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Trivial Pursuits => People & Places => Topic started by: greenkoolayd on January 27, 2010, 02:49:03 pm
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@achewood We're talking about what books the young one should have next. I have declared today Robert Newton Peck day.
with that being said, what were your favorite books from childhood?
mines:
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Why did you post this twice?
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Why did you post this twice?
firefox threw a fit and it must have posted the first time i tried... sorry.
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Richard Scarry, natch.
We had a version of Poky Little Puppy that came with an LP. Jammed that shit on my giraffeer Price turntable and was straight transfixed by the dramatic twists n turns.
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The only kids books I remember reading are Bereenstain Bears and Dr. Seuss. I never encountered Francis, Madeline, airborne meatballs, or the locations of things which are wild.
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All the usual stuff of course, but especially Go Dog Go!
Do you like my hat?
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my mom had 2 really rad books of Grimm's Fairytales. About 2 inches thick(each!) of awesome, dark, ancient-school thrills.
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Have you ever flown a kite in bed?
Have you ever walked with ten cats on your head?
Have you ever milked this kind of cow?
We can do it. We know how?
If you haven't tried these things, you should.
These things are fun. And fun is good.
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anybody want a peanut?
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I had a book of Grimm's fairy tales printed in the early 1900s. Blood, gore, betrayal - all the things a wee mind needs to grow and wonder why Disney movies were so lame in comparison.
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Dr. Seuss! Especially Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop
A little bit later, this:
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Dr. Seuss! Especially Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop
A little bit later, this:
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Silly girl. Yes, you are pointing the animal's head toward Mecca and restraining it properly, but you still cannot Halal slaughter a pig.
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With a clever use of terms, Doherty's book sends Rory and his three friends Morgan, Chase, and Solly (all names of large banks) to discover what Rory's father does for a living. With a father who is a trader on Wall Street, Rory always wondered what his father meant when he mentioned the trading pit and how he worked with bulls, bears ,and sharks-all very entertaining and educational notions for kids. The children set out on a great adventure following Rory's dad to work. They ride the train, elude a security guard, and have lots of fun on the trading floor. The kids agree it would be fun to work on Wall Street, wear colorful jackets, wave their hands around and throw piles of paper money on the floor. The adventure is clever, entertaining, educational, and right in sinc with a child's expectations and curiosity.
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Whenever a child is born, this is what I buy for it.
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Well, with the five years at the children's' theatre and five years at a book store, I have come across some books that stand the test of time and which children, parents and teachers never seem to tire of:
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak. The book might seem a little overplayed these days due to the mediocre movie, but it is a classic, and revolutionized picture books in its time. Plus doesn't every kid have that fear while learning to keep their emotions in check that they are in fact a monster? It's a book I love to read to children, and they always find it fascinating.
Love You Forever - Robert Munsch. (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Forever-Gift-Robert-Munsch/dp/1552091090/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264654757&sr=1-1-spell) This is a Canadian classic, not sure if it's that well known beyond my borders, but it's the sort of book that turns most parents into blubbery messes when they read it because it's about the unending love of the parent-child bond. It's just such a beautiful story. Also worth checking out from Munsch are Mud Puddle (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Forever-Gift-Robert-Munsch/dp/1552091090/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264654757&sr=1-1-spell) and The Paper Bag Princess (http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Bag-Princess-Classic-Munsch/dp/0920236162/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655008&sr=1-2).
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (http://www.amazon.com/Giving-Tree-Shel-Silverstein/dp/B000NY2R40/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655139&sr=1-3) is one of those sacred books of childhood that I think every child should read. Like Munsch's Love You Forever, it's a surprisingly complex story told in a simple beautiful way.
For a more contemporary book, While You Are Sleeping by Alexis Deacon (http://www.amazon.ca/While-You-Sleeping-Alexis-Deacon/dp/0099456974/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655792&sr=1-31) is a beautiful picture book about a girls toys coming to life and protecting her while she sleeps. I always imagined my toys doing this when I was little, so this one strikes a cord.
Also I'm a Manatee by John Lithgow (http://www.amazon.com/Im-Manatee-Book-John-Lithgow/dp/0689854528/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3)is always a hit with kids - it's fun to read out loud and well illustrated (Amazon only lists the book with CD, but I recommend the book by itself).
There's also tons of versions of the Stone Soup (http://www.amazon.ca/Stone-Soup-Marcia-Brown/dp/0684922967/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264656408&sr=1-6) story. It's one of those classics that kids still love.
