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favorite childhood books
Published Jul. 2, 2008
What books did you enjoy reading as a child?
I started thinking about some of my childhood favorites a few weeks ago after I talked to a friend on the phone. My friend, who is in her 20s, laughed as she told me what she was reading at the moment … “The Baby-sitters Club” books.
If you’re not familiar with them, they were first published in 1986 and were geared towards young girls, not 20-somethings. My friend said she loved to read the books as a child, so she went to the library recently and checked them out.
She’s reading her way through the collection, and from listening to her laugh on the phone, she’s having a great time revisiting a piece of her childhood.
As a kid, one of my favorite books was “Matilda” by Roald Dahl. My two younger brothers got me hooked on “Goosebumps” by R.L. Stine. Those are two favorites that come to mind.
My friend has inspired me, so I think I’ll head down to the library soon and check them out. It’s nice to feel like a little kid again sometimes :)
What about you? What books did you love as a kid?
- Kelly H. (WRAL.com web editor)
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One of my early favorites was "Frog and Toad are Friends".
As I grew older my favorites were "The Secret Garden", anything by Beverly Cleary, "Encyclopedia Brown", the "Boxcar Children" series, anything by Judy Blume, "The Phantom Tollbooth".
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I can't remember kids book, but my favorite author as a teen was: Ann Rinaldi. Fantastic books. The best: Wolf by the Ears. Every teen should read it.
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