What was your favorite book/ books to read as a child? Mine was Black Beauty. and Nancy Drew.. How about you?

[debm55]

[Alpeduez21]

1. Harriet the Spy

I used to sneak around watching people after that

[debm55]

4. HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, Alpeduez21.

[raging moderate]

2. Mistress Masham's Repose, by T.H. White

It is about a little orphan girl who discovers a city of tiny Lilliputians hiding in the woods near her home.

[debm55]

7. Thank you very much for sharing with us, raging moderate. It sounds interesting.

[Easterncedar]

84. Loved that! And Stuart Little

[Historic NY]

3. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

[debm55]

9. Oh, wow, What a wonderful book to read. Thank you very much, Historic NY.

[SARose]

5. Charlotte's Web

E.B. White - hands down!

I was also partial to Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books, too.

[debm55]

10. Yes, Charlotte's Web was the second on my list, Loved reading the Nancy Drew books too. Thank you SARose,

[SheltieLover]

6. Nancy Drew books & all books on horses I could find.

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. Mine too, I tried to read the original Wizard of Oz. But it scared me. and not like

movie.

[wcmagumba]

8. As a middle schooler I loved Sci Fi (still do) and the Tom Swift series of books was a favorite.

[nuxvomica]

18. You replied swiftly to this thread

[debm55]

32. Thank you very much wcmagumba. It looks interesting.

[Polly Hennessey]

11. The Secret Garden

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much Polly Hennessey. Beautiful story

[marble falls]

12. Read very close to all the Nancy Drew books just to win the reading contest. Won by a mile. Never read one before, ...

... never read one again. I tried the Hardy Boys - fell asleep reading the first chapter header. Nancy was extremely formulaic, but at least she had fun. And I understand they were written by the same person. I think she wrote more interesting female characters.

It was called the Bookworm Club, I was chief worm.

[The Madcap]

21. I hope that's a fake cover.

If not, there was a lot going on behind the scenes. No wonder T**** wants to take us back in time.

[marble falls]

22. His favorite is "The Mystery of the Missing Pee Tapes"

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much., marble falls aka Chief Worm. The title of the book is a little scarey/mature.

[flor-de-jasmim]

13. Nancy Drew, A Wrinkle in Time

My mom used to read me The Wind and the Willows.

[debm55]

14. Thank you flor-de-jasmin. Loved those books. As I teacher, I read my class A Wrinkle in Tme.

[Easterncedar]

86. What grade for A Wrinkle in Time?

I want to give it to my granddaughter, but not sure of the right age. I read everything a little early, then, if I liked it, kept reading until I understood it all.

[debm55]

108. Easterncedar. it was fifth grade. A book is a great gift. It can take you to various places, and times.

[Easterncedar]

109. Thanks! She likes the manga comics

I would like to share a book with her.

[Jeebo]

15. Walter Farley's "Black Stallion" novels

Lots of kids were reading them in the early 1960s, when I was in the 5th, 6th, 7th grades. For a while I was reading every "Black Stallion" novel that Walter Farley wrote, until I finally overdosed on them. He was still writing them then, as I recall. About 15 years later they made a wonderful movie of the original novel. debm55, I think you posted this same question some months ago, and I posted the same response.

— Ron
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078872/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_The%2520Black%2520S

[debm55]

38. Thank you Jeebo. I probably did. Sorry.

[nuxvomica]

16. The Thousand and One Nights

I devoured the stories, which I found in my dad's shelf of Harvard Classics. This is required reading for anyone who wants to write fiction.

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much nuxvomica.

[lastlib]

17. As a real young'un, it was Harold and the Purple Crayon.....

Those books never got checked out of the library by anyone else. If I didn't have them, my sister did, and vice versa.

As I got a little older, it was Journey to the Mushroom Planet. (I was a serious space case--learned the Greek alphabet at age 6 so I could read up on space stuff.)

[debm55]

41. Thank you lastlib. I used Harold and the Purple Crayon when I taught kindergarten. Love how you learned the Greek

alphabet and how your book interests matured.

[lastlib]

68. For fun reading, it was the "Brains Benton" mysteries.

Those really boosted my vocabulary. Brains talked like a college professor on a high.

