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| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 10-Aug-2007 3:44pm |
I read a lot of books while I was a kid, but it would take me several pages just to tell you which ones I remember reading. |
| thecomic22 | | posted 10-Aug-2007 4:09pm |
Madd Magazine & Highlights For Kid's I think it was called. |
dab   | | posted 10-Aug-2007 4:49pm |
science fiction, books about animals, electronics, greek and roman mythology |
| RGirl | | posted 10-Aug-2007 4:59pm |
School books, Nancy Drew, various things I got at the library, Dr. Seuss were early books, those stories with the bears Berenstain Bears? And the mice, they were big books that had a lot going on showing inside a house, on the street, loved those. Fairy tales, the typical Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and Andrew Lang fairy tales, Hans Christian Anderson and Grimms, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit, Ramona books and other books by Beverly Clearly. |
| Amanda | | posted 10-Aug-2007 5:42pm |
Goosebumps. Babysitters Club. Some books about a girl named Ramona or something. Box Car Children. |
| ultamate | | posted 10-Aug-2007 5:58pm |
Highlights |
| thecomic22 | | (reply to Amanda) posted 10-Aug-2007 6:20pm |
> Goosebumps. Babysitters Club. Some books
> about a girl named Ramona or something. Box
> Car Children.
I remember thoes books about Ramona. They were written by Beverly Clearly. ( I think that was her name) She also wrote the book Runaway Ralph & couple others. |
| ausfox | | posted 10-Aug-2007 6:39pm |
I used to read the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley High, things like that. I also liked Archie comics |
Galomorro   | | posted 10-Aug-2007 7:09pm |
I liked comic books a lot -- horror type and funny ones like Archie. But Tarzan was a top favorite comic AND paperbacks. I'd also read anything on jazz and blues I could find in the library. Would read some of my dad's collection of Readers Digest Condensed Books stories and a very few of the "classics" like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. |
| RainingFeathers | | posted 10-Aug-2007 7:19pm |
When I was little I really liked the Little Miss and Mister books, among many others. When I was 8 I graduated to "big people" books, like Stephen King and Poe (I still vividly remember buying 'The Black Cat' at a school book fair). I completely skipped the chapter/young adult books stage. |
Enheduanna  | | posted 10-Aug-2007 8:37pm |
The only magazines I remember were Seventeen and Sassy, in jr. high and high school. I don't remember if there were any before that.
As for books, I read lots of them, but the series I remember are the Little House books, all of L. M. Montgomery's books, All of a Kind Family, and Cherry Ames. |
| Enheduanna | | posted 10-Aug-2007 8:41pm |
Oh yeah, Judy Blume and Beverley Cleary. I also liked Arthurian legends. And I read a lot of Steinbeck in high school (mostly not for school, but when I was that age). |
| smurf | | posted 10-Aug-2007 11:05pm |
Oh, boy. This could take all day. I read heaps as a kid, and still do. I enjoyed all of the Golden Books, Dr Seuss, Berenstein Bears, Narnia series, and I loved biographies and stories of Christians and missionaries. Through Gates of Splendor, Little One: Maid of Israel, David Livingstone, Gladys Aylward, and George Mueller were some of my favourites. My favourite book, as I recall, was 'Gianna'. It was the story of a girl whose mother tried to abort her but she lived to tell about it. I read all the classics - Pilgrim's Progress, Swiss Family Robinson, etc., and I owned many Babysitter's Club, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books. I read heaps. Guess that's why I became a librarian  |
| mrmarm | | posted 11-Aug-2007 1:44am |
Goosebumps, not so much read but browse through for the novelty. |
| Cleo | | posted 11-Aug-2007 4:44am |
Can't remember |
| Melf | | posted 11-Aug-2007 6:20am |
All sorts. I read lots of factual books. My favourite fiction was Roger McGough and Roald Dahl. I read very few children's classics - I only remember the Wizard of Oz, the Wolves of Willoughby Close, and a few Enid Blyton books. There may be more. I definitely read more than I watched television. |
| jettles | | posted 11-Aug-2007 1:33pm |
ellery queen books and magazine like stuff. i also read anything about animals i could. |
paulyw   | | posted 11-Aug-2007 3:09pm |
I did not read much magazines as a kid |
bill  | | posted 11-Aug-2007 6:03pm |
magazines: Dynamite, Omni
books: The Hobbit, Titan by John Varley, Xanth books by Piers Anthony, Chose-your-own-adventure books |
| Amanda |
Yep. That was her. |
| Iseult | | posted 12-Aug-2007 10:51am |
Just like now, I always liked reading all kinds of books. I went through an embarrassing period of liking Sydney Sheldon. I liked the Odyssey (far more than I did when I read tried reading it recently).
