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#1879621 - 12/17/13 09:16 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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I read to my nieces a lot from "Where The Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. I had a 5th grade teacher who would read aloud to us various Shel Silverstein poems, and I still remember some of them by heart!
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#1879627 - 12/17/13 09:21 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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We had a song we sang for The Missing Piece. I still could sing it by heart, even today. In grade school I did The Giving Tree as my first "speech".
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#1879633 - 12/17/13 09:27 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book Pale Rider
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Originally Posted By: Pale Rider
In these parts, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a spicy chicken plate from Chuy's.....


Love Chuy's! They opened one in Charlotte, but it's not the same as the one I went to in Austin.

As far as books, when I was a kid I liked to read Encyclopedia Brown, The Mad Scientists Club, and Swiss Family Robinson.
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#1879635 - 12/17/13 09:35 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book HappyGilmore
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Originally Posted By: HappyGilmore
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
anything by Louis L'amour


Yeah, I liked these also. Made me remember two more I liked when I was younger - "Ben and Me", and "Mr. Revere and I" by Robert Lawson.
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#1879663 - 12/17/13 10:32 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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I'll Always Love You, I Love You Forever, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and The Poky Puppy for my kids. I fondly remember Nancy Drew books, The Hobyas, Island of the Blue Dolphins.

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#1879728 - 12/18/13 01:27 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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Strega Nona...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strega_Nona
Beautifully illustrated, my son loved it.
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#1879730 - 12/18/13 01:28 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book Retired DQ
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#1879731 - 12/18/13 01:28 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book Retired DQ
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Originally Posted By: DeeQ
Strega Nona...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strega_Nona
Beautifully illustrated, my son loved it.


They had books when you were a kid? Who knew. laugh
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#1879732 - 12/18/13 01:31 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book Purple Pride
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They were called hieroglyphics. shocked
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#1879735 - 12/18/13 01:35 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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Ha ha ha, you guys are hilarious.
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#1879737 - 12/18/13 01:50 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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When I was very little, I loved all the Dr. Seuss books. (In a People House, The B Book, Horton Hears a Who, etc.) I've memorized so many of them from reading them to my kids/grandkids over and over and over again.

But, my earliest memories of books are the Golden Books. They were small enough for little hands to manage and they were illustrated so well. I remember Pokey Little Puppy (my favorite), The Little Engine that Could, Little Toot, The Little Toaster, etc. I made sure my kids and grandchildren were exposed to them, too. They also loved them.

My favorite 'newer' children's book is "The Runaway Bunny". Very sweet.

Maybe I'm just showing my age.....
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#1879741 - 12/18/13 02:17 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book A_G
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They were called hieroglyphics. shocked


you spell checked that before posting, didn't you?
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#1879743 - 12/18/13 02:20 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book Peepers
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damn right! laugh
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#1879745 - 12/18/13 02:30 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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My favorites as a small child were Where the Wild Things Are and pretty much anything from Dr. Seuss (One Fish, Two Fish was a particular favorite. I also remember enjoying Where the Sidewalk Ends. Once I was a little bit older I would read anything I could get my hands on, but A Wrinkle In Time and Black Beauty were ones I read repeatedly. It wasn't long after that I got hooked on fantasy and started reading Tolkein.
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#1879752 - 12/18/13 02:42 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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Black Beauty - I read that over and over...... REbecca of Sunnybrook Farm, so many, can't remember them all....
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#1879794 - 12/18/13 03:59 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book waldensouth
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I think from a age progression standpoint it was
The Golden Books (loved Pokey Puppy), then
Dr. Suess, then
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and SuperFudge, then
Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators

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#1879812 - 12/18/13 04:15 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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We read tons of the Golden Books when I was little. I loved Judy Bloom books. Also loved Ramona & Beezus and Little House on the Prairie.

When my son was little, the favorites were anything by Sandra Boynton, and the Junie B Jones books.
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#1879867 - 12/18/13 05:13 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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I remember a book I loved when I was in grade school. It was called something like 'From the Mixed Up Files of Ms. Basil E. Frankwiler' and was about two young children who ran away and lived in a museum for a bit.

Oh - and books about the 'Littles'.

Good memory - thanks for starting this thread.
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#1879898 - 12/18/13 06:01 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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I was thinking about all the wonderful books listed in this thread when I was driving to work this morning, and I remembered how much I loved a series of books by Marguerite Henry about horses: "Misty of Chincoteague" and "Stormy, Misty's Foal" and "Seastar: Orphan of Chincoteague". Wonderful books with great illustrations that started my lifelong love affair with horses. smile
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#1879907 - 12/18/13 06:08 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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Yes, I read those too, Mulberry!
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#1879918 - 12/18/13 06:14 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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Me as well, Mulberry. I still have my mom's original hardcover ones.
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#1879924 - 12/18/13 06:21 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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I read every horse book in my elementary school library. The Marguerite Henry books, the Walter Farley (Black Stallion) books, National Velvet, My Friend Flicka, etc... I still have my mom's childhood copy of Black Beauty - printed in England.
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#1879929 - 12/18/13 06:26 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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My son liked The Magic Treehouse series when he was in 1st grade or so. He would devour them each week, coming home from the library.
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#1879931 - 12/18/13 06:27 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book mtngrrl
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Originally Posted By: mtngrrl
I read every horse book in my elementary school library. The Marguerite Henry books, the Walter Farley (Black Stallion) books, National Velvet, My Friend Flicka, etc...


Ditto. wink I have most of the movies, too. grin
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#1879938 - 12/18/13 06:32 PM Re: Favorite Childrens Book PATSGirl74
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The Swamp
Grimm's Fairy Tales
An assortment of Golden Books and Dr. Seuss
Anything "Horse".\
Call of the Wild and most things Jack London
James Herriott
Nancy Drew

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We (husband and I) have Goodnight Moon memorized. During those nights when our daughter was in the hospital when we'd left it behind at home, we would recite it to her to get her to go to sleep. We have 2 copies of the books, both are torn and tattered. I started to read it to my 10 year old the other evening at bedtime, my husband smiled as he walked in, joining in, my daughter rolled her eyes at us and reminded us that she's not a baby anymore.


Happy post of the day! smile
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