What was your favourite book when you were child?

@lida44 (223)
Finland
April 1, 2007 4:46am CST
Nowadays kids are more about computers and Internet although some of parents still reading books to their children. My parents read me many books when i was a kid. But my favorite were fairtales and "Karlsson" by Swedish wrirer Astrid Lindgren. What was yours?
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@mickidmw (992)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Mother Goose. We loved that book growing up! It was by far the best. A close second were all of the Dr suess like green eggs and ham!
@lida44 (223)
• Finland
5 Apr 07
I see u are not the only one who liked Dr. Suess..May be i also should read for myself pretending that i m reading it for kids only :) Thank u for response.
• United States
4 Apr 07
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
5 Apr 07
oh yes famouse book. thx for answer.
@5000ml (1923)
• Belgium
3 Apr 07
My most favourite book was by a Dutch writer, it's called de Tuinen van Dorr. Apart from that I loved all the books by Roald Dahl, especially Matilda and the Witches.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
3 Apr 07
This is something new from Dutch. Must check it out , cuz i like Europeanian authors. Thank you for response.
@dhiyah (34)
• Indonesia
3 Apr 07
commic series like NINA or Tintin. I also like to read Enid Blyton's book
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
3 Apr 07
good to know and thank u for reply. As i said i didnt have comics in my childhood and i always liked thick books more.
@Kainaz (83)
• India
3 Apr 07
I used to love famous five by enid blyton and the nancy drew series.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
3 Apr 07
Oh yes its popular British children's writer, although her books somehow passed me by, but now when u remind me, should get it. Great present for kids. Thank u for reply!!
• United States
3 Apr 07
I hated to be read to, so learned to read on my own rather early. I remember that the first book I ever read on my own was "Danny and the Dinosaur". Later, though, my hands-down favorites where the dozens of Nancy Drew novels my mother had. I plowed through those eagerly and probably read each of them about four times. My favorite of those was "The Moonstone Castle Mystery", though it's been 20 years or more since I last read it and couldn't tell you for sure why.
@lida44 (223)
• Finland
3 Apr 07
Sounds like an interesting book. Probably should get it for my friend's kid , who also like reading. Thx for response.
@creematee (2810)
• United States
1 Apr 07
My favorite book when I was a young child was "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Suess. I think I checked this book out of our school library 3 weeks out of 4. My mom got soooo tired of reading it to me. I still love it!! I could almost recite it word for word. Dr. Suess books are still my favorites. My kids love geah, and "Fox in Socks." They think it's funny when mommy's tounge gets tied reading that one. (it gets pretty sore, too!)
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
1 Apr 07
Was funny to read ur comment cuz can imagine ur poor mom who had to read ur Dr.Suess over and over again. I also used to asked my mom to read my favourite book again and again. And only years later when i had to read same books for my cousins i understood how "nice" it had to be for my mom :)
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
1 Apr 07
My favorite was a comic series known as Tinkle. It used to contain so many short stories and it also had beautiful science facts and animal facts presented in a comic way that you used get both facts as well as fun. My father was a big fan of the way Tinkle used to present facts to children, so every month he used to get from the lending library. If I have to look for a book, then Panchatantra was my favorite. This again was a collection of stories revolving around humans and animals with a moral for each story. It is great fun for reading aloud as well as enacting as a kid. Cheers! Ram
@lida44 (223)
• Finland
1 Apr 07
thank u for detailed answer. Have never read those. when i was kid we didnt have comic books. But it was nice to read about u and ur dad. i think its really nice when parents spend time with kid by reading books to a child. It develops kid as well as leaves bright memories about childhood.
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@karvin87 (1033)
• India
1 Apr 07
hey i used to read a lot of commic books when was of around 8-10 yrs....books like archies, tinkle,tin-tin and many more...it was all fun and even today i lay my hands on one of them if i get n oppertunity!!lolz! but yeah reading is gr8 fun...now a days i m reading books like shantaram,loss of inheritence and 5.some1.....i guess m growing now....as far as reading is concerned!!! cheeerrsss!!!
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
1 Apr 07
Comics are never get old. In fact there are adult comic books:) Although the moment i ve started reading by myself i picked books in line with own taste. I never been big fan of comics , always liked thik books more. Even now i dont read so much short stories. Thanks for reply!
