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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:36 PM Original message |
What were your favorite books as a child? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Brothers Grim |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I loved "James and the Giant Peach." |
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fluffernutter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. were we twins? |
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FourStarDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I missed Roald Dahl books as a child, but have enjoyed several now as an |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well I was a strange kid |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I liked ghost stories too. We had an old anthology of ghost stories |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. " The Lion , The Witch , and The Wardrobe " |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. We had Hans Brinker also, and the Island Of The Blue Dolphins. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Pippi Longstocking fits this genre. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes, I loved Pippi |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was a big Encyclopedia Brown fan |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Will James books on horses |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here are mine |
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Call me Deacon Blues (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Too many to count, but . . . |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Pippi Longstocking, Henry Huggins and his friends, |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Danny Dunn! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Yep...Henry Huggins books! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
71. oh yeah |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lots of them |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. How I could I forget Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pablo the Cold Blooded Penguin |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Phantom Tollbooth |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Chronicles of Narnia |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. My very favorite were the Little House series. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ramona the Pest. |
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tedoll78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Ramona. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Island of the Blue Dolphins, a Newberry winner, by Scott O'Dell |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I loved that book. |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Beatrix Potter .. all of them |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Little Women and Anne of Green Gables |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. A Wrinkle In Time, the Chronicles of Narnia |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Also, The Far Away Tree and anything by Enid Blyton |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Heheh, I'm reading the Cronicles of Narnia right now, just for the heck of |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Color Kittens! |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. There are so many! |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Struwwelpeter |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. OMG...my best friend gave me that book when I was in grade school... |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. My grown daughter says pretty much the same. |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. I didn't read Der Struwwelpeter until I was in college... |
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sparky_in_ma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. The "Lucky Starr" series |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. Ugh, no way to say, I read so many as a child. But among others, I liked |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. I started reading the Bobbsey Twins in 2nd grade... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I shouldn't have forgotten about the Bobbsey Twins either. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. The Wrinkle in Time series. |
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shanine (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. Nancy Drew here n/t |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. Watership Down, The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings, Shardik |
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shesemsmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. The Box Car Children's books |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I forgot about the Boxcar Children. |
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shesemsmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. Yes wasn't that great reading for that time |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. Nancy Drew mysteries. n/t |
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FourStarDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. I liked all the Judy Blume books |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. Judy Bolton by Margaret Sutton |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
50. I never read childrens' books when I was a kid, but have really |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. Noel Streatfeild's "Shoes" series |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. The encyclopedia set |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I forgot about Mrs. Coverlet. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. Anything by Judy Blume, Harriet the Spy |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Did you ever read From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Loved. That. Book. |
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cestpaspossible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
57. 'Banner in the Sky' is one I remember liking...also 'White Fang' |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. Trixie Belden series and the Nancy Drew series |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew here too! |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
62. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. Mike Mulligan |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
65. King of the Wind... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Comfort food for your brain... |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. Black Stallion series by Walter Farley |
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R. A. Fuqua (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
68. I loved all these books! |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. I loved the "Afred Hitchcock And The Three Investigators" books.. |
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Chauga (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
70. Where The Wild Things Are |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-05 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
72. i was a bookworm |
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