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Borrowed books from friends (swapped), the school library, Book circulation Club during holidays, Police library that Dad would start every time he was transferred (which was A LOT!) :) Didn't own many books (just a few cartons full!)-but had Dad's extensive collection to dip into. There was a category of kids' Hindi fiction, called 'Pocket Books'-read them in truck loads! Rs 0.50-Rs 1.00/- per book! Read the entire original Mahabharat, (a dozen volumes or so), when 11, Ramcharit Manas, Ramayan and dozen other similar volumes. Read anything and everything-including Hindi books meant for adults (not to be confused with 'adult' books), which I did sitting in the loft where I had categorized, numbered and labelled the Home books. That's where I came across the world's finest writers eg, Jayashanker Prasad, Acharya Chatursen, Premchand, Dharmveer Bharti etc-adults read these books and so did I, having exhausted the kiddie literature! By 14 or so, I had also read almost everything worth reading in Hindi adult fiction. Richer for them... Then I moved on to English books!
English was the standard stuff, Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew, Tom sawyer/ Huckleberry Finn, Tintin and Astrix (Ok, not books-but what the heck, favourites)! First book in English that I read was Uncle Tom's Cabin-still have it in Dad's library! Rest of the kiddie library was looted by kid bro and nieces/ nephews! At the same time read books meant for adults-the entire spectrum. Need to think hard to remember if there was a writer then, that one didn't read.
A few books are there, but in sad state- rest borrowed, never to be returned-that should be the fate of a book, I have come to realize-so my library is open to anyone to borrow and pass on!
I loved Nancy Drew as a little girl, but when I was about nine I discovered "Gone With the Wind" and never could get back into "kids'" books after that.
Just gonna list 'em. the Junie B Jones series, by Barbra Park. (I don't think I read them all, but I definitely had my favorites. "Junie B has a Peep in her Pocket" was always my all-time favorite, and it still is.)
Bridge to Terabithia (I cried at the ending. Then cried again when I watched the film.)
the entire Ramona Quimby series. (I don't know how she does it, but Beverly Cleary makes those books relevant to every single kid, no matter the time period in which they're reading them.)
the Goosebumps series by RL Stine. (This series defined my third grade year. I remember it like it was yesterday...and that was about 11 years ago, now! My first foray into mild horror books. My favorites were "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom", "One Day at Horror Land", and "Why I'm Afraid of Bees". I can still remember exactly what the covers looked like!)
the Magic Treehouse books, by Mary Pope Osbourne. (I still use some of the book titles as examples of alliteration, when I need them!)
Matilda, by Roald Dahl. (Actually, I loved all of Roald Dahl's books. Especially the BFG. :)
When I got a little older...
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt. (I read this in fifth grade, and then proceeded to watch the film over, and over, and over. I loved that movie.)
I also liked the "Hidden" series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
All of Andrew Clements work, in the fifth grade. Good times!
The "Fudge" books, and then "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret."
When I hit about fifth or sixth grade, I read "BOY"...Roald Dahl's auotbiography. I read that one over and over.
I still have "Sheila the Great" "AYTGIMM", by Judy Blume, the first three Ramona books, and the entire illustrated, Roald Dahl collection, in one volume. :) Also, "Goosebumps: Monster Blood," and "Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House." "Junie B Jones Has a Peep in her Pocket" might still be around somewhere...
My favorite book as a kid was "The Neverending Story" and yes I still have it
Nancy Drew books! I still read those sometimes! :-P
VC AndrewsGoosebumps and Fear Street
I own almost every VC Andrews book :)
No Goosebumps or Fear Street though.
I remember reading the Little House on the Prairie series with my mom & sister, so those and then from my later year anything Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. I think I really liked a book by one of them called Remember Me.
My favorite childhood books were The Berenstien Bears and The American Girl series. I no longer have any them. In fact I have all of my American Girl books to another little girl, who is around the same as I was when I first read them.
Danny the Champion of the World- Roald Dahl. This was my favourite book by him when I was little but I loved his work overall; I had all of his books and yes I still have them all now and plan to keep then so when my niece comes round she had a little library.
