What was your favorite book as a child?

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A metric shyt ton of comics (which is why I'm in that comic thread over there all the time)

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Stephen King's Dark Tower series

The Exorcist

Clive Barker's WeaveWorld

There was this book where these Satan worshippers brought about the end of the world for shyts and giggles, but I can't think of the name of it.
 

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Lmao can't say I had a favorite book cause I read so got damn much. From kiddy books like Where the wild things are, Disney books, scary books from AC andres, RL Steinb etc, white washed books Like Sweet Valley High and adult books by Anne Rice, I literally was a reading machine. I mean I had no choice we weren't allowed outside and tv gets boring after a while. I think I read to much to have a favorite book tbh....

I was like this. Stuck in the middle of nowhere with no actual friends or family (that cared) and nothing to do.

I read every book in the nearest library at least twice. Comedy, horror, history, cheesy romance novels, whatever whatever.

Hell, I had the biggest childhood crush on the librarian. :mjlol:
 

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A metric shyt ton of comics (which is why I'm in that comic thread over there all the time)

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Stephen King's Dark Tower series

The Exorcist

Clive Barker's WeaveWorld

There was this book where these Satan worshippers brought about the end of the world for shyts and giggles, but I can't think of the name of it.
You read piff.

We need a more consistent comic thread.
If you find the name of that last book let me know.:ohhh:
 
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would've never read as a kid if it wasn't for my 4th grade teacher...she'd read out loud & certain books like wayside got me interested
 

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the magic tree house series
animorphs
goosebumps
i bought Michael jordan's book in 3rd grade from the dollar store :mjlol:
 

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When I was super little: Where The Wild Things Are :wow:

Pre-Teen/Teen (no order)

1984
Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Rings
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Sign Of The Beaver
Tuck Everlasting :mjcry::mjcry::mjcry:
The Hobbit
The Once And Future King


Also in terms of books I read about African American experiences/characters and recommend for parents on The Coli looking for something your kid can read:

M.C. Higgins The Great

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.

M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers are making their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One has the ability to make M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.


Scorpions


The Scorpions are a gun-toting Harlem gang, and Jamal Hicks is about to become tragically involved with them in this authentic tale of the sacrifice of innocence in the inner city. Pushed by the bully, Dwayne, to fight, and nagged by the principal, Mr. Davidson, Jamal is having a difficult time staying in school. His home life is not much better, with his mother working her fingers to the bone to try to earn the money for an appeal for Jamal's older brother, Randy, who is in jail. The leader of the Scorpions, Randy wants Jamal to take his place until he is free, but the other gang members, especially Angel and Indian, don't like the idea. Only Mack thinks Jamal should be the leader, and it is Mack who gets Jamal a gun.


Jamal wants to do the right thing and earn the money to free his brother by working, but he is afraid to go against the Scorpions. He longs to get rid of the gun, but part of him just can't bring himself to do it. As things heat up within the gang, everything comes to a boil when Mack kills Angel and Indian is thrown in jail. Jamal eventually pulls free of the gang's bad influence, but only through the narrowest of escapes.


Five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Walter Dean Myers has written a chillingly real depiction of the inverted values of poverty-stricken teens. The relationship between Jamal and Tito sensitively explores the loyalty and love between best friends faced with some hard choices. This Newberry Honor Book will challenge young men to consider their own decisions as they come of age in a complex and often frustrating society.
 

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This thread reminded me of a bunch of others :russ:



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Alex Rider aka the James Bond for kids :ehh:

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The Choose Your Own Adventure books were the shyt. In elementary school our teacher would read them out loud and let us decide what to choose. I miss elemtary school :mjcry:

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The I Spy books in my library were damn near impossible to find. They were always checked out :sadcam:


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Amber Brown.

I liked African American/ Harlem Renaissance poetry.
 
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When I was super little: Where The Wild Things Are :wow:

Pre-Teen/Teen (no order)

1984
Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Rings
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Sign Of The Beaver
Tuck Everlasting :mjcry::mjcry::mjcry:
The Hobbit
The Once And Future King


Also in terms of books I read about African American experiences/characters and recommend for parents on The Coli looking for something your kid can read:

M.C. Higgins The Great

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.

M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers are making their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One has the ability to make M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.


Scorpions


The Scorpions are a gun-toting Harlem gang, and Jamal Hicks is about to become tragically involved with them in this authentic tale of the sacrifice of innocence in the inner city. Pushed by the bully, Dwayne, to fight, and nagged by the principal, Mr. Davidson, Jamal is having a difficult time staying in school. His home life is not much better, with his mother working her fingers to the bone to try to earn the money for an appeal for Jamal's older brother, Randy, who is in jail. The leader of the Scorpions, Randy wants Jamal to take his place until he is free, but the other gang members, especially Angel and Indian, don't like the idea. Only Mack thinks Jamal should be the leader, and it is Mack who gets Jamal a gun.


Jamal wants to do the right thing and earn the money to free his brother by working, but he is afraid to go against the Scorpions. He longs to get rid of the gun, but part of him just can't bring himself to do it. As things heat up within the gang, everything comes to a boil when Mack kills Angel and Indian is thrown in jail. Jamal eventually pulls free of the gang's bad influence, but only through the narrowest of escapes.


Five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, Walter Dean Myers has written a chillingly real depiction of the inverted values of poverty-stricken teens. The relationship between Jamal and Tito sensitively explores the loyalty and love between best friends faced with some hard choices. This Newberry Honor Book will challenge young men to consider their own decisions as they come of age in a complex and often frustrating society.
SIGN OF THE MF'n BEAVER!!!:gladbron:
I just felt the bear stew burn my tongue :wow:
 

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This thread reminded me of a bunch of others :russ:



Hatchet.jpg


Alex Rider aka the James Bond for kids :ehh:

tumblr_nmjowlXAY51r3129po1_400.jpg




The Choose Your Own Adventure books were the shyt. In elementary school our teacher would read them out loud and let us decide what to choose. I miss elemtary school :mjcry:

cyoa022.jpg




The I Spy books in my library were damn near impossible to find. They were always checked out :sadcam:


i-spy-books-90s-kids-nostalgia-retro.png
Yo I had a Conan choose your own adventure book. shyt was dope.
 
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