What Was Your Favorite Childhood Book?

Funny, I loved Hardy Boys series too as a girl. I never did read the Nancy Drew series, but I loved the Hardy Boys. And Heidi, just exactly for the reasons you stated. Also a great book.

You know, that's a really good point. I think a lot of popular kids' books have a message in them for both adults and kids alike. Maybe that's why we can relate to a kids' book no matter how many years pass.

Yea, I love the Wizard of Oz, although I'll have to admit I never read it as a child, but did read it as an adult. It's great and I love it, although I don't think I've read any of his other books. I just got through putting a long post on a new blog I've started about books about how the book The Wizard of Oz came to be (he originally self-published that with the illustrator and they shared the copyright at first, but it was published to critical acclaim and a lot of financial success since the author had already self-published 2 other kids' books before this one...but nothing to do with OZ). I also put at the bottom of that same post how you might recognize a first edition of this book (worth a whole lot of money, but really rare to find one). I'm not sure about mylot's rules, but since I rarely see people putting their web addresses or blog addresses in posts here I'm guessing that's probably against the rules and I've yet to figure out how to post the blog address on my profile page here (technology is not my strong point by any means). If you want to read that post about Wizard of Oz pm me and I'll give you the address. It's on my facebook page as well.

Oh, thanks so much. Sorry to be late in responding, just haven't been on site and haven't had time to work much on blog with several things that came up. Thanks for the info. That's a big help.

Hi, I'm with you. In school the teachers would always read us Bible stories, which were interesting. However, I always liked fairy tales better too. I used to read the Brothers Grimm fairy tales and it's only as an adult that I realized how really grim they were. They had a lot of gruesome details in them, but no matter I still loved them as a kid.

i rad a lot of disney books when i was little. when i was a kid, i even asked my mom why people always give me books instead of toys. back then, even if i did love books, i still would have loved to receive toys. my mom said maybe it's because she also loved to read. that's why my godmothers (who are her friends) would give me books, because they assume that i'll turn out like her.

Yea, books are great but when you're a little kid getting toys is also great sometimes too. Still, sounds like it instilled a love of reading for you.

I had forgotten about Shel Silversten but you're right, he's great. I remember reading his Where the Sidewalk Ends years ago to one of my nieces and he's one of her favorite authors as well. Thanks for your response.

Me too. I'm a big time Narnia freak. I didn't even know about those when I was a child. I read them, though, a couple of years back as an adult, loved them, and I still absolutely love them today. I remember seeing the movie "The Secret Garden" but haven't yet read the book. Since books are almost always better then the movies, especially when it's classic like this title, I need to remember to put reading that particular book on my "to-do someday" list.

I think the best stories are the ones that can be enjoyed no matter how old or young you are. Narnia is one of those for me. I've seen two movie adaptations... neither of which I particularly liked. I think there's another one in black and white that I haven't seen. Anyway, it's a great book and I do recommend that you put it on your to-read list.

Funny, I was just thinking about those books this morning. They did have good stories and they got a lot of kids to start reading when those came out. Thanks for your response.

Hi, I also loved the Archie comics. I've never read the Sweet Valley books but they're a big favorite with the younger people now in my family. Thanks for your response.

Yes, I loved the old comics as well. I remember reading the Little Match Girl once when I was younger I think. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was a really good book.

Hi, Yea, I read the first V.C. Andrews book and after that I read a couple more. I just ran out of time but I thought they were pretty good books actually. Thanks for your response.

Yea, I still read them too even after all this time. I love kids' books. And, like you, I love to see kids today read.