Favorite Childhood Books

anglemark: The winter landscape on the other side of the wardrobe has haunted my imagination all my life.

sturlington: My father read it aloud to me when I was 5 or 6. It's a wonderful memory.

Drapetsona: actually, I never read it as a child. I wish I had.

ahef1963: A childhood favourite; I read it so often that the spine fell apart.

Diane-bpcb: MAJOR SPOILER: (Haven't figured out the new Spoiler offering in LT.) Will never forget reading somewhere something by a girl who always fought with her sister, and how she felt when this sister, having read the book first, calls out, "Beth died."

merrystar : I never liked this one for some reason

Diane-bpcb: A friend, who had taught grade school got me to read this finally. How did I miss it all these years!! (We read "Stuart Little instead in school, which I also loved.)

sturlington: Meg is the first heroine I wanted to emulate.

ahef1963: Loved this book. It's probably the first fantasy book I ever read and re-read.

timspalding : Scared me. Seemed needlessly cruel. I still feel this way.

ahef1963: A great favourite of my children, to whom I read it countless times.

ahef1963 : I was always unsettled by the idea of an elephant king, and I was bothered by a book printed in italics.

fuzzi : Depressing stories. The only one I liked was The Tinder Box.

deslivres5: I grew up in NYC and wanted to have that same adventure in the museum with MY younger brother.

ahef1963: Because of this book I took my young children to museums, where we always had fun planning where we'd hide out if we lived there.

aulsmith : I do not like Green Eggs and Ham. I do not, do not. There I am

sturlington : Tedious.

ahef1963: I didn't read this until I was in my 40s, but loved it just the same.

Drapetsona: Great book of my childhood, although very creepy. Couldn't sleep after reading it, but I had to go on...

Bookish59: My love of mysteries started early!

Diane-bpcb: In addition to loving the mysteries--although I no longer read mystery stories--, I loved the set of blue-green cloth bound books which I sorted and re-sorted on my bookshelf.

sturlington : Did not read until college.

Anjali.Negi : Not a book for children

Drapetsona: When I finally came to read it after having collected so much bubble gum pictures of the Disney movie, I found it astonishing and very adult. I loved it. Favourites: Rikki Tikki, the little seal and the elephant boy.

timspalding: I loved Ferdinand.

Nycticebus: I loved the gentle bull, but more, I loved to trace the beautiful drawings.

sturlington: All-time favorite.

Bookish59: Loved to read English books; still do.

sturlington : Did not read until college.

Bookish59: Another favorite!

ahef1963: My first poetry book! It had such far-reaching importance in my life.

TCate: Discovered this in my late teens. A boy I used to baby-sit introduced me to the book.

aulsmith : Duplicate on the list

ahef1963: Not a book I would give to children; I find it frightening even as an adult, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

aulsmith: I loved this as a child, but now I have no idea why.

merrystar : not really a children's book

sturlington: Duplicate

bookworminc: While my definition of a terrible horrible no good very bad day has changed as I grew up - the idea that maybe it's better somewhere else always sticks with you. I know that I still love the title

aulsmith : Too dark

Matke: Read pre-school learning to read through first grade. Loved this series then.

Diane-bpcb: Again, one of the classic Dr. Seuss books. So superior to the "hop on pop" ones, full of child-like emotions.

aulsmith : I think my fears of home invasion originated in this book.

merrystar : I'm reasonably sure I would have been horrified by this as a child; luckily I read it later

sturlington : Did not read until later, although I liked other Bradbury as a child.

sturlington: List duplicate

timspalding: I should put more non-fiction on the list. This one was great.