Favorite Book When You Were But A Child... [Archive] - Movie Fan Central Discussion Forums

Jerk Shapiro

11-01-2002, 05:42 PM

What was your favorite book when you were but a wee tiny lad/las?

Mine were:

Any Dr. Suess book, I loved these things. So imaginative and funny, and they rhymed. I love that!

Goosebumps: Hey, so what? Some were good. THEY WERE!

Um...

I liked reading books about animals. Yeah!

You?

Morgana

11-01-2002, 05:53 PM

I loved to read fairy tales, lots of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and such.

Reigh Kaufman

11-01-2002, 06:39 PM

Charlotte's Web and The Iron Man were two particular favourites of mine....

Danny the Champion Of The World and The Twits by Roald Dahl must be in there too...

Romero&Juliet

11-01-2002, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman

Roald Dahl

beat me to it!

Mr. Pye by Mervyn Peake was my favorite book when I was a youngun.

Romero&Juliet

11-01-2002, 11:27 PM

fuuucckkkk

the WAYSIDE SCHOOL series!!!

I haven't thought about those things in YEARS!!

louis Sachar... anyone remember those things??? They were freaking HILARIOUS!!!

areyoubeingserved

11-01-2002, 11:32 PM

The Twits most certainly, I my eyes went over those words so many time that they simply wore out. I now keep two backup copies. A piece of inspired genius.

Green Eggs And Ham, takes the top spot though, I am Sam afterall, Sam I am.

asyouwish530

11-01-2002, 11:57 PM

Good topic. I was partial to Where The Wild Things Are, Dr. Suess' Pale Green Pants and Sneeches, Henry Huggins, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Albad the Oaf, The Indian in the Cupboard, Frog & Toad and Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel.

Jerk Shapiro

11-02-2002, 12:26 PM

Yeah, I also loved Roald Dahl. And Willy Wonka books.

Moviefan1234

11-02-2002, 01:39 PM

I used to love both Goosebumps and the Boxcar Children series.

James Logan

11-02-2002, 03:15 PM

I only read Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and the Grimm brothers as a kid. I got all Christie's books, all the Sherlock Holmes stories, and all the Grimm tales, and all I did was read 'em over and over again. I just loved 'em. Still do.

Grebdron

11-04-2002, 02:31 PM

I read all the Encyclopedia Brown books as a kid. Also almost everything by S.E. Hinton. I actually liked alot of Judy Blume's work, also.

But the one story my mother used to read to me that stands out was called The Little Match Girl. God, I used to weep uncontrollably at that story. I think if I read it now, or could find it, I probably still would.

spacemonkey

11-05-2002, 04:12 PM

I dont remember the author right now but I read this novel called A Wrinkle in Time..man what a good book. When I read it as a kid..and even now I find it fascinating.

I also like reading these series of books called Explorer it was a choose your own adventure type of book. Basically youd be a scientist and choose your way through em, good stuff I think it was put out by shcolastic or Troll.

And these small movie novelizations. I think one of the first ones I read was the novelization of...believe it or not spaceballs! LOL! I still have it!

Jerk Shapiro

11-05-2002, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by spacemonkey
I dont remember the author right now but I read this novel called A Wrinkle in Time

That might've been "Louis Duncan"...I'm pretty sure it is.

PapaJupe2k

11-05-2002, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by Grebdron
I read all the Encyclopedia Brown books as a kid. Damn, me too! I loved the Encyclopedia Brown series. I wish I still had some, they would be fun to look back on and read today. Just an excellent kid based mystery series. :)

Congerking

11-06-2002, 02:22 AM

Originally posted by Moviefan1234
I used to love both Goosebumps and the Boxcar Children series.

I loved the goosebump books. i read almost all of them up to when i stopped. they were good reading for a kid.

jbuck_919

11-09-2002, 07:08 PM

You mean even younger than you still are, Jonnie?

My parents were not bookish and I was never even read a bedtime story. Strange because I became an extremely educated person. I loved a child's edition of illustrated bible stories that is still stored somewhere in my mother's house and that I would happily hand down to another child. For similar reasons, I loved the classic D'aulaire's Book of Greek Mythology, which I can still find in the library and which may still be in print. I was constantly in the library but most of what I read was a mishmash of things that would not be widely familiar. Dr. Seuss was available at school but I never liked him (The Cat in the Hat was actually kind of scary for me). I found out about Winnie the Pooh when I was maybe 25.

Jerk Shapiro

11-09-2002, 10:36 PM

Originally posted by PapaJupe2k
Damn, me too! I loved the Encyclopedia Brown series. I wish I still had some, they would be fun to look back on and read today. Just an excellent kid based mystery series. :)

Was he the kid who liked pancakes? That name sounds familiar...

Gollum

11-10-2002, 02:59 AM

I loved GOOSEBUMPS

Tom Samborski

11-10-2002, 02:02 PM

I loved reading those Wayside School books.