• United States
6 Apr 07
I loved any books. I am an avid reader and always have been. Both of my childen had the same favorite book. "Are You My Mother" by Dr. Seuss. My granddaughter love all the Junie B. Jones books. She is also an avid reader.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
6 Apr 07
I see Dr.Seuss is very popilar book for kids and its great that u also read books for ur kids and now even for granddaughter. I see here a family tradition . Its soo nice!:)thank u for reply.
@Erinlpx (179)
• United States
2 Apr 07
When I was a YOUNG child I have to say "Where the Wild Things Are". I absolutely loved that book.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
3 Apr 07
thx for reply, never heard about this book, but i likeed ur YOUNG child expression :) I ve imagined an OLD child with grey hair and beard:)
@ackars (1942)
• India
7 Apr 07
The favourite book from my childhood and till now is Harry potter...Its a book which amused me all through out my life.I ve read all the series of it and is of the opinion that she shouldnt stop making newones...Im waiting for the next book in the series...
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
9 Apr 07
yes i think its great book and its probably would win competition of most popular books of your generation :)thanks for sharing
• Canada
6 Apr 07
Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett... to me it was the best book ever and I have had my copy for almost 15 years
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
9 Apr 07
THX.I also keep some of my books from childhood till now.
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
some disney princesses....ya know sleeping beauty, cinderellas and snow white....also....hansel and gretel too..w/c i got from my 4th bday....
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
1 Apr 07
yup those r good ones! hansel and Gretel was bit scary for me though.. hmm dunno why, but didnt like it so much:)
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
9 Apr 07
As a child I loved the Mr Men series, you know the collection of Mr Men, I think there were 26 in total. I used to love Mr Messy and Mr Bump, I used to feel sorry for poor Mr Bump, I would take these to school with me. I used to get them bought for me for birthdays and Christmas, mum has still got them now at home and doesn't want to part with them.
@lida44 (223)
• Finland
9 Apr 07
oh its really lovely that ur mom is still keeping ur childhood books! My mom does the same and some of books from my childhood i have at my home till now. thank u for reply.
@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
when i was a kid i was left at home most of the time and i couldnt get my fill of the books that i could read. I started with my Grollier&Dunlap four volume Disney books, then i started with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, then i had Alfred Hitchcock's the Three Investigators, from there i progressed to other novels. When I was a teenager i became a ghost story fanatic and read the likes of Stephen King and Anne Rice and my Dad brought me two books that were compilations of ghost stories around the world. Though im a girl, i never had that romance, chick pocketbook phase that most of my friends were reading lol. i considered them quite absurd lol
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
6 Apr 07
I also liked reading very much when i was kid as well as i do now. And at early ages when i couldnt read i always asked my mom what he is reading and asked her to read me aloud. So i remeber when i was 4 my mom was reading that time Jack London and Émile Zola. I have to say that Zola was scary for me :)) When i started reading myself i liked very much advantures books such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Mayne Reid and James Fenimore Cooper. Thank u for reply!
@1983tyler (507)
• United States
5 Apr 07
My favorite book as a child was "Alice in Wonderland". My parents didn't read to me, but it was my favorite book to read.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
6 Apr 07
oh its great i had LP of this book and it was one of my favourite, I used to play it over and over again :) Thank u for reply!
• United States
6 Apr 07
my parents didnt read to me when i was a kid. how i came to love reading, i have NO idea. i guess it was just something that came to me naturally. i can remember being in first grade and asking my mom to take me to the library. she would take me, and we would spend hours there. she also enjoyed reading, but she had her books. i always went for the ramona quimby books. i dont remember the author, but the main character was alittle girl named ramona quimby. i hope my kids will love to read as much as i do.
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
6 Apr 07
The writer name is Beverly Cleary :)Its for that case if u need book for kids. I also liked and love still libraries. And when i was first grade we went to the library with our class and since that time i went there all the time. SOmetimes i just read books there because not all books were permited to take home.Thank u for reply.
@juneedpk (65)
• Pakistan
1 Apr 07
when i was child i read books of robin crouso and cinderlla
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
1 Apr 07
oh that robinzon crouso i have read when i was kid and was ill so didnt like so much, probably cuz had high temperature. but then later i read it once more and i liked it.
@Lisa625 (11)
6 Apr 07
i always love to read judy Blume and then charlottes web which has come alive again, i think reading is so fun and i try to pass it on to all of my kids
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@lida44 (223)
• Finland
6 Apr 07
Yes i also think that reading is fun and also good way of educate kids, thats why i think parents should read for kid already in early ages.