When I was a sophomore in HS, my English teacher wanted to challenge me, so she gave me "Airport"--the book the movie was based on. I started reading it in study hall, read a chunk in a sociology class that bored me, more on the bus home, and spent the rest of the evening reading it. Finished it in bed around 11pm. 700+ pages of a paperback. My teacher was SHOCKED when I gave it back to her the next morning and told her I finished it.

[electric_blue68]

85. Hahaha, I didn't go That Far back! I loved Harold & The Purple Crayon 👍

Actually my parents bought the Tome Life Nature, and Science series. I read them all but a favorite few of them I read more than once.

Then from 11 years on after reading my first SF book of my dad's (even before AWIT) I became a life long SF fan: books, and media.

[Silent Type]

19. When really young, liked Hardy Boys series as well as TV show.

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much, Silent Type for sharing with us.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Biographies of:

Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan
Eleanor Roosevelt

[debm55]

44. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. I loved biographies too.

[Chipper Chat]

23. The Island Stallion by Walter Farley.

[debm55]

45. Thank you , Chipper Chat. That sounds like a very interesting book.

[karin_sj]

24. I was an avid reader

My favorites were the classics: Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood, Heidi... I also loved the Nancy Drew series. I really need to start reading again! I've thought about revisiting some of these old books I loved so long ago.

[debm55]

46. Thank you karin_sj. I have felt the same way reading through the list from posters here to books from my youth.

[livetohike]

25. Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden. Also, I must have

read Misty of Chincoteague a million times .

[debm55]

30. Thank you very much livetohike. I always wanted to read the book Misty of Chincoteague. But it was always out at the

Library. I might see if the library has it now. Still interesting to read it.

[calguy]

26. Tarzan was my favorite series by Edger Rice Burroughs

[debm55]

29. Great series. Thank you very much, calguy.

[walkingman]

27. Kon-Tiki

True story about a journey by balsa wood raft across the Pacific in the late 40s.

[debm55]

28. I remember that book. Thank you very much walkingman.

[BootinUp]

33. Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov. Nt

[debm55]

47. thank you very much, BootinUp. It sounds interesting.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Starting at eight years old, Doctor Dolittle's stories. Every last one and there were more than twelve, iirc. ...

And we had Children’s Encyclopedias that I loved until we got Collier's but I was in Jr. High by then.

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much, littlemisssmartypants. I only read the first Doctor Dolittle.

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. The Betsy, Tacy, and Tib books.

I read all of them multiple times.

"The Secret Garden".

The World Book Encyclopedia was bedtime reading. My parents gave it to my sister because she had kids. She threw it out because it was "outdated". I'm still pissed off about that. I learned so much from that.

"Brighty of the Grand Canyon". My only grandmother (actually the only grandparent who was alive) gave it to me. I adored my grandmother, who died when I was eight following a stroke she had in our dining room when she was visiting us. I'm said to look like her mother.

[debm55]

51. Thank you, my sweet greatauntoftriplets. I also had things thrown away by my mother-Art Awards, Writing Awards. Art Work

dolls, etc. I was pissed too. Funny thing is, she considers herself a great mother.

[greatauntoftriplets]

55. That's a shame that you lost things that were important to you.

One time I found handwritten recipes in the trash basket. Pulled them out because I wanted to keep them.

[debm55]

62. Thank you. greatauntoftriplets.

[BootinUp]

40. Treasure Island.

Was the first one I remember. But I don’t do favorites really.

[debm55]

49. Thank you very much BootinUp

[justaprogressive]

42. Charlotte's Web

and Ferdinand the Bull....

[debm55]

48. Justaprogressive, I remember the story of Ferdinand. My sweet aunt bought me the book and would read the book when I

slept at her house. And we would walk to the library together to get more books to take out.Thank you for bringing back the
memories of the book and my Aunt. Love you, Debbie.

[justaprogressive]

73. Mom and dad were both

active participants in WWII...

Mom succeeded in making me a pacifist...Ferdinand was one step...

