General Favorite book as a kid?
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The sign of the beaver
I also loved pretty much everything by RL Stine and Bruce Coville. My teacher is an alien, aliens ate my homework, Jeremy Thatcher dragon hatcher, goosebumps, etc
The sign of the beaver
I also loved pretty much everything by RL Stine and Bruce Coville. My teacher is an alien, aliens ate my homework, Jeremy Thatcher dragon hatcher, goosebumps, etc
My man
Depends on what age we're talking about. When I was real young, it was the Runaway Ralph books, James & the GIant Peach, & Judy Blume "Fudge" books (Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Otherwise Known as Shiela the Great, etc).
A tad older and I was all about Encyclopedia Brown and the Choose Your Own Adventure Books.
Somewhere around 4th-5th grade, my teacher had us read a horror book called "The House on Hackman's Hill" and I absolutely loved it. Would love to read it again.
In early middle school, it was the Hardy Boys books. I'd check out several at a time from the library and read one a day.
Soon after that, I left books behind and went to magazines - baseball cards, BMX, working out, and then cars (going through high school & college).
Micro-Wiggy (my 7-year old granddaughter) has to either read or be read to every night for school, so this week I took a page out of my childhood and started reading her a chapter per night from "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (the first Runaway Ralph book), as I loved it when our teacher read it to us at that age.
She's loving it.
A tad older and I was all about Encyclopedia Brown and the Choose Your Own Adventure Books.
Somewhere around 4th-5th grade, my teacher had us read a horror book called "The House on Hackman's Hill" and I absolutely loved it. Would love to read it again.
In early middle school, it was the Hardy Boys books. I'd check out several at a time from the library and read one a day.
Soon after that, I left books behind and went to magazines - baseball cards, BMX, working out, and then cars (going through high school & college).
Micro-Wiggy (my 7-year old granddaughter) has to either read or be read to every night for school, so this week I took a page out of my childhood and started reading her a chapter per night from "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (the first Runaway Ralph book), as I loved it when our teacher read it to us at that age.
She's loving it.
Probably the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, Stevie Smith's Not Waving, but Drowning, and To Kill a Mocking Bird, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I also really liked Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Can't forget about The Magic School Bus...
Did you guys ever watch these?
I forgot about hatchet. It's definitely at the top of the list too. I believe it's a series but I never read the others
Not enough people mentioning The Sign of the Beaver.
I had no idea they made a movie. I'll watch that tomorrow
Holy crap, me neither, and with Keith Carradine no less. Thanks kvr28, that's going on the queue tonight. To add to the list:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_023W3Xs4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_023W3Xs4
When I was a kid I read the Judy Blume books. Superfudge. Tales of a 4th grade nothing. Etc.
I also remember reading Where The Sidewalk Ends - but that was more a collection of poems so not really a book.
I started reading Stephen King in 5th grade and continued with mostly his stuff through high school.
Now I'm more non-fiction and biographies.
I also remember reading Where The Sidewalk Ends - but that was more a collection of poems so not really a book.
I started reading Stephen King in 5th grade and continued with mostly his stuff through high school.
Now I'm more non-fiction and biographies.
I haven't seen either one, but thanks for the reminder. We're going to watch Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, tonight.