Books You Loved as a Child

[TitusTwoWife]

What are some books you loved growing up?

 

[TitusTwoWife]

I liked a lot of fantasy books like the Narnia series by C.S Lewis, The Golden Compass Trilogy by Philip Pullman, The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (I may be getting that last name wrong) and Tamora Pierce's Magic Circle series.

 

[Bob]

Thank for the interesting question.

The Babar and Winnie-the-Pooh books

We also Loved reading to our children and grandchildren. They (and we) enjoyed authors like Beatrix Potter, Dr. Seuss, Richard Scary, Beverly Cleary, Tolkien. The best Children’s books reinforce parental instruction in Love Your Neighbor.

Blessings.

 

[Pearl]

my Grandmother used to always give books as presents and I got books as prizes for Sunday school attendance and I spent hours in the library choosing books. I have always been an avid reader. According to my Amazon Fire I have read 177 books this year.

Some of my favourites were the Adventure series by Enid Blyton; the What Katy Did books and the Little Women series. I also like stories set in boarding schools and the Noel Streatfield books about ballet etc.. From the library I used to get books about the lives of famous composers and there were always some music in those which I liked to play.

 

[ShineTheLight]

Thank for the interesting question.

The Babar and Winnie-the-Pooh books

We also Loved reading to our children and grandchildren. They (and we) enjoyed authors like Beatrix Potter, Dr. Seuss, Richard Scary, Beverly Cleary, Tolkien. The best Children’s books reinforce parental instruction in Love Your Neighbor.

Blessings.

Is it weird to still be reading children's books?

I liked reading Dr. Sesuss as a kid. I liked the Lorax. Something about the Lorax story made me think.

I also read the Bernstein Bears as a kid. Yes, it was called stein and not stain.

 

[TitusTwoWife]

Is it weird to still be reading children's books?

I liked reading Dr. Sesuss as a kid. I liked the Lorax. Something about the Lorax story made me think.

I also read the Bernstein Bears as a kid. Yes, it was called stein and not stain.

I loved both of them growing up :)

 

[TitusTwoWife]

I remember Junie B. Jones now. Lol if you know you know.

 

[Riven]

 

[TLHKAJ]

What are some books you loved growing up?

I loved the Little House books. And when my children were small, I would gather them around in the evening and read them from the Elsie Dinsmore books by Martha Finley. That series is amazing. Each chapter starts with a scripture and it promotes Christian character.

 

[TLHKAJ]

What are some books you loved growing up?

See spot run..... lol, j/k .....had to throw that in! Haha!

 

[Debp]

When I was really young I liked the Beatrix Potter books. My mom would take me to the library and I can remember looking at them to check out.

When a little older I liked the Nancy Drew (teen detective) books. My dad eventually bought me the whole series for Christmas.

I also liked the Trixie Belden books...she was also a child detective. And I had maybe one of the Hardy boys books...also detectives. When a little older I read a couple of Agatha Christie books. I still enjoy a good mystery.

Also read books about the Holocaust in my teens.

 

[Riven]

The Goosebumps books.

 

[David Lamb]

My mum used to read us "Winnie the Pooh" by A. A. Milne. She was very good at putting on different voices for the various characters. When I could read for myself, I liked the "Famous Five" books by Enid Blyton.

 

[Lambano]

The book version, not the movie.

 

[Lambano]

 

[Lambano]

This one captured my imagination as a young teenager.

 

[David Lamb]

The book version, not the movie.

Yes, it was the book of Winnie the Pooh, not the film/movie, that I meant in my post. I liked the book you mention, too.

 

[TLHKAJ]

When I was really young I liked the Beatrix Potter books. My mom would take me to the library and I can remember looking at them to check out.

Those are some I liked as well. :)

 

[TLHKAJ]

I remember the librarian at an elementary school I attended would read to us each time we went to check books out. I remember in particular, "Where the Red Fern Grows."

 

[Lambano]

Robert Heinlein wrote "hard" science fiction, and my dad was a big fan of his. As a child, I dipped into dad's book stash. This one was from a set that was targeted at teenagers, though I actually had read most of them while I was still in elementary school. It started a long love of science fiction that lasted through college and into my 20s. Unfortunately, I lost it when the genre changed back in the late '80s and 90s in a way I can't really pin my finger on. Or maybe it was me who changed.