[debm55]

74. Thank you justaprogressive.

[rubbersole]

50. The Haunted Hound

By Robb White.
About a boy and his dog.

[debm55]

79. Thank you very much rubbersole for sharing with us.

[eppur_se_muova]

52. The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs

https://www.scribd.com/document/238848191/How-and-Why-Wonder-Book-5001-Dinosaurs
https://archive.org/details/dli.scoerat.5364thehowandwhywonderbookofdinosaurs

Had to tape the binding back together.

For some reason, I remember my aunt buying this for me when I was maybe 5yo. Not sure if that's accurate.

[debm55]

54. OMG. I loved the How and Why books. I bought the Books on Cats , Dogs, Horses. birds. And I would read them over and

over. I loved them. that you so much for bringing back the memories for me, eppur_se_,muova. I love you! Debbie.

[electric_blue68]

93. That LOGO lookss familiar. I probably had some of those.

[choie]

110. Oh my goodness

I remember that book!!

[The Blue Flower]

53. Cherry Something or other, Student Nurse

Also, All of a Kind Family.

[debm55]

58. Thank you very much, The Blue Flower.

[Ninga]

56. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman

Outwitting tigers, whipping them into butter, eating pancakes….

[debm55]

59. Thank you Ninga. I remember it and it scared me. The one illustrated book had a cobra bite the skinny lady.

[Shellback Squid]

60. Watership Down and The Hobbit

When I was a child and living in the UK, books were my constant plus I was living in the Chiltern Hills at the time

[debm55]

61. Thank you very much for sharing those classic with us.Shellback Squid.

[Ritabert]

63. Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries

Then Classics Illustrated which let you read comic books of famous books like "The Three Musketeers" and "Ivanhoe".

[debm55]

83. Thank you very much Ritabert. I actually read both series too, as I loved mysteries . still do.

[electric_blue68]

98. Ah, yes, Classic Illustrated! Had a bunch of those...

I loved the the way the clouds were drawn in "Off On A Comet".

[elleng]

64. BLACK BEAUTY!!!!!

[debm55]

65. Agree. I am thinking of reading again. Thank you elleng.

[ChcioInf]

66. Enid Blyton

Famous Five series were the first books I read as a child. Thanks for triggering memories.

[Easterncedar]

89. The Noddy Books!

I have three of the old ones from my childhood

[debm55]

107. Thank you very much Easterncedar.for sharing with us.

[debm55]

90. Thank you very much , Chcioinf. I am glad I could trigger some good memories of your youth.

[applegrove]

67. Nancy Drew. Guiness Book of World Records. My mum

would read Kon-Tiki to us.

[debm55]

87. Thank you very much, applegrove. I loved the books your selection I read those and believe it or not he Farmers Almanac.

[KitFox]

69. From the library:Ginny Gordon Mysteries; Trixie Belden Mysteries; Little House series;

Biographies (I remember my favorite was Clara Barton); Billy and Blaze series; we had the How and Why books at home which I poured over. We also had various Little Golden Books at home. I love remembering coming home from the library on summer days with my arms full of books . I would lay out in the shade of the big apple trees on the side yard and read. I love your posts , Deb! Thank you for stirring memories!😊🩷

[debm55]

106. Your welcome. and thank you for sharing your wonderful list of books for us. KitFox

[rsdsharp]

70. Lots. I loved the Curtis Bishop Little League books,

I read a lot of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books, Rookie Backstop by William Hueman was a favorite, and then, when I was about eleven, I found Robert A Heinlein. That was sixty years ago, and I own at least one copy of everything he (or his wife) ever published.

[debm55]

105. That is so great . rsdsharp. Thank you for your selections.

[LogDog75]

71. Robert Heinlein scifi books

I grew up during early years of the space race and loved stories about space. Robert Heinlein had a number of books such as:

Space Cadets
Have Spacesuit- Will Travel
Red Planet

[debm55]

76. Thank you , LogDog75 I love your genre of books.

[Permanut]

77. The Door Into Summer..

One of my favorites.

[debm55]

104. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Permanut.

[TuxedoKat]

72. Magic by the Lake - Edgar Eager

So many others. Little Women, Beverly Cleary books, Nancy Drew, books on mythology, whatever I could get my hands on.

