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Post by Zee on May 30, 2023 19:50:13 GMT
The reading threads made me think of so many books I read and re-read as a child and preteen. I know I'll miss several in this quick list, but I'm thinking of books that I still think about as an adult. I may not have all the names right. There have been relatively few books I've read in the last twenty years that really made much of an impact on me or that I'd want to read twice, which makes me sad! The Island of the Blue Dolphins (I always wanted to live on my own and gather my own food and make things) The Little House series Horse books--particularly the Black Stallion series along with the Island Stallion spinoffs and his book Man O'War, Black Beauty, My Friend Flicka, and Marguerite Henry's horse books including Misty of Chincoteague, King of the Wind, and Justin Morgan had a horse Various dog books but especially one called The Seventh One, about seven various dogs in a person's life, and of course Where the Red Fern Grows A Wrinkle in Time--the idea of colors we've never seen before blew my mind The Bridge to Terabithia, made me terrified of flooding creeks The Girl With The Silver Eyes All the Miss Bianca books, I loved mice and had pet mice A Cricket In Times Square The Trumpet of the Swan Charlotte's Web Stuart Little All the Lois Duncan books, especially Trapped In Time The earlier Nancy Drew books The Boxcar Children--I dreamed of finding a boxcar in the woods and making it my hideout! Of course, Judy Blume's books Ramona & Beezus books Roald Dahl The Hobbit Pagoo--beautifully illustrated book about a hermit crab and tide pools There weren't a lot of cat books but I did enjoy one about a gypsy cat with an earring Fun fact: many of the above were illustrated by Garth Williams, whose style I adore. Family lore states he and my great-grandmother dated.  |
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Post by ~summer~ on May 30, 2023 19:55:12 GMT
Anne of green gables
A little princess
The Half Magic books
A wrinkle in time
VC Andrews books
Judy Blume books
Stephen King books
Those are the ones that first come to mind…I’m sure there are many, many more
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 30, 2023 19:58:34 GMT
The Boxcar Children for sure.
The original Nancy Drew series where cars were called roadsters and friends were called chums.
Several series about nurses: Sue Barton and Cherry Ames.
A book I loved in 5th grade called Flatboats and Wagon Wheels.
When I was a teen, I read a book called 17th Summer that stuck with me. Also, Vagabond Summer.
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Post by katiescarlett on May 30, 2023 20:02:08 GMT
Charlotte's Web
Nancy Drew
From the Mixed Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
VC Andrews series
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
These are just a few that come to mind!
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Post by Anita on May 30, 2023 20:03:30 GMT
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Cheaper by the Dozen
Judy Blume books
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Post by scrapcat on May 30, 2023 20:07:07 GMT
Off the top of my head, the ones that I loved or stayed with me...
Tuck Everlasting (my fav)
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Borrowers
The Indian in the Cupboard (wondering if this is still reviewed in school or not?)
Amelia Bedelia books - I still remember the puns
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Post by gottapeanow on May 30, 2023 20:07:25 GMT
My favorite children's book as a child was Charlotte's Web, as I said in the other thread. But now, I also love The One and Only Ivan.
Other books that I loved in grade school, in no particular order:
The Little House books
Henry, Ramona, and Beezus
All the Nancy Drew books
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
My Friend Flicka
The Black Stallion
A Wrinkle in Time
The Outsiders and others by SE Hinton
All the Lois Duncan books
The Wind in the Willows
The Secret Garden
The Chronicles of Narnia
Dr. Doolittle books
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
In eighth grade, I read Go Ask Alice. So scandalous. LOL.
Lisa
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Post by disneypal on May 30, 2023 20:10:31 GMT
The Boxcar Children--I dreamed of finding a boxcar in the woods and making it my hideout! THIS! I loved, loved, loved the Boxcar Children. I would check it out and re-check it out from the library over and over. I never had a copy though. A few years ago, my brother gave me a first edition. I treasure it. |
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Post by kimba on May 30, 2023 20:15:09 GMT
Nancy Drew
The Hardy Boys
Trixie Belden
Cherry Ames
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Brains Benton
The Outsiders
The Little House Books
Cheaper by the Dozen
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Post by tmarschall on May 30, 2023 20:15:34 GMT
Definitely the Boxcar Children, all of the Anne of Green Gables books. The Little House books. All of the Oz books. And my favorite, Harriet the Spy!
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Post by hopemax on May 30, 2023 20:20:05 GMT
The two that really got and stuck with me are
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Cay
The books I read to death were
Little House Books
Anne of Green Gables books and the Emily of New Moon series
Beverly Cleary books
Judy Bloom books
Shel Silverstein
Wizard of Oz series
Caddy Woodlawn
As a teenager I read all the Agatha Christie mysteries and of course VC Andrews
There are probably more, I'm forgetting.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 30, 2023 20:29:43 GMT
The books that I remember from childhood are:
The Little House on the prairie
The Bobbsey twins
Tween-Teen books >> paperbacks. Romance and friendship fluff.
