What were some of your favorite books as a child?

Question: What were some of your favorite books as a child!?
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I was taught to read at an early age!. Newspaper articles!. I remember the first book with pictures that was bought for me!. It was Namu the killer whale!. I had just turned four and it was the most memorable gift!. I was awed by the pictures!. I read it so many times I had it memorized!. I like reading a lot of the "Childrens Clssics" now becasue I never read them as a kid!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like Rudyard Kipling's books, espcially 'Rikki Tikki Tavi' The 'Little House Series' (ugh), and then some of my older friends would read my stories from 'Chicken Soup for the Soul!.' When I grew a bit older I read 'The Chronicles of Narnia!.' 'The Chronicles of Narnia' were and still are some of my favorite books!. Yes I know they're for kids but I still find them well-written and original!. The perfect thing when I'm looking for a classic that is a bit easier to understand than 'Volume 10 of the History of Middle-Earth(Morgoth's War)'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The first book I read cover to cover was "A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers" by Henry David Thoreau!. I was about five or six years old at that time!. My mother (a kindergarten teacher) taught me to read when I was very, very young!.

My first storybooks were written in Japanese because we were an Air Force family and stationed in Japan!. I learned Japanese and English together as if they were one and the same language!.

I loved "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee!. I also liked, "Profiles in Courage" by John F!. Kennedy!.

My Mom signed me up for two different book clubs, one was for literature and the other was for science!. I remember that I loved the books on inventors and their inventions and I loved all astronomy books and learned to identify many constellations when I was a kid!. I don't remember all of it anymore but I can still find Orion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I loved the Narnia books by C!.S!. Lewis, which i read over and over again!. Likewise the 'Moomin' books by Tove Jansson!. 'The Little White Horse' by Elizabeth Goudge was another faovurite, I read that many times, also 'A Traveller in time' by Alison Uttley!. And I loved 'The Phantom Tolbooth' by Norton Juster and 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and 'The Midnight Folk' by John Masefield!.

'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett was another book I read many many times!. and I loved 'Anne of Green Gables' by L!.M!. Montgomery and 'Daddy Long legs' by Jean Webster!. And I read enid Blyton's Malory Towers and St Claire books many times, and the 'Jill' series of pony books by Ruby Ferguson!. and I loved Anthony Buckeridge's 'Jennings' books, which I read many times!. And Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain!. And I loved Elizabeth Enright's books, Thimble Summer, The Saturdays, the Four-Storey Mistake etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I used to love fantasy books and because I had a high reading age CS Lewis will always stay with me as the books I read as a child!.

I also used to have my nan's old Enid Blighton books and Brer Rabbit tales that I used to read over and over!. I'll always remember the one where Brer Rabbit escapes Brer Wolf by making him throw him into a bramble bush - I never quite got it lol!

One book I will always remember was a beautiful fairy tale that I got for my birthday!. I can't remember who wrote it but I remember the illustrations and the front cover has a fairy queen flying through the air in a carriage being pulled by a swan!. I loved that book so much! It's stored away somewhere (I move a lot) but when I get settled I'm definately going to dig it out and relive a bit of my childhood lol!!

That was a nice trip down memory lane!. I guess my fantasy book reading as a child had a big effect on me because I still adore fantasy books!

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Shayla I totally remember the Magic Porridge Pot - that was a brilliant book and if I remember rightly it had these really funny illustrations!

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Does anybody remember the Ladybird Classics!? They used to do like Snow White and Rose Red and the Cobbler Elves!. Man that came like a flash of lightning lol!Www@QuestionHome@Com

There were so many books:

The Wind In The Willows
Stuart Little
Charlotte's Web
Nancy Drew series
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Adventures of Brownie and Puff
Dr!. Seuss (especially Cat in the Hat)
Are You My Mother!?
The Young People's Science Encyclopedia
(I've always loved science,and when i was a kid my mom bought me the Young People's Science encyclopedia!. I used to read them every day!.)
To this day I can recall strange tidbits about things like Abalone, Magma, or Tasmanian Tigers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Green eggs and ham
The little engine that could(I think I can, I think I can, I think I can)
Cat and the hat
The Little House on the Prairie series(don't ask: I got into them as a kid(
My Side of the Mountain
Rufus the Red Tailed Hawk
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Any book on Abraham Lincoln(I actually memorized the entire text of the Gettysburg Address for a talent show once-all I know now is, "Four Score and Seven Years ago!.!.!.!.!.!.!.)
The Hardy Boys series

!.!.!.and for some reason I know not of now, books about serial killers and stuff like that!.!.!.!.!.scared the hell out of me as a kid ;-OWww@QuestionHome@Com

My first ever book that was given as a gift was The Magic Porridge Pot so that had a special place in my heart!.

The illustration were great, made me hungry all the time when I saw pictures of the the character making porridge and the book made it look like porridge was delicious =)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I read from the age of three and I have loads of Enid Blyton story books, but I never read Famous 5 or Secret 7 for some reason!.

I loved My Naughty Little Sister (probably cos I had one!)
Mrs Pepperpot stories
The Dolls House by Rumer Godden - just got this again for my collection!

Jane Eyre
Watership Down
The Hobit
Animal Farm

All of these I read at 9 and 10Www@QuestionHome@Com

My first books were the Dr!. Suess books!. I especially liked One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish!.
As I got a little older, I loved Heidi, Little Women, and The Bobbsey Twins!.
I didn't discover the Velveteen Rabbit until I became an adult, but I believe it is a very special children's book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Beverley Cleary's books (such as Ramona Quimby age 8) and of course the Busy World of Richard Scarry!.

I also read a lot of Fear Street when I got a bit older!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

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The Hobbit!. I remember when my 5th grade teacher read it to us and that first exposure to fantasy prompted a lifelong love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, of course i loved all of the dr!. suess books =D
but my all-time favorite was The Velveteen Rabbit

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I loved Dr!. Suess, the Berstain bears (:P) and of course Goosebumps! I was addicted to them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My first love was Charlotte's Web!. My daddy gave me copy for Valentine's day!. I treasure that book!. I also loved the Ramona books and Judy Blume!. As I got older, I was into Fear Street books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I absolutely loved the Madeline series!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Charlie and the purple crayon!.
Amelia Bedelia!.
The Twits!.
etc etc etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis CarrollWww@QuestionHome@Com

Narnia Series and Oliver Twist!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Cat in the Hat!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com