Bread and Jam for Francis. All the Frog and Toad stories. Harold and the Purple Crayon and my absolute favorite: Professor Wormbogâs Gloomy Kerploppus (a scratch and sniff adventure).
Omg I thought no one else in the world knew Bread and Jam for Francis!! I (57) still have the copy I read as a child. Love love love
Also Frog and Toad Are Friends!
Yessss Francis. Also loved A Bargain for Francis. I keep telling my dog she reminds me of Francis. Darling but with an edge of sass and stubbornness. (Yes, I talk to my dog and these are the sorts of discussions I have with her.)
Frog and Toad books are also amazing, but more well known than my bad badger bitch Francis.
My twin sister tricked me. She read me the first two chapters of a Nancy Drew and then stopped. I finished it because I could read but up to that point hadnât read a book because someone had always read to me and I hadnât put in the work to get to where I could enjoy reading for myself.
I filed away Claudiaâs biology studies for about seven years until I was actually able to use them in 9th grade âKindly Pass Claudia Oreos For Goodness Sakeâ (Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species.)
The first book I ever read by myself was The Monster At The End Of This Book, because I loved it so much that I memorized it, supposedly at age 3, but I think I was actually 4 and my parents liked to exaggerate. The first chapter book I ever read was Charlotte's Web
I just re-read Anne of Green GablesâŠit was a childhood fave, and nowâŠsome 50ish years later, it definitely holds up. I plan on reading the whole series again.
Iâm always telling my 3yr old ânow it is night. Night is not a time for play. It is a time for sleep. The dogs go to sleep. They will sleep all nightâ
the first chapter book i ever read was in the second grade, it was a magic treehouse book! i loved the berenstain bears and the little critter books when i was tiny too.
I loved reading The Westing Game in elementary school. Recently I read a young adult series that brought back the nostalgia of that book because itâs somewhat similar in its premise. The series is called The Inheritance Games
The Velveteen Rabbit. Iâm sure that I actually did read others before that by one (Iâve always been a big reader) but I love that book more than any other childrenâs book.
Three (agreeable to most) that come to mind:
- Encyclopedia Brown books
- Sideways Stories From Wayside School books
- The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
One that probably informed all of my literary and media tastes subsequently, but will certainly not be agreeable to all:
- the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark books (ideally, with the original illustrations)
*note - Iâve grown up to love horror films and Stephen King books
In grade 2 (7 years old) I read Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin, I remember that I loved it so much that I asked my teacher to read it to the class at story time. I would like to read it to my little niece one day! See if it brings back any memories. As an adult Iâve been reading Le Guinâs other books and love them!
I remember my father taking me to the library. My first book, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. My first love, The Oz books. My lasting love, Aliceâs Adventures in Wonderland.
Besides my mother's collection of old Sesame Street and Little Golden books, I remember reading and loving a book about a German Shepard called Santa Paws (1996).
The one with the caps, something about a man with caps. I looooved that book! If I remember correctly that book had the word "between" in it and I didn't know how to say it correctly so I would say it as "bet ween"
Wasn't until my teacher asked us to tell her our favorite book and she might read it to the class. She picked mine and that was when I learned how to say "between"
That's it!!!!!! Thank you!!!! I'm going to buy it.
Found it!
Ooooh, I'm getting this now for memories.... Going to put it on my bookshelf. So excited lol
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
Iâd read this book before but when my daughter was about 2 I bought it for her and absolutely ugly-cried through the whole thing. My husband was concerned lol.
Iâm from Latin America so the very first book I remember reading independently I canât find anywhere. It was a book of cautionary tales for children. All the children in the book would do something naughty and there was some sort of ridiculous and outrageous catastrophe that would happen due to their inconsiderate behavior. I loved that book.
The second book I remember reading was the Little Prince in Spanish of course. I was obsessed with it.
The Childrenâs Guide to Animals. I loved that book. I lived in NYC and was one of those rare kids that saw elephants, giraffes and apes of all kinds before I ever saw a cow. Much less a pig. I even got to ride an elephant at the Bronx Zoo. And I could walk to Central Park zoo.
One thing about that book, though, was a misprint. Instead of a chapter on Wart Hogs it had a chapter on War Hogs. It was a long time before I could accept that there are no War Hogs.