Nancy Drew
Trixie Belden
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Post by roundtwo on May 30, 2023 20:30:50 GMT
I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton countless times as pre-teen/teenager and I would cry uncontrollably at the end every single time. I liked her other novels as well - That Was Then, This is Now, Rumble Fish, Tex - but The Outsiders was definitely my favourite. Watership Down was just so wild to me when I first read it - I liked it but I don't do blood and gore well and there was a lot of that. It was assigned in high school so I read it again for all the "meanings" and now I can't get past all that and still think of it as kid's book. But there are bunnies... Go Ask Alice was a book that was passed discretely along when we were in grade 6 or so. I am not sure I would call it a favourite but it is one I remember well and was a pretty shocking read. There was no internet or 24 hour news back then and I grew up in a fairly small rural town so drug addiction was not a topic of daily living. Trixie Belden was another favourite and anything by Judy Blume. I also loved Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh and I tried to keep a notebook of my observations but my attention span wasn't long enough to observe for long, lol. I really liked the Katie John books by Mary Calhoun before hitting the preteen years. I haven't read them in decades so I have no idea how they hold up now but they were great fun when I read them as a kid.
ETA A couple of others mentioned The Bobbsey Twins - not sure how I forgot those as I had the whole series which was a big deal to me!!
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Post by workingclassdog on May 30, 2023 20:30:58 GMT
Little House
Nancy Drew
VC Andrews
Bobbsey Twins
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Post by Linda on May 30, 2023 20:34:47 GMT
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Beverly Cleary books
Judy Bloom books
Chalet School series
I loved Enid Blyton's books - Famous Five, Secret Seven, St Clare's, Malory Towers...
Secret Garden
I remember when I lived with my grandparents, they had my mum's old Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew books and her brother's Hardy Boys...I loved those books - they also had a Ripley's Believe it or Not that I remember poring over
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Post by Prenticekid on May 30, 2023 20:44:32 GMT
For some reason, I can remember a number of Scholastic books I bought in elementary school - they were like .35 and .45, and I'd use my allowance for them. A Room for Cathy, The Wednesday Witch, The Forgotten Door, Magic Elizabeth, Bettina's Secret, Mrs. Coverlet, The Secret Language, Mystery by Moonlight. And those are off the top of my head! I could not tell you the titles of the books I've read in the past couple of months! LOL
My library had a collection of Catherine Wooley books (her two main book series, as I recall were about Cathy and Ginnie) near the Boxcar Children books. I went through both collections.
My aunt gave me her Cherry Ames books, and my library had Sue Barton books, and I loved those too.
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Post by lesley on May 30, 2023 20:44:38 GMT
The ones that stick with me most are:
I Am Rosemarie by Marietta D Moskin
The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss
A book called Sugar Mouse about a diabetic girl. I have no idea who wrote it.
Just about everything by Enid Blyton
When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson
Most books by Noel Streatfeild, including Ballet Shoes, Caldicott Place, and the four Gemma books. Oh, and the Circus books too.
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Post by quinlove on May 30, 2023 20:48:34 GMT
OMG - The Boxcar Children, loved this the most. Also Nancy Drew. I read every single one, in order. Many times I have described houses or roads as they are like *Nancy Drew ones.*
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 30, 2023 20:48:56 GMT
My aunt gave me her Cherry Ames books, and my library had Sue Barton books, and I loved those too. I'm glad I'm not the only one! For a while I wanted to be a nurse because of them. |
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Post by ~summer~ on May 30, 2023 20:51:41 GMT
Oh two more books that totally hit me hard:
A Summer To Die
Second Star To The Right
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Post by Neisey on May 30, 2023 20:55:47 GMT
I love seeing everyone’s responses and will likely get many memories jogged by your lists
The first book that brought me to a state of uncontrollable sobbing was Where the Red Fern Grows.
Judy Blume - especially AYTGIMM, Deenie, Then Again Maybe I Won’t, Forever, and just for the silliness Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
Books by ME Kerr, particularly Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack and Is That You Miss Blue?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Gordon Korman - Canadian who wrote his first book at 12 or 13, just a year or two older than I was, This Can’t be Happening at MacDonald Hall about neighbouring boys and girls boarding schools and then a series of Bruno and Boots books based on the main characters. Their shenanigans made me LOL
Paul Zindel - The Pigman Trilogy and My Darling, My Hamburger
Caddie Woodlawn - historical adventure similar to Little House
Island of the Blue Dolphins and Baby Island
So many more!
