What was your favorite children's book when you were a kid?

[drippynmeatwad]

I'm just wondering because I've been thinking about my childhood recently. I loved One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, June 29, 1999, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and most of all, my favorite, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

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The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers.
Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. The town was a mess and the pople feared for their lives. Something had to be done, and in a hurry. The story just mesmerized me. What was your favorite?

[Samurai Karasu]

The if you give an animal a product of food line was always classic to me (If you give a pig a pancake,if you give a moose a muffin. etc.) But Curious George is the best book I would read as a child EVER! Having the entire collection in one giant book it seemed so big to me back then and the words were easy enough for me to read so I would read it just about everyday. It friggin ruled and anyone that dosent like Curious George can come over here and get an asswhoopin. You know any monkeys that can go into space and escape from the zoo? NO YOU DONT DO YA :mad:

[RD!]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was an awesome book. Though, my favorites were Are you my Mother? and whatever that one with the Rabbit and the toadstool was.

[Lord Dalek]

Runaway Bunny, that's a classic.

[CookieS]

Mr. Popper's Penguins was the best. Mr. Popper adopts a penguin, Captain Cook, and later his entire family. The penguins live in the fridge, go on tour with the family to make money. Good book.

[FredNash]

My favorite books to read as a kid were Dr. Seuss and the Narnia series. Narnia movie coming next year with special effects by Weta! Yay!

[sun]

I remember 52 years ago, my dad would read a chapter at a time to us, It was wonderful...then when I was l0, it was re-released, and we went down to see it at a theater, and it was really wonderful, all over again.

[Elven Moon]

When I was little I had stacks of the Berenstein Bear Books. They're still around somewhere. I also read that Grover "A Monster is at the end of this book" book (I always got scared). A lot of those "Golden Reader" series books as well (you know, they were real thin and had goldish spines?).

[Squall]

You're going to laugh, but...

The National Geographic Atlas of The World (my parents sprung $100 to get it for me when I was 3; I used it 'till I wore it out around age 12). All through childhood I would study & draw maps & flags for fun :shrug: and read about the U.S. Constitution and the founding documents of other countries. My parents thought I was weird. They were right! :D

I still love Social Studies today, of course. And stop laughing! :sweat:

[HumanoidTyphoon]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was up there but 10 apples up on top (http://www.preschooleducation.com/br148.shtml) was my favorite it got pretty intense when those apples were going to fall off. I found a copy of it about a year but they cut half of it out.:(

When I was little I had stacks of the Berenstein Bear Books. They're still around somewhere. I also read that Grover "A Monster is at the end of this book" book (I always got scared). A lot of those "Golden Reader" series books as well (you know, they were real thin and had goldish spines?).I had forgotten about those:) I had like thousands of them The Poky Little Puppy (http://www.e-dealsusa.com/4010.htm) being my favorite had lots of Berenstein Bear and Dr. Suess books too.

Great thread!:)

[Nimbleness]

I don't know what it's called anymore. All I remember is that me and my friend would always get the same book whenever our class had library, and that it was about a couple ducks. Books I do remember..... I beleive one was called The Secret Two. It was about two boys that in two far away places and threw messages in a bottle to each other.

I also like my book (I'll explain). When I was born someone, who I don't exactly remember anymore wrote a book about me. It's around here somewhere. In it I go back in time and ride dinosaurs, and whatnot. It even has a painting of me eating a big cake.

[Mog]

My dad used to read an old book of Uncle Remus, including Brer Rabbit and TarBaby. I also read the "If you give a mouse a Cookie" book, but Remus is the one that really sticks out.

[drippynmeatwad]

You're going to laugh, but...

The National Geographic Atlas of The World (my parents sprung $100 to get it for me when I was 3; I used it 'till I wore it out around age 12). All through childhood I would study & draw maps & flags for fun :shrug: and read about the U.S. Constitution and the founding documents of other countries. My parents thought I was weird. They were right! :D

I still love Social Studies today, of course. And stop laughing! :sweat:
I had an atlas when i was little too!!!!! It was Rand McNally for kids tho, we didn't have the money for National Geographic. I was like 5 and i already had the states in alphabetical order, the capitals, state flowers and state birds all memorized. I was such a geek, geez! :o hey, at least i didn't have to learn it when we were in 4th grade, i already got that down. :D

[Frank White]

Where the Red Ferns Grow
Charlotte's Web
James and the Giant Peach
The Island of the Blue Dolphins
Julie of the Wolves

[ToOn~g@l]

I liked to read anything by dr. Suess and would look at all the animal pictures in National Geographic, I'm glad I did that because now I read those magazines all the time.

When I got older I started reading Little house on the prairie, Charlottes web, and classic books that were abridged, I now have learned that abridged is the worst form of reading ever.

[G. Wen]

I don't remember what this book is called, so if anyone remembers, please help me. The story is about a girl who gets a new quilt. At night, she has a dream where the quilt turns into a town and her stuffed animal is lost in the quilt town. Sound fimiliar to anyone?

[Mike Spartz]

Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World

[Eddy]

I was into Dr. Suess, the Franklin books and Where the Wild Things Are.

[purplehairedwonder]

I absolutely loved The Magic Pudding, even before I could read. My mom read it to me countless times.

[Bubblegum Girl]

The Dr.Suess classic "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" I miss that book so much.

[Barb Gordon]

Children's versions of all the major Classics, and Black Beauty.

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But knowing that I own every Bernstein Bears book ever made till I was like 13 or so, so what my real favorite is!

~Barb

[PaQ]

Hmm.. I was big on the Berenstain Bears and Dr. Suess when I was little. Green Eggs & Ham and The Cat in the Hat were some of my favorites, and all the different situations the two bear cubs, sister bear and brother bear, would get into and what they'd learn was so great back then.

[sun]

You're going to laugh, but...

The National Geographic Atlas of The World (my parents sprung $100 to get it for me when I was 3; I used it 'till I wore it out around age 12). All through childhood I would study & draw maps & flags for fun :shrug: and read about the U.S. Constitution and the founding documents of other countries. My parents thought I was weird. They were right! :D

I still love Social Studies today, of course. And stop laughing! :sweat: I taught Social Studies in Chicago High Schools for more than 27 years..I didn't think anyone liked what I taught..I know you were not in one of my classes, but at least someone appreciates us ex socal studies teachers...Stuart --oh by the way, they were not children's books, but when we traveled as kids, we loved to follow the free maps the gas companies gave out...It was kind of like reading a book, special I suppose, and I don't need a computer added satalite to get from here to there..just a plain old map..:D