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What were some of your favorite books when you were a child? Do you still have them?
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Question of the Day: Wednesday 2/1/2012
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The very popular British author Enid Blyton
http://www.enidblyton.net/
Thousands of children were brought up on her books, and l had most of them because my sister worked in a large book shop.
I haven't got them now but l wish l had kept them
http://www.enidblyton.net/
Thousands of children were brought up on her books, and l had most of them because my sister worked in a large book shop.
I haven't got them now but l wish l had kept them
The Little Kittens and one about a selfish kitten. I don't know the name of it. He falls in a bucket of blue paint and everyone liked him. His mother told him it was because he changed the way he treated others not that he was blue. Cute story.
I think the first book I read was goodnight Moon!
Nancy Drew!! I inhaled Nancy Drew books. 
And they're still up in a closet in my old room at my mom's house. (I think. I hope.)
And they're still up in a closet in my old room at my mom's house. (I think. I hope.)
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Babysitter's Little Sister and Goosebumps were my favorites. I have most of them at my parent's still
My favorites were:
Mimi the Merry-Go-Round Cat
The LIttlest Angel
Dr. Goat
We had tons of books at our house, all of my siblings and myself are voracious readers.
I do still have the first 2 books; unfortunately, Dr.Goat literally fell apart. I managed to find a copy in an antique mall a few years back and was absolutely delighted!
Good question, Maria!
Mimi the Merry-Go-Round Cat
The LIttlest Angel
Dr. Goat
We had tons of books at our house, all of my siblings and myself are voracious readers.
I do still have the first 2 books; unfortunately, Dr.Goat literally fell apart. I managed to find a copy in an antique mall a few years back and was absolutely delighted!
Good question, Maria!
WINNIE THE POOH and the NANCY DREW Series. I think I've still got my NANCY DREW books somewhere.
Heidi was one of my favorites - I still would love to go to Switzerland someday.
I loved a series of books (a little older than a child at that time - maybe 13 or so) by an author named Albert Payson Terhune. I don't know if anybody ever heard of him, but he was a breeder of champion collies and wrote books about his dogs --- Lad A Dog was one of the best.
I loved a series of books (a little older than a child at that time - maybe 13 or so) by an author named Albert Payson Terhune. I don't know if anybody ever heard of him, but he was a breeder of champion collies and wrote books about his dogs --- Lad A Dog was one of the best.
Definitely the Black Stallion books by Walter Farley and the My Friend Flicka trilogy by Mary O'Hara. My nieces and nephews got the former, but I still have the latter. Born Free, Living Free and Forever Free by Joy Adamson were other favorites that I still have.
Goosebumps were my favorite. They were really easy to read and I liked them. I've collected almost all of them. I think I'm missing 4.
I posted books above but just remembered one that I always loved --- "Black Beauty".
Goodnight Moon! I had to get that for DD too. According to my Aunt, my Gram started all the grandkids on that one! Other little kid books were like The Bernstein Bears and Mercer Mayer's books.
When I got a bit older it was either the Mandy series by Lois Gladys Leppard or The Baby Sitter's Club.)
When I got a bit older it was either the Mandy series by Lois Gladys Leppard or The Baby Sitter's Club.
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I always liked the Nancy Drew books. Hardy Boys, too. I never had many of them...I just devoured them from the library.Nancy Drew!! I inhaled Nancy Drew books.
And they're still up in a closet in my old room at my mom's house. (I think. I hope.)
My favorite book, then and now, is Alice in Wonderland. I just love that book. Rick gave me a beautiful pop-up copy of Alice in Wonderland several years ago for Christmas. It's gorgeous.
The Bobbsey Twins, Little House series, and Oz books were my faves. I still have the Oz books.
I also enjoyed reading encyclopedias.
I also enjoyed reading encyclopedias.
As a child my favorite books were the Hardy Boys and Trixie Belden series. Loved them and must have re-read all of them dozens of times.
Goosebumps, Nancy Drew, and The Happy Hollisters. I think I pretty much read every book in those series.
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys!!!!! I also loved the Raggedy and Andy books as a child and still have the all the books.
The Black Stallion series and, well, any book that had to do with horses. I also loved the Heidi series (Heidi, Heidi Grows Up, and Heidi's Children) along with the Bambi series (Bambi and Bambi's Children). They were actually my mom's books when she was growing up and she gave them to me. I re-read them so many times I lost count. I basically read anything I could get my hands on as a child (things haven't changed much as an adult!
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The principle, from Antoine de Saint-exupery...
and I keep it!...
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_principito
and I keep it!...http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_principito