[debm55]

75. Same here, TuxedoKat, Thank you for your selections of books.

[Permanut]

78. Tom Sawyer..

I was the perfect age in 1957.

First book I ever owned; still have it. 1937 edition.

[debm55]

103. Oh wow. congratulations Permanut.

[TommieMommy]

80. Nancy Drew

[debm55]

102. Yes, another Nancy Drew reader. Thank you so much TommieMommy.

[choie]

81. The Little House books,

Bread andJam for Francis (and all other Francis books,) Charlie Brown books.

[debm55]

96. Thank you choie. for sharing with us. I always wanted to read the Little House books .

[electric_blue68]

82. Black Beauty. A bit later A Wrinkle In Time.

[debm55]

94. Thank you very much, electric_blue68 I read both too. I also read A Wrinkle In Time to my class.

[johnp3907]

88. Journey to the Center of the Earth

I think that was the first novel I read all the way through.

[debm55]

91. Oh johnp3907, That is a classic. Thank you for sharing with us and congratulations on reading as your novel

[Easterncedar]

92. Secret Garden, The Little Princess

A Wrinkle in Time, The Book of Three series, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Princess and the Goblin, The Back of the Northwind, Little Women, A Rose in Bloom, Eight Cousins, Jo’s Boys, Stuart Little - I read all of these over and over 55-60 years ago, and still do.

I loved the old-fashioned books.

[debm55]

95. What a wonderful selection of books you selected as a youngster.Thank you for sharing with us, Easterncedar.

[Easterncedar]

97. You ask good questions

Oh I forgot! My Father’s Dragon and Parsifal Rides the Timewave. The latter is quite obscure.

My beloved third-grade teacher read The Little Lame Prince to us. It’s such a strange melancholy tale, but I loved that, too.

[debm55]

99. Thank you very much Easterncedar.

[MiHale]

100. The Jerry Todd and Poppy Ott books ...

Had the entire collection.

https://www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/exhibits/childrens-literature/todd.html

[debm55]

101. Great!!!! That is wonderful, MiHale.

[Prairie_Seagull]

111. Jack London's 'White Fang' started it all for me.

[debm55]

112. Thank you very much, Prairie-Seagull

[OldBaldy1701E]

113. You will love this one.

Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. series

Any Stephen King

Any Issac Asimov

Robert Bloch (he wrote the book adaptations of the original Star Trek episodes)

Any Alan Dean Foster

Barsoom (the stories of John Carter on Mars. The first was called 'A Princess Of Mars'.)

Peter Benchley (I read Jaws and The Deep before I was twelve)

The Three Investigators

[debm55]

118. Thank you very much OldBaldy1702E for your sharing your excellent selection.

[Annie Moosee]

114. Island of the Blue Dolphins - thanks for reposting this question! 💕

I used to reread it walking home from grade school in the 70's.

I also enjoyed the Little Prince

And the Madeleine L'Engle books; The Oz series; I, Monty & Hope for the Flowers. There were also some Scholastic Books I enjoyed, but rarely read more than once. Junket is the only name I remember from that series. But there were others about Native American families and sharecroppers' families I kinda remember

And a book called "For the Love of a Donkey"

And I LOVED our Encyclopedia set! It had a companion set of crafts, too, that I enjoyed. And there was a book "how things work, and what to do when they don't" - I loved that one, as well.

True story, I didn't understand alphabetical order until 3rd or 4th grade. I knew the ABC's, it just didn't occur to me that after the first letter, you used the second letter then third to organize things (like is done with numbers).

Still love the Little Prince.

[Dorothy V]

115. The Girl in White Armor

Albert Bigelow Paine's biography of Joan of Arc. It started a lifelong fascination with her.

[debm55]

119. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Dorothy V.

[womanofthehills]

116. Anne of Green Gables

An older couple want a boy to help on their farm and instead they get the red headed orphan Anne.

Lots of books in the series and the main theme seems to be poor Anne being accused of deeds she never did. Big drama books. I loved Anne.

[debm55]

117. Thank you very much for sharing with us.womanofthehills.