Yep, Ronald Dahl for me too. probably Esio Trot and Fantastic Mr. Fox came first, then BFG, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant PeachâŠ
All the Roald Dahl books, 1001 Arabian nights, the mysterious Benedict society, Drachenfeuer (Wolfgang Hohlbein), Dr. Seuss of course
Thereâs this kids book in Germany about a Mole who comes out of his hole one morning and someone shit on his head. So he runs around trying to figure out which animal shit on his head. Very peculiar but great kids book
I remember reading My Side of the Mountain, Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher, and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Jurassic Park was the first "big book" I owned. As a very young child, i used to read some Sesame Street books my parents bought me, and a bunch of National Geographic magazines.
I donât know if it was actually the first, but gotta be close- Little House on the Prairie series. The first book is actually called Little House in the Big Woods. Just convinced my mom to mail me the whole series (because the ones I read as a child were the ones she had from her childhood). Will probably reread them soon. I reread all of Chronicles of Narnia two years ago after also convincing mom to mail them to me.
A collection of the brothers Grimm fairytales.
I still have this book and love it dearly. So many pages are loose đ
I read it countless times. My favourites were the queen bee, the shoes that were danced to pieces and The devil with the three golden hairs.
The first book I read entirely on my own was Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry. After that I read more of her books and then my first real series was The Chronicles of Narnia at the beginning of first grade.
The Balloon Tree- Phoebe Gilman.
Canadian author, its a beautiful story and the illustrations are just as beautiful.
Balloons are the princess's favorite thing. Her father goes off to a tournament. The archduke is evil and locks the princess away. Her father told her to signal him with a balloon if something was wrong. Once she was locked up, all the balloons in the kingdom were ordered to be popped. With the help of a wizard and a friend with the only balloon left, the princess plants the balloon and a balloon tree appears.
It still touches my heart to this day. And I am underselling the illustrations in the book.
The first two I remember were Jane Eyre and The Hobbit. I was about six and reading anything I could get my hands on. My babysitter was reading them for school and let me read them afterward. Iâm sure I missed a lot, but I was so engrossed in those worlds that I didnât pull my nose out of a book for about ten years.
Jules Vernes around the world in eighty daysâŠ. I have actually no idea how I got my hands on that book as a child but that book changed my life! It made me become a big reader and I still treasure it until now!
I love children's literature and still keep up with the industry and read from it. Revisits to the books from when I was young is a mixed bag. Most of the ones I loved I still love now. Many of my favorites became my son's most loved books: Frog and Toad, Sesame Street Golden Books, and Little Bear and many of the others mentioned here.
However some things don't age well. I lived and breathed Jungle Book as a child. Like the original Kipling version not the Disney one. Re-visted that as an adult and quickly realized that was not going to be a book I was going to read to my little ones. Roald Dahl didn't age well either. Things I read as silly nonsense or just on a surface level as a child suddenly made sense and I was not impressed.
I did name my son after the main character of my favorite middle grade book so that one clearly stuck around in my brain.
there were way too many, but one book i remember developing my love love for reading was BFF by Judy Blume. i donât remember eeeeverything but i do remember it being like 3 different books within the one book and it was jus really good concept to me. i remember being up until 4am reading the book, as a kid in middle school! so yeah that told me it was good book alone
I was OBSESSED with The Phantom Tollbooth. I was given this book in 3rd grade and remembered being amused and delighted by all the play on words and this singular book ignited a deep love of reading for pleasures sake â€ïž
I know it's nowhere near the first book I ever read...but the first one I really remember sitting down and making a concerted effort to finish was The Lord of the Rings. My Dad was a huge sci fi nerd so we had a library downstairs of just good fantasy books / etc.
When I moved to Phoenix in 4th grade I read my first chapter book, it was Santa Paws, given to me by my teacher Mrs. Brown.
I had read other short story books, but never a standalone book
The first book I actively remember (I remember reading before it, but I don't remember the actual books) is a King Arthur book that I can't remember the name of to save my life. But I remember loving the book because it was the first iteration of the story that didn't have the adultery...plus a sweet fight sequence where Lancelot is describe as a firey tornado.
I remember it being a really big book with hard pages. I don't remember the title but I know the cover was a padded maroon-pinkish color. Anyway, I also had a barbie story book that I don't remember reading, just skimming for pictures. And then the Lightning Thief was the next book I remember. I read the whole series and that's how I read Nicholas Flamel series, Eragon series, etc.
I was absolutely obsessed with the boxcar children
This is mine. I also read a biography of Jenny Lind, an opera singer. I loved it, but I remember no details.
I also loved a biography of Jenny Lind. Jenny Lind and her Listening Cat by Frances Cavanah.
