Favorite Childhood Book

[trainlady]

What was your favorite childhood book?

Mine was the Little House On The Prarie Series.

hugs,train

[Abear]

Originally posted by trainlady
Mine was the Little House On The Prarie Series.

Mine too!!!

I read the original book plus every book in the series at least three times!!


My second favorite was Nancy Drew Mysteries.

[danstigerangel]

I also have to say my fav books were the Little House series. I also remember the book, "Are you There God, It's Me Margaret". I must've read that book several times.

Lauri

[Juliecc913]

I was a Nancy Drew freak but I also loved Little Women.

[karlanee]

I also was obsessed with the Ingalls' family - Little House on the Prairie is STILL my favorite book series. I think I've seen every television episode too. I have the entire book series plus all the ones about Caroline and Rose as girls too, and some non-fiction books about Laura.

My obsession started in 3rd grade when a teacher at my school saw me reading the book. She gave me a picture of the real Laura, Mary and Carrie and some information sheets, with dates and names taken from the family bible. I still have them. They are among my most prized posessions.

I think I even dressed up like Laura quite a few times for dress up events.

I also have read all the original Nancy Drew series and Nancy ranks a very close second to Laura.

[debknechtel]

I also loved the little house on the prarie series!!

Some other favs were

Nancy drew
Trixie Beldon
Cheryl Ames(student nurse)
The lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Anne of Green Gables books
Are you there God its Me Margaret
I also read Thornbirds when I was 11 and it is still one of my favorite books(I was in advanced English in School by3 to 4 grades not a typical 11 year old book to read)


Hugs Debbie

[sugar_n_spice]

my all time favorites was the nancy drew series. my very first book was called a pony for penny and old yeller but i was a big nancy drew fan read the hardy boys but nothing held up to nacy drew

[moonlight7275]

To debknechtel: Wow, you know Trixie Beldon? I haven't ran across anyone who knew that series. I remember an old 5 & dime store, or whatever those were called, called M.E. Moses used to sell those in paperbacks for like a $1.99. I bought 6 of them and I still have them! I never got to finish reading the rest of the series though cuz the store closed and at that time that was the nearest store I could walk to.

But my favorite book is the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. She wrote that book when she was 16 years old and I thought it was just wonderful, especially as a young teen, who was also somewhat an outsider, though not to the extreme of the characters in the book. I also loved the movie--all the hunks before they got famous--Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, and Ralph Macchio. I still have my original book too.

I still have my first book that I purchased (well, mom bought it, I picked it) called Benjy's Boat Trip when I was in the first grade.

[MidnightAngel]

Hi.
I have always loved to read, and my favorite childhood books were Louisa May Alcott books. I still have the set of 6 including Little Women, which I adored. But, I really liked the Laura Ingalls Wilder books too.
MidnightAngel

[Sammi1961]

When I was really young, about 8 or 9 I loved books by Thorton W. Burgess. They were animal stories. When I was 10-11 I loved the Alfred Hitch**** Three Investigator series about 3 boys who were "private investigators" who solved mysteries. I also loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and any book by Judy Blume or Norma Klein. Once I hit my teen years, Stephen King became the rage.