Favorite Children's Books

[crickhollow]

I've read a few Blumes, but I'll stay with Cleary. I mean, even aside from Ramona (who did lots of things that I always wanted to do, like squeeze all the toothpaste out of the tube) and Howie, there's Henry Huggins and Runaway Ralph.

[cassiopeia]

Originally posted by Huan
As a kid, I focused almost exclusively on superhero comic books, but occasionally I'd let an actual book slip through. The Hobbit was great, of course. As a really little kid, I loved those - grrr I forget what they were called, but that whole series of little hardcovers for early readers: The Pokey Little Puppy, There's a Monster at the End of This Book (featuring Sesame Street's Grover), etc. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Loved Maurice Sendak. And above all, I loved Henry and Ribsy and the Ramona books. I read somewhere once upon a time that all people who read as children can be evenly divided as either Beverly Clearys or Judy Blumes, and I find that to be quite true. Myself, I've never read a Blume book, but I devoured Ms. Cleary's tomes. The question is, why should this be true, that you either like one or the other of those two authors? Who here are the Clearys, and who the Blumes?

You aren't by chance talking about Golden Books, are you? I've got many of them at home, like The Pokey Little Puppy, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Sesame Street ones, and many more. Some are over 20 years old.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Huan
Who here are the Clearys, and who the Blumes?

I liked both - probably Blume slightly more, but generally, I devoured both.

[Linaewen]

I can't remember the rest of them, but when I was younger, I absolutely adored Enid Blyton (Loved the Faraway Tree) and Judy Blume.

[Huan]

Golden Books! Yes indeed. Thanks, Cassiopeia.

[Orion]

Originally posted by Linaewen
I can't remember the rest of them, but when I was younger, I absolutely adored Enid Blyton (Loved the Faraway Tree) and Judy Blume.

I used to like Enid Blyton´s books too, especially the ones where were the 4 kids (Jack, Anne Philip and Dinah..?) and the cockatoo (don´t know what that series is called in English..) Those were really good - and I remember wanting to have a cockatoo when I read those..

[BeardofPants]

The bird was called Kiki. I don't know if they had a name: but they were the X of Adventure series. They were great.

[Wayfarer]

The Princess and the Goblins was a favorite of mine as a child.
Doctor Seuss is to blame for the better part of my psychosis.
Tom Sawyer, Robinson Crusoe, the wind in the willows...

Other than that, I started reading my mother's college textbooks around third grade.

[Elvellyn]

Other than that, I started reading my mother's college textbooks around third grade.

Wow! I thought I was the only one who did that! Except they were my aunt's. I found them in my grandma's attic one day. I didn't always understand them, but I would look up all the big words in the dictionary.

For lighter reading though, I liked the Berinstein Bears books. And of course Dr. Suess. Who doesn't love Dr. Suess?