re: What were your favorite books as children?

Um.. when I was little, the only books I can remember reading were my mother's textbooks. She was still in college at the time, so they were everywhere. The only one I really got into was her literature anthology, it had alot of poems and plays in it.

If I had the option, I probably would have liked the Winnie the Pooh stories by A.A. Milne.

Quoting nvoytek:“ You are so right! That was my favorite book as a small child.”

It's still one of my favorites, I read it all the time lol!

Quoting Noah.:“ Right now I am reading The Giver to my son, it was my mother's day gift from my mother. It made me remember ... [snip!] ... Arithmetic. Hatchet. Brian's Winter. Bridge to Terebithia. Stone Fox. My Side of the Mountain. What are yours?”

I LOVED The Boxcar Children! Also, the Babysitter's Club and some series of books about a girl named Karen... I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

Quoting Leah ♥:“ One of my very favorites was Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Carol King. ... [snip!] ... Pierre." My mom and I still say that to this day. http://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Cautionary-Tale-Chapters-Prologue/dp/0064432521”

OMG! Didn't they make videos of those stories?! we used to rent the VHS tapes from the library when I was a kid!! aghhhh now I gotta get those for my kid haha thanks for the memories

edited to add the link for the youtube video:

Leo the Lop
Serendipity
The Gnome from Nome
Flutterby...

God those books were the best.

Quoting ♥mommy of Lorelai:“ I think it was called Bailey School Kids? It had titles like Martians don't wear underwear...or some ... [snip!] ... wear underwear...or some shit like that! haha (jk about the underwear part...I just forgot the title and it seemed to fit)”

hmmm idk it, but it sounds like something Jerry Spenelli? would write. He had a lot of silly titles.

Quoting JessJess:“ I LOVED The Boxcar Children! Also, the Babysitter's Club and some series of books about a girl named Karen... I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.”

babysitter's little sister club or something. i loved those.

My favorite book when I was very young from what my mom told me was The Wind in the Willow and The Bernstein Bear books.

And around 8 or 9 years old:
Amelia Bedelia
James and the Giant Peach
The Very Hungry Catapillar
The Cat in the Hat
Curious George
Charlotte's Web
Matilda

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I have all of the book that I listed above for my girls!  

Quoting JessJess:“ I LOVED The Boxcar Children! Also, the Babysitter's Club and some series of books about a girl named Karen... I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.”

I loved the Babysitter's club as well! And the American Girl Series. And there was another series where it was like reading a girl's diary? I can't remember what the series was called...

Rainbow fish, definately. 

Quoting 10.13.07:“ OMG! Didn't they make videos of those stories?! we used to rent the VHS tapes from the library when I was a kid!! aghhhh now I gotta get those for my kid haha thanks for the memories”

So Im not the only one! haha!! My mom taught when I was a kid. She's now a principal. I had every book imaginable. But that one sticks out the most. My son has every book imaginable now. he loves reading. The Jamie Lee Curtis books are hilariuos. He's all into Captain Underpants now. It's a chapter book for older kids. It's complete bathroom humor. I love them.

Quoting Noah.:“ Right now I am reading The Giver to my son, it was my mother's day gift from my mother. It made me remember ... [snip!] ... Arithmetic. Hatchet. Brian's Winter. Bridge to Terebithia. Stone Fox. My Side of the Mountain. What are yours?”

I loved Number the Stars!!!

Quoting Dr. Jekyll:“ Leo the Lop Serendipity The Gnome from Nome Flutterby... God those books were the best.”

yes, those were the shit! Weedle on the Needle!!!

Quoting Kristin.:“ babysitter's little sister club or something. i loved those.”

Yeah, it was something related to the Babysitter's Club... I also loved the Scary Stories books... that had the weird scary stories. And Shel Silverstein and Goosebumps... I was a total bookworm when I was a kid.