Is there a book from your childhood that stands out?
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Re: Is there a book from your childhood that stands out?
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I used to watch the TV show when I was young and mum read me the books.
I still have all of them, little bit battered, but still in beautiful condition.
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Some of my favorites were the Narnia books, all of Roald Dahl's children books, the Famous Five, other Enid Blyton series, The Secret Garden and The Little Princess, Black Beauty, The Swiss Family Robinson, Peter Pan, Harry Potter, Diane Wynne Jones (still regularly reread her books), Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, The Wheel of Time series, J.R.R Tolkien's books... too many others...
I remember also enjoying the Babysitter's Club series, the Animorphs series, Cam Jansen, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys...
Younger still, I remember my mother reading this story about a bully who steals a boys sandwich (and other food), and how he got rid of him in the end by making a really hot sandwich (or was it a drink?) and tricking him into eating eat. I can't remember the name of the book. Then, there was the Amelia Bedelia books, I loved having those read to me as a kid, they were so hilarious. And the Busytown books about Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm. My father would always make this joke about Lowly Worm being last and it always made us laugh so much...
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Where the Red Fern Grows was also at the top of my list. I grew up in Oklahoma hunting racoons, so I really related to the book. Other books that stood out for me was Big Red (yep, another dog book) and the Chronicles of Narnia series. Going even farther back into my younger years, I was infatuated with all the Beverly Cleary Ralph the Mouse books.Mel Carriere wrote:Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. I read this book several times and I had to hide when I read it because the ending made me cry. I tried to chop down a tree after reading this book (the book's readers will understand), and my Mom stopped me. It was made into a rather campy movie that does not stir the imagination like the book does.
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