Heyang, how could I forget "Betsy, Tacy, and Tib"......I loved those books.....thanks for refreshing that memory for me......42
Heyang, how could I forget "Betsy, Tacy, and Tib"......I loved those books.....thanks for refreshing that memory for me......42
Stuart Little
The Chalk Box Kid
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
The Babysitters Club
Pee wee Scouts
Little Critters
Bearstien Bears
I loved the sweet valley series (kids, twins and high)
One of my professors in college did their thesis on the "papa bear phenomenon" basically she claimed that the father figures in literature and animated series were bafoons or easily duped and this had a negative impact on childrens perspectives.... it was interesting to stop and notice how many of the father roles were ridiculous... but I'm not sure I buy into that having an effect on children.
Nancy Drew
Trixie Beldon series, similar to Nancy Drew
My favorite book that I remember reading was Jane Eyre, to this day I want to strangle Mr. Brocklhurst.
I loved Trixie Beldon, also. I forgot to mention the Bobbsey Twins, too.
Barmy Jeffers and the Quasimodo Walk.
A forgotten classic.
(also: The Return of Barmy Jeffers and the Quasimodo Walk, and Barmy Jeffers and the Shrinking Potion.)
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Okay, I'll play, with some qualifications
Books I loved as a kid, and still love
Little House on the Prairie series
Anne of green gables series
Chalet School books
Green Knowe series (historical/fantasy) LM Boston
Mantlemass series (historical) B Willard
Charlotte's Web (hated Stuart Little, though!)
Little Women
Hester Burton's Historicals
Secret Garden\Little Princess
Books I loved as a kid, but can't stand now
Enid Blyton's mysteries (even as a kid I found the racism/sexism annoying- as an adult it's intolerable)
Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys (I can read some of the earlier editions- the more modern ones have really been "dumbed down")
Kid's Books I read as an adult and I love
Harry Potter
Susan Cooper's Over Sea under Stone and sequels
Madeline L'Engels books (especially Many Waters- a masterpiece!)
Earthsea Trilogy
Book other kids loved, but I never could get into (as a kid or an adult!)
Anything by Judy Blume (can't stand "issues" books)
Roald Dahl novels
The Berenstein Bears- This was one of my first influences of cartooning and creating a cartoon series of my own.
Babysitter's Club- but I always thought they were sh---y.
Sweet Valley whatever whatever. I thought those were sh---y also! But I read them. :(
Goosebumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have about four Goosebumps book and I want those ones where you read at the bottom and you choose where to go and you have to turn the page. I never did get scared of the stories! *LOLZ* And plus I always thought they were sorta cheesy, even as a kid I thought that!!
Great topic!
When I was younger, I would read and reread these books:
- Little House in the Prairie series
- All the Ramona books
- All the Judy Blume books
- Anyone here read The Great Brain series of books? Loved these!
- All the Beverly Cleary books for teens
I also ate up every Peanuts comic strip books I could get my hands on.
Has anyone seen the movie preview for The Polar Express? Wow, it looks incredible. I got goosebumps when I saw it yesterday.
OMG! I'm totally forgot about Goosebumps! Loved 'em!
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