Katherine Patterson - Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved, etc.
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Post by breetheflea on May 30, 2023 21:08:47 GMT
Ramona Quimby
Bruno and Boots book series by Gordon Korman.
Pippi Longstocking series. I still call myself a Thingfinder...
Baby Sitter's Club.
Little House series.
Indian in the Cupboard (my 6th grade teacher read it out loud to us while we ate lunch.)
And so many more...
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Post by birukitty on May 30, 2023 21:28:40 GMT
My memory is terrible but let me see what I remember:
Pippi Longstocking (these were favorites as a child-I loved reading about a little girl who lived on her own, with a horse and monkey!)
The Borrowers (loved these!)
The Little House series (started my love of historical fiction)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Beverly Cleary books
Half Magic
All of a kind Family by Sidney Taylor (I loved these books, about a Jewish family living in New York)
Charlotte's Web
Stuart LIttle
Nancy Drew books
That's all I can remember off the top of my head, but I'm sure there were lots more.
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Post by compeateropeator on May 30, 2023 21:30:37 GMT
Like songs, far too many to remember in one sitting or post. I was that reader kid and we had a family business where I had to work/watch an office during the day when not in school from an early age. My mom would bring me home books from the library weekly during the summer - so I read A LOT. my list includes all ages. I gave myself 5 to 10 minutes to think back and came up with the list below, before digging down deep and looking at the other lists posted. I am sure I can add a ton more when I think about it and look at the list. Off to think a bit more in-depth and look at some of the other lists.
My absolute favorite were the Trixie Belden mysteries. (I never really read the Nancy Drew, well maybe a few here and there)
The pokey little Puppy
The Teddy Bear Twins
Harriet the Spy
from the mixed up files of mrs basil e frankweiler
All the Encyclopedia Brown books
All the Great Brain books
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Little House Series
Anne of Green Gables
Charlottes Web
All the Judy Blume books
Nancy and Plum
The Trolley Car Family
A Wrinkle in Time
Where the Red Ferns Grow
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
My Side of the Mountain
Pippi Longstocking
Ann Frank Diary of a young girl
Danny the Champion of the World
James and the Giant Pea
The Pigman
The Cat ate my Gymsuit
My Darling, My Hamburger
I Never Loved Your Mind.
Will the Real Monday Please Stand up
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Post by littlemama on May 30, 2023 21:31:31 GMT
Is have never met another person who has even read Trixie Belden so I am so happy to see those books pop up so many times in this thread!
I have never read The Boxcar Children, The Bobbsey Twins, or Sweet Valley High, but tons of my favorites have already been listed here!
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Post by Lurkingpea on May 30, 2023 21:42:28 GMT
OP I could have almost written your list verbatim. I loved Girl With the Silver Eyes and tried so hard to move things using my mind like she did. And Lois Duncan was another favorite.
I also loved the Miss Bianca books. I am surprised more kids didn't read those.
I also loved books by W. St John. The Gingerbread House Mystery was a favorite.
Another one that I loved because it was scary was the Executioner.
One from when I was younger was called The Best Loved Doll. I read that one to pieces.
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Post by dewryce on May 30, 2023 21:55:48 GMT
The Secret Garden (I still reread this one)
Little House series
Nancy Drew series
There was one about astral projection where the girl had a tumor and was treating it herself, and there was a court case for medical intervention. Can’t remember the title but I still think about it now and again so it’s definitely stuck with me.
Stephen King was my favorite as a pre-teen and teenager.
My parents gave me use of their library and that was a bad idea. No tweenager should be reading The World According to Garp.
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Post by Neisey on May 30, 2023 22:10:45 GMT
My parents gave me use of their library and that was a bad idea. No tweenager should be reading The World According to Garp. I was a voracious reader and by 10-12 was reading Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, etc. Also got my hands on grandpa’s Xaveria Hollander’s Happy Hooker memoir. That was enlightening! |
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Post by lisae on May 30, 2023 22:14:10 GMT
Nancy Drew books
Judy Blume
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Post by compeateropeator on May 30, 2023 22:24:25 GMT
My parents gave me use of their library and that was a bad idea. No tweenager should be reading The World According to Garp. I was a voracious reader and by 10-12 was reading Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, etc. Also got my hands on grandpa’s Xaveria Hollander’s Happy Hooker memoir. That was enlightening! Hahaha. I read parts of this too. I don’t remember reading the whole thing. At our family’s campground we had a little sharing library/book shelf that seasonal campers used to share books, so when I was out of mine (which was often) I would dig around there and read books I really shouldn’t have. I can remember it was yellow. Looking for Mr Goodbar was another I read way way too young. 😆😆 |
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