Bridget C asked A.X. Rhodes:

What was your favorite book as a child?

A.X. Rhodes There were a number of books that qualified as favorites. Before I started to read on my own, I loved Snail and Catepillar by Helen Piers and still have that book in my personal library. I was also obsessed with the Beauty and the Beast story in my book of fairy tales for a while. Made everyone read that one to me. Years later, I remember The Secret of Wildcat Swamp (Dixon - Hardy Boys book) was the first book I read that I couldn't put down. Checked it out on a Friday at school and finished it Saturday afternoon. But the book I remember favoring the most had a deep purple cover with scary trees, a full moon, bats, and, of course, a raven on it with Edgar Allan Poe written in orange letters (in my elementary school library). Although not a book, The Tell-Tale Heart story impacted me the most. After reading that in the fourth grade, I was hooked on horror and ghost stories. However, I also enjoyed The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia and the Black Stallion books. Thanks for the question. AXR

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