Books from our youth

[smallvillerocks45]

Hey there. I thought it would be interesting to have a thread about children's books - you know, those stories that left an impression on us when we were kids and still do...so tell us (no matter how old you are) what children/young adult book(s) are must haves in your book collection.

Some of my favorite books are: The Snowy Day, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Temporary Times Temporary Places, Holes, Walk Two Moons (my younger sister recommended this one to me, it's a great read), and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Have any of you read (or heard of) these books? I'd be interested in discussing them as well as reading and talking about some of your faves. :)

[TMLS]

The Hungry Caterpiller, Fungus the Bogeyman, any Roald Dahl book. Also read the Fleming Bond books when I was about 10 so they'd count if To Kill a Mockingbird does (which is the only one of yours I'm aware of to be honest).

Through school, biggest impressions came from Jane Eyre, Shakespeare and classic poets like Tennyson and Wordsworth.

[shadowcat20x]

Really young: But I still enjoy them!

A Mother For Choco
Is your Mama a Llama?
All Grame Base Books - seriously a family tradition

[Shadowlord367]

Roald Dahl was my obsession when I was younger, then I did an edgar allen poe obsession phase. I had my aqward like decade where other children had aqward years lol

[smallvillerocks45]

I certainly read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" when I was little. I tried to read "The Great Glass Elevator" afterwards, but never found time to finish it...
I fell in love with "The Tell Tale Heart" by Poe in sixth grade, it wasn't until high school that I understood "The Raven"...


The Hungry Caterpiller, Fungus the Bogeyman, any Roald Dahl book. Also read the Fleming Bond books when I was about 10 so they'd count if To Kill a Mockingbird does (which is the only one of yours I'm aware of to be honest).
Well, I counted "To Kill a Mockingbird" because I had to read it in 8th grade. I didn't get a word of it until I read it again in high school though. LoL
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Pretty much anything goes - if you read it in your youth - I was just curious about what my fellow K-Site viewers used to (perhaps still do) read... Thanks for your submissions so far, everyone!

--->Oh, and I have to say, "Is Your Mama a Llama?" sounds really familiar... I'm going to have to look that up.

[1.21 gigawatts]

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
The Giver
Freaky Friday
Freckle Juice

[smallvillerocks45]

Oh! I loved Sideways Stories and Freckle Juice! :D

I also enjoyed Number the Stars, which happens to be written by the same author of The Giver (I haven't read that one yet).

[sparkle18]

The Wild Swans
The Monkey and the Crocodile
Walk Two Moons
The Giving Tree
Sarah Plain and Tall
The Story About Ping
Corduroy
Love You Forever
The Velveteen Rabbit
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

I read these books over and over during my childhood and I still enjoy them today.

[MidgardDragon]

The main book I remember from grade school is Where the Wild Things Are

[BeldarofRemulak]

Where the sidewalk ends
Harold and the purple crayonJames
and the Giant peach
Indian in the Cupboard
Where the red fern Grows
Love you forever (I think that is the title..the one with the mom always holding the boy..then he ends up holding her saying I will love you forever)

those were my favorites!

[vouge09]

Berinstein bears when I was like 5!!!!
Where the red fern grows amazing ,
Tuck everlasting,
Harry potter for a while.
The treehouse club i think.
I dont know what else really.


Originally posted by smallvillerocks45
Oh! I loved Sideways Stories and Freckle Juice! :D

I also enjoyed Number the Stars, which happens to be written by the same author of The Giver (I haven't read that one yet).

OMG I remember sideways stories omg haha

ohh goosebumps !

[Angellegna]

Goosebumps, Sideway Stories from Wayside school, Junie B Jones, Those Karen books, The Giving Tree, the Hungry Caterpiller...So many more! I loved to read since before kindergarten ^-^

[vouge09]

I was reading at 3 years old.

[Angellegna]

Cool :cool: Fellow bookworm...I love books...

[smallvillerocks45]

Oh yeah! How could I have forgotten the goosebumps books! I still have a bunch of them on my bookshelf. I especially enjoyed those "choose your own ending" versions of the series.

I also like the Hardy Boys series (I haven't read them all, of course, but I think they're good reads...)

[ILuvLoVe]

Dr Seuss of course!

Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Birthday Moon, The Giving Tree, and Where the Wild Things Are

I think those were the four books that defined me as a person:o..now I feel like finding them and reading them:p

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, Choose your own adventure books, A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and there was one about something that made waffles. Cannot remember the title now.

Where the Wild Thing Are was awesome too.

[Acejournalist82]

The Giving Tree. I love the Hardy Boys series too. That came a little later though.

[Angellegna]

The Giving Tree was a book I read over and over and made my mom read me over and over :)

[smallvilleobsessor17]

Where the Wild Things Are and The Giving Tree.

[Chlarkerlover]

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Calvin and Hobbies was the first book I remember readin on my own. *big smile*

[smallvillerocks45]

Originally posted by Acejournalist82
The Giving Tree. I love the Hardy Boys series too. That came a little later though.

...yeah, me too. I didn't start reading Hardy Boys until high school, so I'm a fairly recent fan. I guess they just bring out the youthful sleuth in me. LoL, geeze I made myself sound old there. I'm only 21!