Childhood Favorites
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Childhood Favorites
Occasionally I get into conversations with my students about books. Actually, it happens often, and I love it when it does. Today, a student asked me the following:
Miss Thomas? When you were little, what were your favorite books?
First of all, I loved the fact that she asked me about my favorite books rather than my favorite book, but this question always gives me hives. For as long as I can remember, I have been a reader. As a child, when people would ask me what I was or what I wanted to be, I'd say a reader. But I can't remember what I read or why I read it...or even what the first book was that I read all on my own.
Today was different, however. Suddenly, at least a dozen titles came swirling into my brain and it made me so happy I almost cried. My favorite books were as follows:
1. the stories of forest animals by Beatrix Potter - I had a collection of them and loved to have them read to me, to read them myself, or to read to others.
2. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss - It was a combination of the drawings, the colors, and the story. I was always very opinionated and liked a good cause.
3. The Nutcracker - As a ballerina, I liked to listen to this story, but I distinctly remember hating to read it by myself.
4. Charlotte's Web - This was my favorite in kindergarten and well into 3rd grade.
5. The Harry Potter series - When I was in 4th grade, I discovered the magical world of Harry Potter and was infatuated (and still am).
So I guess my question is this:
What were your favorite books as children?
-Kelly
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1. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) - I loved reading about the children exploring the house and grounds and the adventures they had.
2. Any of Sheila K McCullagh's pirate stories. I was obsessed with these in primary school.
3. The Chronicles of Narnia ( CS Lewis) - Children having out of this world adventures, whats not to love?!
There are so many more that i cannot think of right now . . . .
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Another I read even younger was LITTLE WOMEN. I truly loved it, when the movie came out I didnt want to watch it and ruin my idea on how everyone looked or acted. But I wasnt disappointed at all with the movie, it was just lovely.
Another I would like to mention was Heaven by VC Andrews. My mom came home one day and handed the book to me as she had just bought it NEW from the pharmacy in town. I saw the girl on the front and thought how much she looked like me. It was the first book my mom had ever bought me in paperback. Ill never forget the story and to this day Heaven is my fav book after Wind in the Willows.
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There were books I read that had themes and characters that really made an impact on me when I was really young but I can't remember the titles or authors. I've only managed to track down a few of them that I remember.
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Peggy Parrish--mysteries! Three siblings run around together following the clues!
Four books about Bill and June, who always entered a magical world together and became Bivotar and Juranda! You had to make the decisions, and there was only one correct ending.
Beverly Cleary--Ramona! And one about a girl named Emily living in the 1920's.
Scholastic paperbacks in general... The Girl With the Silver Eyes, and Don't Hurt Laurie! Both by Willo Davis(?)
Back then, all the children's books (for upper elementary ages) were the same size (about half an inch thick), and they all featured an eleven-year-old, usually a girl. So much more variety for the young reader today!
-- 05 Apr 2015, 00:32 --
Wowz. I discovered VC Andrews at twelve--I was perusing my grandmother's library of books. To this day, I don't know why I did this, but I read Petals on the Wind, and then I read Flowers in the Attic. I remember thinking during Petals on the Wind, "What are these characters whining about?"kimberlyrav wrote: Another I would like to mention was Heaven by VC Andrews. My mom came home one day and handed the book to me as she had just bought it NEW from the pharmacy in town. I saw the girl on the front and thought how much she looked like me. It was the first book my mom had ever bought me in paperback. Ill never forget the story and to this day Heaven is my fav book after Wind in the Willows.
Then I read Flowers in the Attic, and I was just like, "Oh. I'm on board now."
(Also, I was ashamed to be reading them, so I "borrowed" them from Granny. When I returned them, she said I could borrow any time I wanted if I'd return them. That was nice of her.)
(Same thing when I "borrowed" Angels by Billy Graham. I thought that at twelve, I wasn't supposed to be reading such esoteric stuff. But Granny had no problem with it, so I was able to quit hiding in the attic space to read it!)
(I was a weird kid. But I loved to read.)
But anyway, I loved Heaven too. Heaven Leigh Casteel. I read pretty far into that series, but I never made it all the way. And this was twenty years ago, mind you, when I was sixteen. I like how your mom bought you the paperback!
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As well, the language and style of the book resonated with my need for artistry in my life at the time: it seemed so beautifully written as to be almost poetry instead of prose. I tell you, my heartstrings vibrated in tune with the violin music throughout the story!
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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...and Hardy BoysSparklingOne wrote:I loved the Nancy Drew mysteries. There were so many of them they were easy to get at yard sales cheaply. Which was right in line with what my allowance could comfortably purchase.