PapaJupe2k

11-11-2002, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by MOVIE-Maniac 8
Was he the kid who liked pancakes? That name sounds familiar... I don't remember if he ate a lot of pancakes or not because it's been so long since I read one. He was basically a kid detective that would solve cases for his friends in the neighborhood, they had some really cute and clever stories. I remember his girlfriend (Sally?) would keep the neighborhood tough guys in line if they tried to mess with Encyclopedia Brown.:) I think they even did a short lived series on HBO where they converted some of the stories to film.

Klownzilla

11-18-2002, 05:26 PM

I Was a Second Grade Werewolf
Three Little Kittens
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Annie Hall

11-21-2002, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by spacemonkey
I dont remember the author right now but I read this novel called A Wrinkle in Time..man what a good book. When I read it as a kid..and even now I find it fascinating

Madeline L'engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time as well as the rest of the series (A Wind in the Door...and a couple others)

the night watchman

12-06-2002, 01:25 AM

The Han Solo books by Brian Daley ("Han Solo at Stars' End," "Han Solo's Revenge," and "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy"), and "White Fang" by Jack London.

The Young Son

01-01-2003, 06:46 AM

When i was like 6 it was "Brer Rabbit" but the books that took up much of my school life up to grade 6 were of course "Goosebumps"

Come on...they were good for their day.

mattjk_17

01-01-2003, 09:32 AM

The Iron Man, I've still got that somewhere, I couldn't ever put it down it either. I also loved George's Marvellous Medicine, it was my favourite Roald Dahl book :)

AxeDamn

01-07-2003, 11:56 AM

I guesss it depends how you deine "child".

I've always loved THE HOBBIT by Tolkien, though I don't know if it can be considered a childs book (long words, y'see)

Doctor Seuss's works! Man, they rule! And I didn't even remember them until a few months ago when I found a copy of THE CAT IN THE HAT and ABC at the back of my English class. I remembered hearing them somewhere and when I got home my mum told me she used to read those books to me... crazy huh?

Ohh, I used to read tons of adventure books with knights and talking cats (yeah, a surprisingly large number of them)!
I can't remember any authors in particular :(

And then of course the works of Roald Dahl. I remember reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach several times, but what really springs to mind was REVOLTING RHYMES. They really served to shape my psyche.

I was also REALLY into Greek Myths when I was a kid, and I think I must've read pretty much every one under the sun, somehow. can't remember jack now, though :D

Mad Maggot

01-10-2003, 12:29 PM

i liked the books by this Finnish author Astrid Lindgren (sp?)... unfortunately she died last year, but her books are great

SIREN30

01-24-2003, 11:09 AM

I don't remember when I was really little but when I started reading alot ( when I was like 7? ) I loved The Trixie Belden books, Little Women, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Annie Hall

01-24-2003, 11:20 AM

Well, when I was very wee my favorites were:

The Napping House
Weird Parents
Heckedy Peg (helluva dark story for a 3 year old, but I loved it)

then I got a bit older and partook in:

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Any and all Judy Blume books
Everything by Roald Dahl (especially The Witches...damn I was but a morbid wee thing)

...and now...at my "ripe old age" ;)...John Irving

Ren Hoek

01-24-2003, 02:36 PM

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (read it at least 10 times) and Where the Wild Things are

My first 'adult' book: It in 1989 (at the age of 10... scary:eek: )

bankholdup

01-24-2003, 06:56 PM

Peanut Butter Rhino!

Bryce Canyon

01-24-2003, 10:24 PM

Goosebumps, Encyclepedia Brown, and Jurassic Park. I shit you not, I read JP in fourth grade(mostly for the dinosaurs, probably didn't get all the stuff about cloning....)

the p&j experiance

01-30-2003, 01:07 AM

Where the Red Fern Grows, I cried like a little bitch when I read the ending to this book. Who else has read this book?

the night watchman

01-30-2003, 01:47 AM

You know, I read "Where the Red Fern Grows" and I saw the movie but I can't remember a damn thing about it. It's about hillbillies and huntin' dawgs, ain't it?

PrettyInPink

02-03-2003, 06:57 PM

I remember at school we used to have a story time and the teacher would read to us once or twice a week. My most favourite memory was being read a book called The Silver Sword. I think it was by a guy called Ian Serrailer.

In fact i know i have got a copy of the book in a box upstairs which i "borrowed" from school and i always kept it so i could show my kids what mum liked at school.

God im gonna have to dig it out just to read again now. Then my kids can have a look.

bob

02-04-2003, 04:34 PM

I used to love the Redwall books. In fact, I've got an autographed copy of the first one.

bowieee

02-04-2003, 07:12 PM

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Entire OZ series

The Last Unicorn

Choose your own adventure books

Bunnicula

Alice in Wonderland and through the looking glass

Sideways stories from wayside school series

The Black Cauldron

A Wrinkle in Time

Once and future King

The Tolkien Books

bowieee

02-04-2003, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by bob
I used to love the Redwall books. In fact, I've got an autographed copy of the first one.

Redwall I loved those books so much I totally forgot about them...

