Is there a book from your childhood that stands out?

[mjmooney]

The Biggles series by W E Johns did it for me. I still have them.

Oh yes, me too. Although the only ones I liked were the First World War ones. I lost interest when he became an "air detective".

[Brightredvest]

I absolutely loved horses when I was a child and there were two series from which I read almost every single title. The Thoroughbred series by Joanna Campbell and the Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant. John Steinback's the Red Pony was another favorite.

I adored A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I've probably read it at least a dozen times. Lois Lowry's The Giver is another that I've read over and over since my first reading.

[ldsrsc]

I read My Side of the Mountain when I was in the fifth grade. I have since read it at least once a year ever since. It will forever be my favorite book.

[Erinmikkelsen]

I know it's a total children's book but I still love Ticky Ticky Tembo No Sa Rembo. It still makes me smile when I say it. My brother finally found it in an obscure little book store in a tourist town. Now I get to share it with my kids.

[Original Cyn]

I have a whole bunch that stands out. I used to love reading when I was younger, it spurred me on to become a writer as well. Some of my favorites were Chronicles of Narnia; anything by Piers Anthony; and as I got a little older it became Dean Koontz.
But one that I'll always remember was called Chocolate Fever. I guess since I loved chocolate as a child...oh who am I kidding I STILL love chocolate...that one resonated with me in a big way. Its about a young boy who eats nothing but chocolate and winds up getting some weird, cocoa flavored bumps all over his body. Then he has to go on a wild trip to find the only doctor who could cure him.
It was fun, and light. Perfect for a kid.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

I read My Side of the Mountain when I was in the fifth grade. I have since read it at least once a year ever since. It will forever be my favorite book.

I loved this book when I was a kid. Made me want to live in the forest

[meggsie]

Well my first was In a peoples house by Dr. Suess
Then The giving tree by shel silverstein
Then the boxcar children
And then anything I could get my hands on

[gothique]

A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
That's the first thing I remember being read to me as a child.
My mother ordered a 4 book set; the 2 red volumes were the prose and the 2 green volumes were the poetry.
As I grew older, I read them on my own, until they literally fell apart.
I bought the boxed set of prose not too long ago.
You're never too old to visit the Hundred Acre Wood.

[Santanico]

I loved the Naughtiest Girl and Famous Five series'.

Also, Bridge to Terabithia and Z for Zachariah are two that really stand out for me - I've read them both as an adult and still love them!

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

If I Ran The Circus by Dr. Seuss.

My Grandpa used to read this to me sitting in his big comfy chair when I was about 4
He smoked a pipe then...and I envisioned him as Ole Sneedlock...~laughing~

[Ghostwalker117]

Well I have to say there are two books in my childhood that stand out. the first would be The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien and the second would be More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. The Latter used to give me nightmares on many a night. As for the Hobbit I really enjoyed the tale of early Middle Earth before the Ring. When I was reading it in my youth I was fascinated by Dragons and since the antagonist is a Dragon that made things delightful for me.

[NicoleKay]

I think of "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. I may have to dust that one off again.. see how different it is to read that as an adult.

-- 23 Mar 2012, 16:17 --

Well I have to say there are two books in my childhood that stand out. the first would be The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien and the second would be More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. The Latter used to give me nightmares on many a night. As for the Hobbit I really enjoyed the tale of early Middle Earth before the Ring. When I was reading it in my youth I was fascinated by Dragons and since the antagonist is a Dragon that made things delightful for me.

I LOVED the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark series! I have all of them and still to this day enjoy reading them every now and then! Did you ever read the story called Maybe You Will Remember? It instantly came to mind last year when I saw the Liam Neeson move 'Unknown'... Those are classics!

[Ghostwalker117]

sorry I haven't heard of Maybe you'll remember. Ill have to check that one out.

[Daffodil]

The Ordinary Princess (no idea of author), The Borrowers (about tiny people living in normal human's house and "borrowing" stuff to use for their homes in the holes of the home. RUPERT THE BEAR Annuals - got one every Christmas without fail.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - spectacular and of course The Magic Faraway Tree.

When I was 13-ish I tried reading Cujo but had nightmares only after a few chapters in and I got in trouble (I think Mum got in trouble too for giving it to me). Loved Flowers in the Attic and that was probably the entrance into 'adult' books, suggested by Mum.

[steve p]

When I was about 8/9 I had a teacher who used to read to the class books well beyond our years. I remember vividly stories he read about Greek and Roman mythology, and one novel in particular called The Custer Wolf he read to us in installments from start to finish.

A few years back I set off like the 'Fly Fishing, by J R Hartley' thing to find The Custer Wolf (apologies to my overeseas cousins who probably have no idea what that means) and lo I picked up a dog-eared copy on Ebay! It took me instantly back to my childhood.

steve