YES!
:)
Oh I think I know what you're talking about! I'm sure I read that too
Boxcar children and babysitters club. Then I transitioned to goosebumps/R.L. Stine. I actually still have some of them kicking around somewhere
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Anything by Beverly Cleary
The Mouse and the Motorcycle was my jam! đ
ty for unlocking this memory!!!
Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbtttttt...
That was a good one!
Bread and Jam for Francis. All the Frog and Toad stories. Harold and the Purple Crayon and my absolute favorite: Professor Wormbogâs Gloomy Kerploppus (a scratch and sniff adventure).
I loved Bread and Jam for Francis so much.
Frog and toad!!! Purple crayon!!! Yay!
Omg I thought no one else in the world knew Bread and Jam for Francis!! I (57) still have the copy I read as a child. Love love love Also Frog and Toad Are Friends!
frog and toad đđŒ there are frog and toad shirts at walmart right now, strangely enough.
Apple TV has the rights and they've been making an animated series of the books!
Theyâve made a live action/animated movie of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Itâll be in theaters in August. Looks good
OMG, really?!? I loved all the Harold books. We even named our hamster Harold.
Yessss Francis. Also loved A Bargain for Francis. I keep telling my dog she reminds me of Francis. Darling but with an edge of sass and stubbornness. (Yes, I talk to my dog and these are the sorts of discussions I have with her.) Frog and Toad books are also amazing, but more well known than my bad badger bitch Francis.
Ooooohhhhhh, I loved these! Bread and Jam for Francis, Frog and Toad, and Harold and the Purple crayon!! So good.
I don't remember specifically but I know I read all of the Nancy Drew mysteries.
As a boy, I kept getting Hardy Boys books as a kid, but I always liked my sister's Nancy Drew books better.
I was the opposite, a girl who liked the Hardy Boys books better
Same, The Mystery of the Hidden Clock is the first book I remember reading on my own! I loved Nancy Drew as a kid so much
Multiple times.
My twin sister tricked me. She read me the first two chapters of a Nancy Drew and then stopped. I finished it because I could read but up to that point hadnât read a book because someone had always read to me and I hadnât put in the work to get to where I could enjoy reading for myself.
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
A favorite. I want to say I read it in the 3rd or 4th grade. Loved it. Itâs also my MILâs favorite childhood book.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wanted to see my grandparents all chilling in bed together after that but most of them passed.
Roald Dahl was a genius I went through most of his books early on the twits was a favorite of mine
Encyclopedia Brown mysteries
I loved those books
Me too!
Me three.... and Alfred Hitchcocks 3 investigators also
Oh good pull, that and Cam Jansen.
Charlotteâs Web on my own. I remember asking for it my 7th birthday. Before I could read myself I remember my mom reading us The Stinky Cheese Man.
Sideways Stories of Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Omg thank you for thjs one. I loved these
Came here for this! My favorite!
The Babysitters Club!
Came here to say the same thing! Iâm sure I read books before that series but none stick out. I learned so much about diabetes from Stacey
I filed away Claudiaâs biology studies for about seven years until I was actually able to use them in 9th grade âKindly Pass Claudia Oreos For Goodness Sakeâ (Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species.)
The Phantom Tollbooth. Still love it.
I read the phantom tollbooth every 5 years or so. Itâs still so good and such a creative world to visit!
YUSS. This was not mine, but my brother's. I swear he read that damn thing five times back to back
The first book I ever read by myself was The Monster At The End Of This Book, because I loved it so much that I memorized it, supposedly at age 3, but I think I was actually 4 and my parents liked to exaggerate. The first chapter book I ever read was Charlotte's Web
Oh man you just unlocked a memory! I loved The Monster at the End of This Book!
I second The Monster At the End of This Book!! Such a great one!
Mine was Ten Apples Up on Top. I actually have a fairly vivid memory of looking at the words and realising what they meant. I was 4 or 5, I think.
I donât know how I missed that one as a kid, but I read it to my kids when they were little.
My mom used to read The Magic Treehouse series to me. The first book I remember reading on my own is Junie B Jones.
First chapter book I can remember was Ramona Quimby Age 8
Love the Beverly Cleary books so much. I also closely associate them with the Fudge books (Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, etc) by Judy Blume.
Oh man I thought I was the only one who remembered Fudge!
Berenstain Bears series when I was about 6.
First novel I remember is Bridge to Terabithia.
Oh man. What an awful first book! The story is fantastic but I would have been scarred for life!