Regarding magazines, I was obsessed with celebrity magazines. Tabloids and such crap. |
| Irene007 | | posted 12-Aug-2007 11:24am |
Mad Magazine, National Geographic, Hara Kiri , Reader's Digest that's about it... |
| Zang | | posted 12-Aug-2007 12:08pm |
Skin mags mostly. 
I also liked reading non-fiction books about science and occult stuff. |
| Sparky5115 | | posted 12-Aug-2007 1:01pm |
Pick a path, Choose your own adventure, Famous Five, The naughtiest girl in school, Saddle Club, Point thrillers. |
| Gomezy3k | | posted 12-Aug-2007 4:23pm |
Creepy, Eerie, Vamparella, and as many monster magazines as I could. Also had Twilight Zone, and Boris Karloff comics |
| cabinfever | | posted 13-Aug-2007 2:45am |
I read (and still own) the entire 'Black Stallion' series, the 'Little House' series.... I would read anything in print about horses... Golden Books, Garfield, Richard Scary's children's books, Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume, 'Choose Your Own Adventure' ... and when I got to my teens 'Reader's Digest' also became a favorite. In middle school, I am ashamed to admit, I read 'Sweet Valley High' books. |
| Pomeranian | | posted 13-Aug-2007 4:32am |
Nancy Drew |
| cerealkiller | | posted 13-Aug-2007 2:30pm |
Hardy Boys books. No magazines. |
| EyesOfCharisma |
> Nancy Drew
I just took my daughters to see the movie, have you seen it??? Now my daughters want the books, I was very happy to have created this interest for them... |
| Pomeranian |
Was it a good movie? |
| EyesOfCharisma |
I really liked it, was very cute... It is what I would expect it to be... I loved how she handled her boyfriend in the movie. She always focused on her 'mysteries' first... I like that because I think it is a good value to instill in girls, not to live your life for boys, etc. etc. |
| Jody | | posted 14-Aug-2007 4:19pm |
Ranger Rick, National Geographic World, Cricket |
| Jody | | (reply to Melf) posted 14-Aug-2007 4:20pm |
I have a copy of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken - excellent book! |
| Melf | | (reply to Jody) posted 14-Aug-2007 5:12pm |
Oh aye, Chase. Very cool |
| Crayons | | posted 20-Aug-2007 3:00pm |
Junie B. Jones in grade 2, Spider magazine for Kids, Arthur, Beverly Cleary. |
| Crayons |
> |> Goosebumps. Babysitters Club. Some books
> |> about a girl named Ramona or something. Box
> |> Car Children.
>
> I remember thoes books about Ramona. They were written by Beverly
> Clearly. ( I think that was her name) She also wrote the book Runaway
> Ralph & couple others.
Beverly Cleary, I wonder if she's still alive.. |
| docgbrown | | posted 25-Aug-2007 1:05am |
Boy's Life, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest Magazine, Penthouse Letters and what ever else I could get my hands on. |
| moviesnob | | posted 10-Sep-2007 1:34pm |
Sweet Valley High, Sleepover Friends, Dean Koontz (young adult novels), Christopher Pike books, Encyclopedia Brown . . . |
| Enigma | | posted 25-Sep-2007 12:12am |
I just read books I guess... there was this one magazine called "Highlight" I'm thinking that was the name anyway. Mom had Dr. Suess books come in the mail I remember that. So exciting waiting for the next one! Nancy Drew when I got older.
I read whatever I could get my hands on. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 7-Oct-2007 12:40pm |
Little Red Riding Hood and that beastly wolf and the 3 Little Pigs was a good one as well |
| JessicaWoman99 | | (reply to RGirl) posted 7-Oct-2007 12:44pm |
> School books, Nancy Drew, various things I got at the library, Dr.
> Seuss were early books, those stories with the bears Berenstain Bears?
> And the mice, they were big books that had a lot going on showing
> inside a house, on the street, loved those. Fairy tales, the typical
> Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and Andrew Lang fairy tales, Hans Christian
> Anderson and Grimms, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit, Ramona books
> and other books by Beverly Clearly.
Oh Dr. Suess How the Grinch stole Christmas I love this one soo good, I still watch it every Christmas and
Charlie Brown Christmas love these and Sleeping Beauty still comes on every year |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 7-Oct-2007 12:45pm |
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall |
| FauxLo |
FoxTurtle liked The Fox and The Turtle and The Turtle and The Hare, so... |
