Is there a book from your childhood that stands out?

[WordFloe]

I read the Little House on the Prairie series as a child four or five times through, lol. Also Green Eggs & Ham was my most favoritest book ever.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Just an FYI: There is a recent book out called The Wilder Life that is a peek into the authoress' life.Very good.

[topazeagle]

When I was 12 I read "A Stranger in a Strange Land" and fell in love with Science Fiction! It opened my mind to new perspectives, and made me look at life in a whole new way.

[Tilly]

A good portion of these books have brought back great memories for me. Love this thread!

[r123]

The Naughtiest Girl In the school by Enid Blyton.

I remember being so engrossed in that book or rather the series that I had difficult time sleeping or eating. I carried those books everywhere. Even visiting friends. My parents had a hard time taking me away from those books. I even wrote the lines 'I am a bold, bad girl, I bark , I bite...." on someone's back. . But yes I did love that book.

[Tusc2000]

For me it was "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok. Brilliant book, superb writer. I went on to read most of his other novels.

[Knapmm]

I was really into the Goosebumps and Anamorphs series!

[darcyb123]

20 Leagues Under the Sea
This book really got me interested in reading the classics, and was soon followed by Robinson Caruso and the like. It will always be one of my favorites, as it introduced me to so many wonderful relatives

[marissa_in]

The giver
Among the hidden
Phantom tollbooth

[prisailurophile]

Matilda by Roald Dahl.

[Mom2Grey]

"My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George.
I wanted to run away from home and live in the woods with a falcon just like the main character did.
Had a big thing for tree forts for years after reading that book. I've always wanted to live in a tree, even now...

That book, and "Born Free" by Joy Adamson, as well as "Pippa,The Cheetah, And Her Cubs" also by Joy Adamson

Grade 4 was huge for me.

[obiebookworm]

Are You My Mother? by Dr. Seuss. I remember feeling so bad for the little bird while he was desperately trying to find his mother, and the great relief I felt when he finally did.

[K-katastrophe3]

Artemis Fowl is a book (or series) that really stuck out to me. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now if only I could get my hands on them again to read them.

[gali]

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Pollyanna stuck out to me.

[Scorsee]

I really loved the Artemis Fowl books when I was younger and read them over and over.