:) oh I also want to add A Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

Hannibal21

02-04-2003, 09:28 PM

The Wizard of Oz

freakandgeek

02-13-2003, 05:51 AM

the bearenstein bear books were definately my favorite! i'd had every book except for the dentist one, and that was ok, cause my best friend had it!

i also loved where the wild things are. when people tell me they had never heard of that book, even if they are 25, i tell them to read it right away. for it should not be unread by anyone!

thedarklamb

02-13-2003, 03:35 PM

Alice In Wonderland

The Bernstein Bears

Dr. Suess

Little Golden Books

Mother Goose

Grimm Fairy Tales

Choose Your Own Adventure Books

Shel Silverstein books...Where The Sidewalk Ends, A Light In The Attic..ect.

Batgirl1979

02-15-2003, 08:01 PM

The Last Unicorn(actually anthing that had to do with unicons)
"Mark and Mandy" books
Choose your own adventure series
The Mr Men(Mr Silly) and Little Miss series (Little Miss Sunshine)
Serendipity books like: Gabby, Morgan and Me, and Misty Morgan

Mind you these were when I was real young!

Grim H.

02-17-2003, 07:57 PM

When I was little:
Dr Seuss
Corderoy Bear *(I don't think that's how it's spelled)

As I got a little older:
Goosebumps
The Bernstein Bears

rikimaru187

03-02-2003, 04:42 PM

Green Eggs and Ham. Later. :D

Scarface98.9

03-02-2003, 06:53 PM

Back when I was a little boy, Dr Seuss was like my equivalent today to Martin Scorsese. I'd get every book and read it hundreds of times cause he had a great rhythm. Other inclusions are Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and th Goosebump series

SubMethod

03-03-2003, 12:28 AM

The Bernstein Bears
Give A Mouse A Cookie
Goosebumps
Where The Red Fern Grows (that ending got me every single time, I'd bawl my eyes out)
A Wrinkle In Time

flowrchild

03-11-2003, 04:08 AM

Originally posted by Romero&Juliet
fuuucckkkk

the WAYSIDE SCHOOL series!!!

I haven't thought about those things in YEARS!!

louis Sachar... anyone remember those things??? They were freaking HILARIOUS!!!

I loooooved these books when I was a kid. Thank you for reminding me about them, I just got a big smile on my face.

Some other books I loved:

Cam Jansen
Matilda
Mouse Tails
Choose Your Own Adventure
Judy Blume Books
R.L Stine Books

Oh the nostalgia ;)

ColinM

03-12-2003, 02:26 PM

Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol were my favorites, but they were remedial versions of course. I also really liked the Encyclopedia Brown books, Goosebumps, those Clue books, and Beverly Cleary books. And of course, Dr. Seuss was/is the shit. (Just don't make any more movies like Ron Howard's Grinch please. ;) )

the night watchman

03-12-2003, 03:29 PM

Word. Doc S is da BOMB, yo!

Avid_Fan

12-03-2003, 06:36 PM

James and the Giant Peach, Dr. Seuss books, Shel Silverstein, Wayside School, then when I was around 10 and 11, I was REALLY into Paul Zindel books, like: Loch, Raptor, etc...

KcMsterpce

12-04-2003, 12:48 AM

MARVIN K. MOONEY, WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW? - Dr. Seuss, when I was 3 to 5 years old

THE HARDY BOYS 05: HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD - Franklin W. Dixon, when I was 6-8 years old.

DEAR MR. HENSHAW - Beverly Clearly, when I was about 6-8 years old.

PET SEMETARY - Stephen King, when I was about 8 or 9 years old.

SenorSpielbergo

12-04-2003, 12:51 AM

There's A Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Hardy Boys: Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

my_name_is_neo

12-09-2003, 08:02 PM

The "Wayside School" series, by Louis Sachar

The "Goosebumps" series, by R.L. Stine

"The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Toilet Paper Tigers", by... um...

Fuck, I don't remember the authour of that last one - it was about some baseball team that never wins a game, so the team captain's teenage niece or something tries to improve them with elaborate schemes, in case anyone doesn't know what it's about or something - who wrote it again?

Also, I think I'm the only one who hated Dr. Seuss as a kid - I thought those books were really corny.

Anyway, that's all I remember.

KcMsterpce

12-10-2003, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by my_name_is_neo
"The Toilet Paper Tigers", by... um...

Fuck, I don't remember the authour of that last one...

Gordon Korman

Jeesh, that's a KID'S BOOK! You like to read KIDS' BOOKS?

Oh wait... wrong thread... I meant, uh, "oh yeah, cool! That was a great book... when I was a kid... yeah...." ;)

blankpage

12-10-2003, 09:49 AM

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....OooOhh...weee....memories.

Psychocandy

12-10-2003, 01:09 PM

A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. One of the darkest, most depressing fantasy novels i've ever read. Amazingly powerful stuff. Harry Potter is as dayglow as Disney compared to this (there are strong parallels between A Wizard Of Earthsea...so strong I find it hard to believe that it didn't influence the Potter books in some way).