I loved Anne of Green Gables and the whole series, I also enjoyed The Chronicles of Narnia and The Famous Five Series.I still have them all in my bookcase and palan on introdusing my kids to them :)
As a kid I loved the Boxcar Children series, along with anything Roald Dahl ever wrote :)
I love all of my Reader's Digest Condensed Books. These started my reading obsession. Thanks pops!!!
Maniac Magee, The Little House on the Prairie series, To Kill a Mockingbird, Walk Two Moons, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Boxcar Children, Ramona, anything by Roald Dahl, The Cay, A Wrinkle in Time.
As a kid-kid, I really loved Stone Soup, anything about Greek gods, and The Bernstein Bears.
As a kid-kid, I really loved Stone Soup, anything about Greek gods, and The Bernstein Bears.
Roald Dahl was my favourite author so I had/still have all of his children books. My favourite was 'Danny the champion of the world' but I adored all his work
My favorite was the Magic Tree House series and I still have some with me
I've recollected most of the Judy Blume, although I still want the same covers for some like Deenie and Are You there God? It's me Margaret. Still searching.I do have the childhood book again that was my favorite, The Monster at the end of the book (sesame Street). I was delighted to find two years ago they actually have a sequel so I grabbed that one up too.
I've recollected some Fear Street books as well. Still love Christopher Pike.
A chair for my mother. I have re-read that book so many times and I still love it. It will always be one of my favorites from when I was a kid.
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and every single Goosebump book by R.L. Stine. I still have all these books and the entire goosebump series too
My favourite childhood books were the Malory Towers and the St Claire's series by Enid Blyton. I loved them so much that I read them so many times and I never wanted to part with them. I actually finally gave them away to my siblings just a few months ago cause my parents said I was not allowed to buy any new books until I cleared out my old ones :(
My favorite was probably Little Women or something along that line. Unfortunately I don't have them with me anymore, but I think they are in my parents' attic, somewhere...
Hardy boys,Goosebumps,Famous Five and Secret Seven were my favs as a kid and I do have them now too
My favorites growing up were the Jewel Princess books and the Harry Potter books. :D
My favorites were the Great Illustrated Classics! I also enjoyed the Babysitter's Little Sister books and then The Babysitter's Club. Going way back I liked Amelia Bedelia when I was just starting out on chapter books.
I loved the Nancy Drew Mysteries and Judy Blume books. Unfortunately due to spacing at home I don't have them anymore however I did donate them to the library when I did have to get rid of them.
My grandmother and mom always read Shel Silverstein poems and Dr. Seuss. I have many of my childhood books, I can't wait for endless readings of Green Eggs and Ham, Down By the Bay, I Love You, Goodnight, and many more to my future children. In my preteen days I read Pony Pals, Saddle Club, Heartland books, and other horse books.
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House series, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Anne of Green Grrn Gables set by L.M. Montgomery and Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter.. I still have them all. they are great stories that never get old and tghey are cherished friends. Oh and Charlotte's Web...
My fave childrens books were Be Nice to Spiders, Danny and the Dinosaur, Little dog lost - I do have "Be Nice To Spiders" and "Little Dog Lost"My fave Y/A are Mrs. Mike and the The Little House Collection - and I also have these books.
I don't read the childrens books, but I do still read the YA.
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Nancy Drew mysteries and Choose Your Own Adventures
when I was very little I loved the giving tree, it just carried such an amazing lesson that I learned at a very young age, but when I was in about 4th grade I loved the Nate the Great collection
I loved so many books as a child! I no longer have any books because I live in a tiny apartment with no room for books. I just get them from the library now. I have 5 shopping bags full!Some beloved childhood books are: Mara, Daughter of the Nile, The Velvet Room, Caddie Woodlawn, Ramona the Pest, Charlotte's Web, Superfudge
Mine were Bridge to Terabithia and also Ramona Forever and those were my two favorite and I still have them sitting on my bookshelf and am going to pass them down to my kids when they are old enough!
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I remember going to the school library and trying to check this book out, but it was always gone. Finally one day it was available and I enjoyed it to the fullest. I have not read this book in about 17 years. Maybe I will read it again when I have children.
I also enjoy The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble With Friends
They were always up to no good.