TrixieB Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I loved... The Black Stallion The Trixie Beldon series The Ghost of Dibble Hollow Old Bones The Five Little Peppers I'm sure there were more, but I read these books over and over. You are the only person I know (besides my kids and me) who has ever mentioned The Ghost of Dibble Hollow. My parents bought me a copy at a garage sale, and I loved it and read it many times. I still have it and my kids love it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Elementary: Lion's Paw by Robb White Little House series Trixie Belden series horse books by Jean Slaughter Doty Cathy & Carl of the Covered Wagon series Sugar Creek Gang series Scholastic mystery/adventure books (like The Ghostly Trio) Junior high/high school: K.M. Peyton -- everything of hers I could find Flambards series Gormenghast trilogy Shannara series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Baby Island The Secret Garden Island of the Blue Dolphins Where the Red Fern Grows Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry To Kill a Mockingbird The Miracle Worker (Annie Sullivan/Helen Keller) Little Mommy - a little golden book Edited May 31, 2011 by MicheleinMN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkett Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Young: Richard Scary books Winnie the Pooh A Child's Garden of Verses Then: The Blue Fairy Book The Yellow Fairy Book The Red Fairy Book The Green Fairy Book The Little House Books Wrinkle in Time Series Narnia Books Phantom Tollbooth - LOVE THIS BOOK! Little Women The Hobbit Lord of the Rings Jane Eyre Clan of the Cave Bear - read when I was 14 or so I also gobbled up mythology books. My first were the D'aulaires mythology books- I had the Norse book and the Greek book. My mother gave me a gorgeous copy of Bulfinch's Mythology that I loved. I also had Edith Hamilton's Mythology, a book on Celtic myths and legends and one on Chinese fairtales/myths & legends. Great topic! Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Does anyone remember the 5 book Tell Me Why series? My twin and I were talking about these today. We loved them and used to pore over them for hours. I'm surfing Amazon looking for used copies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 You are the only person I know (besides my kids and me) who has ever mentioned The Ghost of Dibble Hollow. My parents bought me a copy at a garage sale, and I loved it and read it many times. I still have it and my kids love it too. Thanks for the comment. Yep, I let both of my girls read my old childhood copy and they loved it. By the way, I see your name and avatar is also on my childhood 'favorites' list. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 The Boxcar Children {original} Little House Series Little Women {many times} The Middle Sister Honestly Katie John! Riff Remember Narnia Island of the Blue Dolphins Mmm, thinking of a couple more but can't recall their titles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 One of my earliest book memories is a book titled The Flying Sandbox. Oh, how I wanted a flying sandbox! I just went to look it up on Amazon and it's still available! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000WISE62/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleGreen Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Loved: Peter Spier's Oh, Were They Ever Happy! Need A House, Call Ms. Mouse was given to my older cousin one Christmas and I always thought it was the coolest book. It is usually insanely expensive, but I bought myself a "cheaper" copy this year and my aunt gave me a copy, so now I have 2 of this book! Gyo Fujikawa's Babies and A to Z Picture Book Chapter books: Loved any Beverly Cleary Where the Red Fern Grows Roots read in HS I read a ton of books, but lots of them must have been brain candy, b/c I am blanking on others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 In no particular order A Wrinkle in Time Meet the Austins The Moon by Night Gone Away Lake Miracles on Maple Hill Very Far Away from Anywhere Else Follow My Leader World Book Encyclopedia Go Dog Go Journey to Jupiter Have Spacesuit Will Travel Daddy Longlegs Danny Dunn series Windy Foot series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemyblessings Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Lizzie in MA- Miss Twiggleys Tree is my All Time Favorite book! I love to see it's one of yours also. Everytime I mention it to someone, they've never heard of it :( Of course, it's the first book I bought my first child :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 off the top of my head Fairy Tales Nursery Rhymes Nursery Tales (specifically, the Volland collection) Chronicles of Narnia Little House books Little Women series Lord of the Rings series Winnie the Pooh Season of Yellow Leaf by Douglas C. Jones Paddington Bear books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Great thread! I remember in 3rd grade reading all the Judy Blume books available in our library. Then I discovered The Hobbit, and that just blew me away. That led to Narnia, and I became a fantasy addict from there... Meanwhile, my mom picked up a box full of Cherry Ames books from a garage sale, and I devoured them over the summer. I wanted to be a nurse so much after reading those, but the sight of blood made me sick...:tongue_smilie: From middle school into my teens, I most remember: LOTR Piers Anthony Xanth series Stephen R. Donaldson - Thomas Covenant series Pern!