mlgbug Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 that brought back memories of childhood, tonight i read The Velveteen Rabit. It was so amazing, i remeber my mom reading it to me.....i even have the rabit myself that has been passed to DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. It was one of the few pictures books in the house because my mom wasn't much into reading, and I loved it. I read it hundreds of times by the time I was 7, but forgot about it until my oldest was about that age. I spotted it in a bookstore and was so happy to have found my old friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. It was one of the few pictures books in the house because my mom wasn't much into reading, and I loved it. I read it hundreds of times by the time I was 7, but forgot about it until my oldest was about that age. I spotted it in a bookstore and was so happy to have found my old friend. Oh I loved that one, too! My mom used to read it to me all the time-she really loved it, too. I had forgotten it for the longest time when I, too, ran across a copy at the bookstore. I snatched it up and now my kids love it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Tom Sawyer. I remember my mother reading that to me and me laughing SO hard at the pinchbug in church because I was such a "tom"boy that it could have been me doing that to my sister. Unfortunately, that's the only book she ever read to us that was worth remembering. She adored biographies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Little House on the Prairie (and all of those.) They are treasures from childhood. I remember borrowing them from a friend and loving them so much. A Wrinkle in Time and James and the Giant Peach. I remember Mrs. Duerink reading them aloud to us when it was too rainy to go out for recess. I was so taken away with these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 my husband loved and has read The Great Brain series to my son. now they both love the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. I can barely read it without feeling the quivers of fear I felt at certain parts when my mom read it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Goodnight Moon. I LOVED that book as a child...it was always so mysterious and neat to me then...and it still feels that way now when I read it to my kids. The love it too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. http://www.amazon.com/Country-Bunny-Little-Shoes-Sandpiper/dp/0395185572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248234904&sr=8-1 I had no idea it had anything to do with feminism until I bought it to read to my own dc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Mine are anything by Dr. Suess. I used to "study" those books. I taught myself to read on those when I was four. My favorite are "In a People House" and "Hand, hand, fingers, thumb" among others. I think I was facinated by the rhythm of the words. My oldest son did the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funschooler5 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Henry Huggins. I loved (still love) all of Beverly Cleary's books, but any of the Henry Huggins stories bring back a lot of memories for me. I think because they were the first books of hers I ever read. My parents read aloud to me a lot when I was preschool age, but after that, they stopped. I read quite a bit on my own though, and all of my grade school teachers were very good about reading aloud to their classes. I listened to my teachers read Priscilla, Indian in the Cupboard, Tuck Everlasting, Bridge to Terabithia, Kavik the Wolf Dog, and several others at school. Great memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Richard Scarry books -- I have so many fond memories of his books & made sure my kids had lots of these; I adore them My old picture books that I still have -- things like Ma Lien and the Magic Brush, The King and the Whirlybird, The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo, etc... Beverly Cleary & Judy Blume books "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton (from my middle school years; I read the book so many times...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 My dad used to read me "Red Fox and His Canoe" (I think that's the name of it) and he did the most hilarious moose voice - "Well, PARDON ME! I thought this was a public canoe!":lol: Another poster mentioned The Country Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes - I remember that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 For my youngest, it's the EB White books! We're reading those now and it definitely brings back memories! Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan. For my 9yo, it's Tolkien. I was in 7th grade and we ate our lunches in the classroom while our teacher read The Lord of the Rings series to us throughout the school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkgumby Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I loved the "Emil" books by Astrid Lindgren that my mom would read to us - I've sought out all of them and read them to my kids. They also love his pranks and how he's always getting sent to the woodshed! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Fox In Sox - by Dr Seuss I remember telling my mom "Read it faster!" and watching her fumble all of the tongue twisters...and we'd both end up laughing.:lol: Now my kids do the same. It's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Mine are anything by Dr. Suess. I used to "study" those books. I taught myself to read on those when I was four. My favorite are "In a People House" and "Hand, hand, fingers, thumb" among others. I think I was facinated by the rhythm of the words. My oldest son did the same. I also really like "Inside Outside Upside Down". :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMouseTN Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I also really like "Inside Outside Upside Down". :001_smile: Me too! Me too! That was one of my absolute favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 that brought back memories of childhood, tonight i read The Velveteen Rabit. It was so amazing, i remeber my mom reading it to me.....i even have the rabit myself that has been passed to DD Books I loved include things like The Mad Scientists' Club and Chronicles of Narnia. I also loved reading Charlotte's Web, which I know I read but didn't remember at all. But I adored the description of the fair, which brought back lots of memories of time spent at our county fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim.4dogs Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I've been reading the girls the All-of-a-Kind Family series. I loved those when I was a kid! It took me forever to find them, because I couldn't remember the name, just the characters. I was so excited when I finally did find them! Another of my favorites is the Betsy-Tacy stories. I got the first one on tape, and my youngest DD just loved it. Now I'm reading her the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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