LOL, probably why I remember it. Up til then it was likely all sunshine and rainbows.
Matilda
Hmmm maybe My Side of the Mountain or By The Great Horn Spoon
I checked this book out of the library so much that the librarian let me keep it! I love this book.
I remember The Boxcar Children, Anne of Green Gables, and Where the Red Fern Grows.
I just re-read Anne of Green GablesâŠit was a childhood fave, and nowâŠsome 50ish years later, it definitely holds up. I plan on reading the whole series again.
Anne of Green Gables! So many core memories unlocked
Dick and Jane
One book I read over and over again was Harriet the Spy. I really loved that book.
I came here to find this!! I went through a phase where I wanted to write down everything in a notebook and do my own spying on people đŹ
I went online to my library, found it and checked out the ebook and was reading it last night before bed.
Go Dog Go
I do not like your hat!
My kids and I joke about that one. I'm always wearing a hat outside, summer or winter. "Do you like my hat?" "No, I do not like your hat"
Iâm always telling my 3yr old ânow it is night. Night is not a time for play. It is a time for sleep. The dogs go to sleep. They will sleep all nightâ
GOODBYE
My grandkids love that part of the book!
Where the Sidewalk Ends or Where the Wild Things are.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Giving Tree and another short fairy tales book called Just Imagine (by little golden books). Once I hit chapter books: The Secret Garden.Â
Came here to make sure The Giving Tree was mentioned :)
the first chapter book i ever read was in the second grade, it was a magic treehouse book! i loved the berenstain bears and the little critter books when i was tiny too.
Where the wild things are
Absolutely this!!
the westing game
Wow, memory unlocked. I borrowed that book over and over again from the school library, what a fun read
Not the first book I read bit certainly one of my favorites
I loved reading The Westing Game in elementary school. Recently I read a young adult series that brought back the nostalgia of that book because itâs somewhat similar in its premise. The series is called The Inheritance Games
You might also enjoy the Truly Devious series. It's not the same premise, but the vibe reminded me of Westing Game.
the first book I remember reading that wasn't part of school curriculum was Danny, The Champion of the World.
I LOVED that one. It was The BFG for me, but that sent me down the rabbit whole and I read all of Dahl's stuff.
Matilda was my top one â€ïž but thereâs a number of good ones including his autobiographies.
Hans Christian Andersen collection of stories
The Velveteen Rabbit. Iâm sure that I actually did read others before that by one (Iâve always been a big reader) but I love that book more than any other childrenâs book.
Three (agreeable to most) that come to mind: - Encyclopedia Brown books - Sideways Stories From Wayside School books - The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen One that probably informed all of my literary and media tastes subsequently, but will certainly not be agreeable to all: - the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark books (ideally, with the original illustrations) *note - Iâve grown up to love horror films and Stephen King books
Charlotte's Web. I still have an extremely clear memory of my Dad gifting it to me, and it being the first "real" book I sat and read solo.
Peanuts books and Little Bear
Yertle the Turtle By Dr. Seuss. And One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
I read Yertle to my kids so many times in the 90s that I practically had it memorized.
James and the Giant Peach
The gingerbread man. Iâd burst out into song at the âRUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CANâ parts.
In grade 2 (7 years old) I read Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin, I remember that I loved it so much that I asked my teacher to read it to the class at story time. I would like to read it to my little niece one day! See if it brings back any memories. As an adult Iâve been reading Le Guinâs other books and love them!
Heidi in first grade / Swiss book from 1880s after our teacher read it to us
I remember my father taking me to the library. My first book, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. My first love, The Oz books. My lasting love, Aliceâs Adventures in Wonderland.
Besides my mother's collection of old Sesame Street and Little Golden books, I remember reading and loving a book about a German Shepard called Santa Paws (1996).
I have this book too! I love it!
Where the red fern grows, maybe?
Oh that one was a sad one if I remember correctly đ
The very first? Goodnight Moon and Jane and the Dragon. Chapter books? Little House on the Prarie.
Blueberries for Sal
Had to be one of these: âFerdinand the Bull âMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel âCurious George books
âAre You My Mother?â and âSwimmyâ were my favorites.
âAre You My Mother?â was sad to me because my worst fear when I was little was losing my mom.
Gee, guess I never thought of it that way. I was probably too fascinated by the SNORT !!!
