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Re: well, in MY day.......
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2010, 06:03:53 am »









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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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2010, 06:14:30 am »
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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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2010, 06:17:34 am »
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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« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2010, 06:24:37 am »
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2010, 12:08:27 pm »



Also Bangers and Mash but I can't find any good pics of that.
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2010, 12:16:05 pm »
That reminds me...

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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2010, 12:18:30 pm »
Hellz yes!
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2010, 01:55:17 pm »
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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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2010, 03:00:37 pm »
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.
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2010, 03:12:48 pm »
I always used to run out of fingers holding various places in the choose your own adventure books.
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Re: well, in MY day.......
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2010, 04:06:17 pm »
Of course Frog and Toad are fantastic.

i forgot that i loved those books!

Quote from: Mr Trout on January 28, 2010, 03:12:48 pm
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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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2010, 10:14:09 pm »
Quote from: oball on January 28, 2010, 12:16:05 pm
That reminds me...

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« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2010, 10:33:11 pm »
More modern ones:
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« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2010, 03:42:35 am »
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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Re: well, in MY day.......
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2010, 09:16:54 pm »
Anyone else read Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag?  That was a favorite of mine as a wee lass. 



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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