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daisy

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 9:52 pm

I loved the Little House books! Also All of A Kind Family and the Betsy-Tacy series.

what about you?

Rochel Leah

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 10:05 pm

I didin't really have a favourite. I loved any book I could get a hold of. its funny though cuz I am buying the same preschooler books for my son as I had when I was younger, just for the fond memories they bring me. I wanna share it with him as well..like "the very best place for a penny" the yossi and leibel series the muchnik books.

there are so many more but I cant buy them all at once.

shoy18

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 10:14 pm

my favorite childhood books are babysitters club I own every last one of them!

but my fav kids book is bread and jam for francis

happyone

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 10:23 pm

nancy drew and hardy boys

Itta

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 10:57 pm

the Little Women series (little women, jo's boys... ect.)

I read nancy drew too.

ElTam

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 11:11 pm

My two favorites are Miss Suzy (for little kids) about a nice squirrel who is run out of her house by bad rats and rescued by toy soldiers and Ballet Slippers (for kids who can read on their own) about a collector who winds up with three little orphan girls.

Of course, I loved the Little Women books, the Little House books, and the Anne of Green Gables books as well.

amother

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 11:16 pm

anyone familiar with Enid blyton books?
I was specifically interested in finding the Mallory towers series..any aussies out there know what I am talking about? or English?
I live in the states

zigi

Wed, Jan 11 2006, 11:20 pm

cheaper by the dozen, little house, babysitters club, all of a kind family, the box car children, nancy drew, cs. lewis lion witch and the wardrobe( I know its about yushke)I didn't realise it when I was a kid. basically anything I could read.

amother

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 1:18 pm

I used to love the books, set of 4 , not sure what its called but it has an orphan train. maybe its called the orphan train books. but each of the 4 is about a different brother or sister who was adopted by a different family off the orphan train and tells there experience.
do you know what I'm talking about?

DefyGravity

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 1:23 pm

When I was little I LOVED:
the Sweet Valley Twins series
Baby Sitters Club

anything by:
Lois Duncan
Lois Lowry
Beverly Cleary
Judy Blume
Cynthia Voigt
Christopher Pike

Tuck Everlasting
Rascal
Where the Red Fern Grows

I could go on and on!

DefyGravity

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 1:31 pm

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My two favorites are Miss Suzy (for little kids) about a nice squirrel who is run out of her house by bad rats and rescued by toy soldiers

I also had that book when I was little! I haven't thought about that book in years. It was so cute. . . I loved her little house!

*hit by nostalgia*

stem

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:12 pm

Anything by Gordon Korman!!!! LOL

his books are the only ones I still LOL when reading!

lucky

Thu, Jan 12 2006, 2:37 pm

I loved the Little House series. Also Annie of Green Gables. But basicly I read whatever I could get my hands on.

zigi

Sun, Jan 15 2006, 12:38 am

you mean the orphan train quartet, by joan lowry nixon, I also really like those books

suomynona

Mon, Jan 16 2006, 2:55 pm

stem wrote:

Anything by Gordon Korman!!!!

gryp

Mon, Jan 16 2006, 3:13 pm

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ditto!
is CS Lewis really about Chrsitianity? I didnt realize.
and of course Gordon Korman, although I read them as an adult not as a kid Smile

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but my fav kids book is bread and jam for francis

how did I forget that book???? you brought back for me a whole new load of memories, thanx!

and what about that dog with black spots, whats its name? once he turned black with white spots.
and Stone Soup.
and that duck who always got whacked for being the last in line. Smile

Encyclopedia Brown.
Mr Poppers Penguins, is that what its called?
and last but not least, the all time favorite: TINTIN. Very Happy

shopaholic

Mon, Jan 16 2006, 3:22 pm

I LOVED The Babysitters Club. I read all of them (well, all of those that were published until I was 16 or so) I also loved All of a Kind Of Family. My friends all used to read Sweet Valley Twins but my mother said they weren't suitable. I don't blame her. I wouldn't want my dd reading about boyfriends & crushes either.

gryp

Mon, Jan 16 2006, 3:28 pm

sounds like you read them after all Wink

just kidding. I wasnt allowed to read them either, and I didnt.

shopaholic

Mon, Jan 16 2006, 3:32 pm

Rg I didn't read them, but my mother told me that was the reason why I couldn't . And still, I turned out just fine Smile

nehama

Mon, Feb 20 2006, 11:14 pm

I read just about anything as long as it wasn't scary.
Gordon Korman was my favorite, and the Narnia series (I tried to prove to my father that it has such good Hashkafas! Oops, I guess you see what you want to see.
Anyone read Roald Dahl's books?
Little Lord Fauntleroy?
The Secret Garden, The Little Princess
The Dark is Rising
How about the Bakers' Dozen series? I loved those because I felt like I could relate because I was the same age as the quints when I was reading them.
I think every book I read became my favorite!

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