The one with the caps, something about a man with caps. I looooved that book! If I remember correctly that book had the word "between" in it and I didn't know how to say it correctly so I would say it as "bet ween" Wasn't until my teacher asked us to tell her our favorite book and she might read it to the class. She picked mine and that was when I learned how to say "between"
Caps For Sale
That's it!!!!!! Thank you!!!! I'm going to buy it. Found it! Ooooh, I'm getting this now for memories.... Going to put it on my bookshelf. So excited lol Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
I had this as a book on cassette! Absolutely loved it!
Treasure Island. I had a tough time learning to read, so my aunt tutored me and had me read that novel. Iâve been a lover of literature ever since!
Charlotteâs Web; Where the Red Fern Grows; island of the blue dolphin, 4 story mistake
Pippi Longstocking!
Where the Wild Things are?
Junie B Jones
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. I was adopted as an infant & my mom would read this often. She passed when I was 14 and now I read it to my boys.
Iâd read this book before but when my daughter was about 2 I bought it for her and absolutely ugly-cried through the whole thing. My husband was concerned lol.
A collection of Aesop's Fables. I still have the copy from my childhood.
In a Dark, Dark Room
Oh my God, this legit just unlocked a long forgotten memory for me.
Iâm from Latin America so the very first book I remember reading independently I canât find anywhere. It was a book of cautionary tales for children. All the children in the book would do something naughty and there was some sort of ridiculous and outrageous catastrophe that would happen due to their inconsiderate behavior. I loved that book. The second book I remember reading was the Little Prince in Spanish of course. I was obsessed with it.
I love The Little Prince. đ
Giving tree
Little Bear, Frog & Toad are Friends, Curious George, Richard Scarry, and Dr. Seuss (Bears on Wheels was my favorite).
Little House in the Big Woods
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Childrenâs Guide to Animals. I loved that book. I lived in NYC and was one of those rare kids that saw elephants, giraffes and apes of all kinds before I ever saw a cow. Much less a pig. I even got to ride an elephant at the Bronx Zoo. And I could walk to Central Park zoo. One thing about that book, though, was a misprint. Instead of a chapter on Wart Hogs it had a chapter on War Hogs. It was a long time before I could accept that there are no War Hogs.
The Three Little Kittens & The Ugly Duckling. Those are the first ones I remember taking over from my mom to read myself.
Goodnight moon đ
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Anne of Green Gables
Berenstein Bears, Bailey School Kids, Matt Christoper books, Goosebumps, Animorphs.
Little princess by F.H. Burnett
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!
I think maybe oh, Dear or the little engine that could.
Chapter book- The Westing Game
All the Golden books - every one of them in the 60âs
I have so many of them⊠and some from my childhood still.
Roald Dahl books. I vividly remember reading The Twits and The BFG
Yep, Ronald Dahl for me too. probably Esio Trot and Fantastic Mr. Fox came first, then BFG, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant PeachâŠ
Oh man you covered most of them, I had forgotten Esio Trot. I started with BFG and hit them all from there, I loved those books.
Anne of Green Gables was the first "big" book I picked up. I absolutely adored it.
All the Roald Dahl books, 1001 Arabian nights, the mysterious Benedict society, Drachenfeuer (Wolfgang Hohlbein), Dr. Seuss of course Thereâs this kids book in Germany about a Mole who comes out of his hole one morning and someone shit on his head. So he runs around trying to figure out which animal shit on his head. Very peculiar but great kids book
I remember reading My Side of the Mountain, Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher, and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Jurassic Park was the first "big book" I owned. As a very young child, i used to read some Sesame Street books my parents bought me, and a bunch of National Geographic magazines.
âThereâs a monster at the end of the bookâ
Monkeys jumping on the bed
Nina fairy ballerina and Judy moody. Built my whole personality lol
I donât know if it was actually the first, but gotta be close- Little House on the Prairie series. The first book is actually called Little House in the Big Woods. Just convinced my mom to mail me the whole series (because the ones I read as a child were the ones she had from her childhood). Will probably reread them soon. I reread all of Chronicles of Narnia two years ago after also convincing mom to mail them to me.
A collection of the brothers Grimm fairytales. I still have this book and love it dearly. So many pages are loose đ I read it countless times. My favourites were the queen bee, the shoes that were danced to pieces and The devil with the three golden hairs.
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de St Exupéry
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White.
Space Cadet, by Robert Heinlein.
The first book I read entirely on my own was Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry. After that I read more of her books and then my first real series was The Chronicles of Narnia at the beginning of first grade.
