Which books from your childhood have you never forgotten ?

[Tish]

Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping beauty.

 

[Disgustedman]

The Prince and the Pauper
The Statue and the swallow
The Solid Gold Cadillac
To Kill a Mockingbird
1/2 of Wuthering Heights
The Haj/Battle Cry Leon Uris
All of Louis L'amour

 

[Gaer]

4 years old: Little Toot!
14 years old: Lost Horizon
Also, I had "The Childcraft Books", which I loved!

 

[Lewkat]

From when I was a tot; Peter Rabbit.

 

[jujube]

For her 9th birthday, I gave my granddaughter the three books I loved most around her age: A Little Princess, The Witch of Blackbird Pond and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I hope she loves them as much as I did (and still do).

 

[hearlady]

My Side of the Mountain.

 

[Fyrefox]

I always loved the Little Golden Books…



…and of course, The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out by Helen Sweetstory, now banned from the library…

 

[Lawrence00]

Dick and Jane

 

[Jean-Paul]

A boy and a battery, 1950s

 

[chic]

Little Women, Dracula and Jane Eyre. What a mix!

 

[horseless carriage]

"Shadow the Sheepdog," by Enid Blyton, then I read "Five on a Treasure Island." After that I read lots of Blyton's: "Famous Five."

 

[jet]

treasure island

 

[Pepper]

For her 9th birthday, I gave my granddaughter the three books I loved most around her age: A Little Princess, The Witch of Blackbird Pond and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I hope she loves them as much as I did (and still do).

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn! How did I forget that, I read it a million times! Thanks @jujube!

 

[Tommy]

I Married Adventure by Osa and Martin Johnson

 

[caroln]

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Little Women
Gone With The Wind (I started reading it at a very early age and reread it a number of times)

 

[oldaunt]

I read The Black Stallion series in 2nd and 3rd grade, and being the horse crazy horseless kid I was, I never forgot. Thus, I have had Arabians most of my adult life.

 

[iksentrik]

Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (favourite all time book)
I read anything I could find by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Max Brand. My Grandfather was an avid reader and we shared everything as soon as I could read.

 

[DebraMae]

Anything Nancy Drew.

 

[Chet]

I don't remember the name, but it was a story about gifted people who lived in a small town; never left it and were buried having never reached their full potential because of it.

 

[JimBob1952]

Rikki-Tiki-Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling

 

[RadishRose]

Also, I had "The Childcraft Books", which I loved!

Yes! I had them too. The orange ones. They were wonderful. Years ago, I found the set in a thrift store and even now, once in awhile I'll pick one up. Most of the illustrations were just beautiful.

 

[Trish]

I loved Rupert the Bear

 

[Nemo2]

Rikki-Tiki-Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling

Yeah, and Mowgli too!

 

[win231]

A copy of "Penthouse" I found at a friend's house when I was around 9. His father thought he hid it well enough.
My friend & I studied it thoroughly....for educational purposes, of course.

 

[Trish]

A copy of "Penthouse" I found at a friend's house when I was around 9. His father thought he hid it well enough.
My friend & I studied it thoroughly....for educational purposes, of course.

... of course ...