, and I'll read it to my kids too. Great story for youngins.

 

[Bobcat]

My mom used to read "The Pig Who Saved The Day" to me just about every night when I was very very young. My parent's still have that book, and I'll read it to my kids too. Great story for youngins.

Hell I used to read it to you also. Or have you forgot "Dadip Done!!!" HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Bobcat

 

[maddogkf]

I've read Watership Down a bunch o times

one of my favs when I was a younger one

 

[KingofCards]

Watership Down is a great book.


I remember Where the Wild Things Are.

My dad used to read us The Hardy Boys every night.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

All the Ronald Dahl books were great.

Roald Dahl

 

[SECTION 11]

I read the Hobbit about 1,347 times.
I also liked On the Beach by Neville Shute. I didn't understand it all, but that didn't keep me from reading it two or three times.

 

[Pariah]

Roald Dahl

I liked his stuff okay, too.

 

[HeavyB3]

I've read Watership Down a bunch o times

one of my favs when I was a younger one

That was indeed a great book. Read it my soph year of high school. For some reason the personification of rabbits was cool?



Ever read Enders Game? That was a great book also. We did get to read an occasional cool book in all those damned gifted english classes I was in.

 

[Gee!]

Hugh Hefners autobiography.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

The Westing Game

Animalia and The Eleventh Hour

 

[Pariah]

The Westing Game, The Enders Game, Watership Down, all bringing back fond memories.

Wasn't the animated movie "The secret of Nihm" based on a book?

In elementry school my buddies and I were big into the Conan books, too. This was about a year prior to the movie coming out and we all flipped out when we heard about it. Oddly enough, my buddy's dad took us to it. I don't think he knew what to expect. We were all a little uncomfortable watching it with him.

 

[SECTION 11]

I read the first seven of this series...

http://www.piers-anthony.com/xanth.html

 

[jw7]

Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, and Great Brain series.

I also think I've read every Peanuts comic strip ever written.

 

[KingofCards]

The Great Brain books were awesome.

 

[Mulli]

The Westing Game, The Enders Game, Watership Down, all bringing back fond memories.

Wasn't the animated movie "The secret of Nihm" based on a book?

In elementry school my buddies and I were big into the Conan books, too. This was about a year prior to the movie coming out and we all flipped out when we heard about it. Oddly enough, my buddy's dad took us to it. I don't think he knew what to expect. We were all a little uncomfortable watching it with him.

Conan books were great. I wonder if they would still be good if I read them now. It might be cool to get a collection of them.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

The Westing Game, The Enders Game, Watership Down, all bringing back fond memories.

Wasn't the animated movie "The secret of Nihm" based on a book?

In elementry school my buddies and I were big into the Conan books, too. This was about a year prior to the movie coming out and we all flipped out when we heard about it. Oddly enough, my buddy's dad took us to it. I don't think he knew what to expect. We were all a little uncomfortable watching it with him.

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh or something?