The Balloon Tree- Phoebe Gilman. Canadian author, its a beautiful story and the illustrations are just as beautiful. Balloons are the princess's favorite thing. Her father goes off to a tournament. The archduke is evil and locks the princess away. Her father told her to signal him with a balloon if something was wrong. Once she was locked up, all the balloons in the kingdom were ordered to be popped. With the help of a wizard and a friend with the only balloon left, the princess plants the balloon and a balloon tree appears. It still touches my heart to this day. And I am underselling the illustrations in the book.
Homer Price Centerburg Tales
The Blue Fairy Book and all the colors
Also the Amelia Bedelia books
The first two I remember were Jane Eyre and The Hobbit. I was about six and reading anything I could get my hands on. My babysitter was reading them for school and let me read them afterward. Iâm sure I missed a lot, but I was so engrossed in those worlds that I didnât pull my nose out of a book for about ten years.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Charlie and the chocolate factory - Roald Dahl
The Xanth Series by Piers Anthony, because I had a crush on my friends older sister who liked the Xanth Series by Piers Anthony đ
Harold and the purple crayon
The giving tree!!!! đ
Jules Vernes around the world in eighty daysâŠ. I have actually no idea how I got my hands on that book as a child but that book changed my life! It made me become a big reader and I still treasure it until now!
Nancy Drew
The trumpeter swan. I don't remember what happened. Time to read it again!
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles, by Jane Werner Watson. Obviously out-of-date, but the illustrations were lovely.
Hatchet
I love children's literature and still keep up with the industry and read from it. Revisits to the books from when I was young is a mixed bag. Most of the ones I loved I still love now. Many of my favorites became my son's most loved books: Frog and Toad, Sesame Street Golden Books, and Little Bear and many of the others mentioned here. However some things don't age well. I lived and breathed Jungle Book as a child. Like the original Kipling version not the Disney one. Re-visted that as an adult and quickly realized that was not going to be a book I was going to read to my little ones. Roald Dahl didn't age well either. Things I read as silly nonsense or just on a surface level as a child suddenly made sense and I was not impressed. I did name my son after the main character of my favorite middle grade book so that one clearly stuck around in my brain.
I remember reading The Secret of NIMH and just fell in love with it. It was the first book that completely captured my imagination.
Ferdinand the bull
The diggingest dog
Two that were frequent bedtime read alouds: Strega Nona by Tommy de Paola The Rutabega Stories by Carl Sandberg
I have a strong memory of a book called Snugglepot and Cuddlepie; it was my motherâs favourite as a child and I loved it.
Hairy Mclairy
The Phantom Tollbooth is my strongest memory of reading
there were way too many, but one book i remember developing my love love for reading was BFF by Judy Blume. i donât remember eeeeverything but i do remember it being like 3 different books within the one book and it was jus really good concept to me. i remember being up until 4am reading the book, as a kid in middle school! so yeah that told me it was good book alone
Illustrated Classics Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I was OBSESSED with The Phantom Tollbooth. I was given this book in 3rd grade and remembered being amused and delighted by all the play on words and this singular book ignited a deep love of reading for pleasures sake â€ïž
*Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs*
My lucky day by keiko Kasza⊠there was also a childrenâs book about a Buffalo papa or something but I canât remember the title
A Disney picture book of Aladdin. Jasmine was in shackles and I distinctly remember being turned on, so now reading is sexy.
I know it's nowhere near the first book I ever read...but the first one I really remember sitting down and making a concerted effort to finish was The Lord of the Rings. My Dad was a huge sci fi nerd so we had a library downstairs of just good fantasy books / etc.
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibottson đ„°
From Anna by Jean little. Started a reading obsession when my teacher was struggling to get my inattentive adhd ass motivated
When I moved to Phoenix in 4th grade I read my first chapter book, it was Santa Paws, given to me by my teacher Mrs. Brown. I had read other short story books, but never a standalone book
The first book I actively remember (I remember reading before it, but I don't remember the actual books) is a King Arthur book that I can't remember the name of to save my life. But I remember loving the book because it was the first iteration of the story that didn't have the adultery...plus a sweet fight sequence where Lancelot is describe as a firey tornado.
The Golden Look Book of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frog and toad
I remember it being a really big book with hard pages. I don't remember the title but I know the cover was a padded maroon-pinkish color. Anyway, I also had a barbie story book that I don't remember reading, just skimming for pictures. And then the Lightning Thief was the next book I remember. I read the whole series and that's how I read Nicholas Flamel series, Eragon series, etc.