Children's Books

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:50pm

My personal favorites have been The Phantom Tollbooth, The Chronicles of Narnia, anything by Daniel Manus Pinkwater (especially Alan Mendelson, The Boy From Mars) and the Harry Potter books.

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:54pm

"Adopted Jane" was my very favorite but I can't remember who wrote it right now.

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[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:58pm

Phantom Tollbooth, The Westing Game, A Fish For Mrs. Gardenia, Eloise, the Clue books.... there was another book I read a lot but I can't remember what it's called. It's about a little girl whose sister gets married on her birthday and the girl feels stuck in the shadows. Reminds me of my mother's third marriage where she got married two days after my seventh birthday, come to think of it.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 2/7/04 at 10:24pm

The Westing Game (I still read that once in a while!), the Clue series, the Little House (Laura Ingalls Wilder) series, The Phantom Tollbooth, Nancy Drew Series, and when I was much younger I was obsessed with Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters' Club.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 2/7/04 at 11:34pm

i loved The Whipping Boy! (plz dont turn this dirty) ;D

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 2:17pm

Charlotte's Web
The Roald Dahl books
Little House on the Prairie series
The Cricket in Times Square
Misty of Chincoteague
Henry Huggins series
Encyclopedia Brown series

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 2:47pm

Encyclopedia Brown series! I remember them and I liked them better than Nancy Drew.

D

[Elphie]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:27pm

Peppermints in the Parlor!

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 5:12pm

my all time favorite is elephie pelephi: the cat with the high i.q.

they're not particularly children's books, but i started reading them in 2nd grade and credit them with most of the health that i have spritually: the don camillo books by giovanni guareschi.

[CJR]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 5:25pm

(from when I was *really* little) The Lonely Doll

Words of Stone
Bridge to Terabithia
Wrinkle in Time
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Blubber
Deenie
The Face on the Milk Carton
Whatever Happened to Janie?
Letters from the Inside
So Much to Tell You
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

[PennyLou]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 7:39pm

Well as a real litte kid (like still in dipers and a crib) my favorite book was "The Little Engen That Could" it was the fist thing I ever memorized. I would make my parents read it to me every night and when they thoughtI was a sleep they would skip a page and I would say "No thats not how it goes!"

Other books from when I was really litte where

Susen and Gordon Adopt a Baby
The Giving Tree

Grover Goes to School,the Little christmas Elf,Ordainary Amos and the Amazing Fish,A Fish For Mrs. Gardenia,Olson's Meat Pies

then when I got a little oled I got into all the Wayside school storys, Baby sitters club, Ramona's storys,and How To Eat Fride Worms, The Chocolate Touch, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

and now I read Horry Potter

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 2/9/04 at 11:41am

I'm completely serious about my selections, by the way. "Everybody Poops" and "The Gas We Pass". If every child fully understood that they are just like every other child we wouldn't have half the societal problems that we do.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 2/9/04 at 11:52am

When I was really little I used to love the Ragedy Ann and Andy books. Then it was The Babysitter's Club, Sweet Valley Twins, and the R.L. Stein books.

[b-waygirl]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:35pm

a wrinkle in time, roald dahl stuff, a room made of windows, narnia stuff, the hobbit, those books that i forget the author of but i know the series had magic or not, double magic, the knight's castle, stuff like that. i forget everything else i used to read but i still have all my kids books on one of my bookshelves(i have three huge ones)

[sabrelady]

Posted: 2/13/04 at 7:28pm

The Narnia books, Swallows & Amazons , We Didn't Mean to Go To Sea,Wrinkle in Time & the sequel, the Famous Five. & a bunch of books where kids find a magic way into their fav books. Ivanhoe was one.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 2/13/04 at 7:35pm

The Everworld series by K.A. Applegate. I was totally into the mythology thing......not to mention it mentioned RENT a bunch of times!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 2/13/04 at 11:30pm

Harry Potter series, The Giving Tree and The Little Prince. I absolutely adore The Little Prince, and The Giving Tree makes me cry EVERY SINGLE FRICKIN' TIME!

[Broadwaygirl4life]

Posted: 2/15/04 at 5:50pm

If I'm not mistaken the giving tree. Is that with the tree that gives parts of his trunk away. And its a green book. Because if I remember correctly that book is so sad!

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 2/16/04 at 2:43pm

Velveteen Rabbit. 'Nuff said.