Of course Frog and Toad (http://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Book-Set-Together/dp/0439438233/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264657035&sr=1-4) are fantastic.
There's oodles more I could recommend, but it's time for my own bed time story...
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Actually, I used to love all those Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness books. And pretty much anything that taught science and history geared towards a younger audience, really. I started reading a lot at quite a young age so never really got into picture books. I mean, I'd read them, because they were there and I read everything I could get my hands on, but since they only lasted me about thirty seconds I just didn't see the point. I did read a lot of Asterix and Tintin, though.
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i was an encyclopedia brown fan. and judy blume had some good books, but i didn't read her girly stuff. much.
anybody else remember the sports stories by matt christopher? they were published in the 50s-70s i guess. i liked those when i couldn't get my nose in anything else.
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Oh, two novels I just remembered that I loved as a kid: The King of the Copper Mountains and The Phantom Tollbooth.
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canned for phantom tollbooth memories
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Also Bangers and Mash but I can't find any good pics of that.
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That reminds me...
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Hellz yes!
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I'm convinced you guys are just making books up now.
Except The Phantom Tollbooth. I just made a jumping to Conclusions reference the other day. I was assigned that book in 4th grade. That was the same year we read The Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Beowulf.
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Choose Your Own Adventure FTW. They have been re-issuing the series since 2005, if anyone knows a nerdy tween who might need a set.
Also, I see your Encyclopedia Brown, and raise you The Three Investigators (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Investigators).
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I always used to run out of fingers holding various places in the choose your own adventure books.
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Of course Frog and Toad (http://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Book-Set-Together/dp/0439438233/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264657035&sr=1-4) are fantastic.
i forgot that i loved those books!
I always used to run out of fingers holding various places in the choose your own adventure books.
FTW (me too)
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That reminds me...
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Yes!
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More modern ones:
Click for Amazonage:
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I really liked Jillian Jigs. I remember making pigs.
I also memorized Lady and the Tramp. That is about all I remember from early childhood. That and sports, I guess.
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Anyone else read Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag? That was a favorite of mine as a wee lass.
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Also, Robert Cormier (The Cheese Stands Alone and The Chocolate War, good thoughtful stuff for junior high kids), Judy Blume, Trixie Belden books, anything about the paranormal, Stephen King, and 1984. (Seriously, I read that one when I was 8, and loved it.)
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"Millions of Cats" is the title of my personal vision of hell.
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Good god I second that opinion.
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"Millions of Cats" is the title of my personal vision of hell.
What if we changed it to pussies?
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Anyone else read Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag? That was a favorite of mine as a wee lass.
Someone wrote a book about my ex girlfriend?
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What if we changed it to pussies?
No that was a book about Texas.
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"Wanda Gag" sounds like the punchline to a joke told by a sixth grade boy
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Robert Cormier (The Cheese Stands Alone and The Chocolate War, good thoughtful stuff for junior high kids).
Agreed, Cormier is great, huge props for noting those books. For the title of the first one you list, I think you mean I am the Cheese (although the title is a reference to the song "Farmer in the Dell" it doesn't draw directly from the lyric). I once gave a copy of The Chocolate War to a student of mine who was dealing with some serious bullying issues. As it's one of those commonly banned/challenged books, I asked the director of the place I was working at, and his mother permission first due to all the swearing and mature content. Since the kid was into watching South Park, I reasoned he would be able to handle it. The poor dude tried his best to fit in, but by the end of his time at the school I was working for, had isolated himself to the point where I was basically his only "friend." Sad times. I hope he's okay out there in the world wherever he is.
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I would happily kick millions of cats to death
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What's with all the hate for cats? They are infinitely better than scummy old dogs.
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Cartoon cats brought us together, but secretly we have all hated actual cats.
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cats are only awesome in cartoon form, and only some of the time.
my dogs think cats are awesome always. for lunch!
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i think kitties are rad.
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Very good. I'll kill you last.
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He will, however, still feed you to his cats.
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Very good. I'll kill you last.
bring it on, white girl.
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I am a cat person.
I deeply mistrust dogs on skateboards.
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Yeah, at least cats have dignity.
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this is the internet and cats are orsome.
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Man, when Linnea gets here she is gonna have some asses to kick.
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Wait, I'm still trying to read My Cat Likes 40 Hide In Boxes.
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"Wanda Gag" sounds like the punchline to a joke told by a sixth grade boy
Or perhaps it is a magic item. Victim must save vs. magic or die of asphyxiation.