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How I wished I could be a dragon rider, but a harper would have been cool too... Dune Douglas Adams Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land (grok?) Watership Down Flowers for Algernon I was very lucky growing up. 4 of my older brothers were voracious readers, and they all loved sci fi/ fantasy. I had my pick of all the greats from the late sixties to the eighties: Asimov, Zelazny, Simak, Pournelle, Dick, Le Guin, etc... I was reading 2 books a week, at least. Now I'm lucky if I read a book a month.:glare: I did read other genres, but not much stands out in my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBaby Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Little House Narnia books Every book written by LM Montgomery. They were the first books I started to collect Island of the Blue Dolphins Swiss Family Robinson There were many, many more but those are the first I thought of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 "Trixie Belden", "St. Clare's" and all the "Malory Tower" books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortana Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Little House books (I still have my set from when I was younger) Ramona series The Secret Garden Island Of The Blue Dolphin Black Beauty Anne of Green Gables series Encyclopedia Brown Diary of Anne Frank Sweet Valley High series Louis Lamour books (my 8th grade English/history teacher was a big western fan and I got hooked) Emily Dickinson poetry Edgar Allen Poe poetry I'm sure I'll remember more later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I read Little Women more times than I can count. Loved the Trixie Belden books (now I am dating myself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Such a fun thread! I loved to read (still do). :D Books that have stuck with me: Little House on the Prairie series Crime and Punishment any Janette Oke book We Were Tired of Living in a House Heidi Anne of Green Gables Bridge to Terabithia Five Little Peppers and How They Grew The Little Princess The Boxcar Children Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Little Women Do any of you remember a series of teenage historical romantic fiction where each title was a girl's name? I still have a few of those books. I LOVED them. :lol: Just can't think what the series is called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Bridge to TerabitheaManiac Magee Both of these, plus Number the Stars, The Taste of Blackberries, and The Boxcar Children. When I was a bit older (middle school) I read Face at the Edge of the World about ten or fifteen times, but the themes were probably a little too mature than I should have been reading. It seems a book didn't stick with me unless someone died. A little creepy, now that I think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Do any of you remember a series of teenage historical romantic fiction where each title was a girl's name? I still have a few of those books. I LOVED them. :lol: Just can't think what the series is called. I remember them--I really liked them, although the plots were so thin that even at that young age I could see the "formula".:lol: Much of the history trivia I know came from these--like the San Francisco earthquake happened in 1906 and in WWI civilians were asked to save peach pits to make cyanide from. I *think* they were called Sunrise books. "Sun" something anyway... :D They were a lot of fun! Other than my forays into formula teen romances, I also loved: Ramona and Beezus books Emily's Runaway Imagination Little House on the Prairie series Anne of Green Gables series ETA: I found some on Amazon--they are *Sunfire* Romances. "Nora" can be yours for just 12.95 and shipping! LOL! Edited May 31, 2011 by urpedonmommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Ah yes. Sunfire!! :001_smile: Thank you! They were weak but I loved history so much and would read practically anything that was historical. They were some of my favorite books in 6th and 7th grade. It didn't help that I was completely boy crazy. :D I bought a bunch a few years ago and reread them and then promptly resold most of them. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 The Taste of Blackberries That one left me with a lasting phobia of bees. It seems a book didn't stick with me unless someone died. A little creepy, now that I think about it. My list is definitely a bit on the morbid side, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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