Where The Side Walk Ends. I love reading that. I also am contemplating buying The Giver.
Childhood books you purchased yourself
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I love both books. In fact, I had recently purchased "The Giver" for my cousin, who had just turned 10. He is an avid reader, and he loved it.
Oh yes, I remember those - Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. I loved those. For reasons I can't remember they rode around in a big limousine (or maybe that was AH).
None I never read much in my childhood .I do read alot today.
My parents got me most of my childrens books, and I loaned a lot at the library. But since I was a speedreader and went through every single book in the household, at age 10 my mom gave up and handed me her Barbara Cartlands and Harlequins.
So I lived on fantasy-books and smutnovels (basically the same word could have been used..)
So I lived on fantasy-books and smutnovels (basically the same word could have been used..)
Actually book-book and not a comic? Probably something 'Trek or Star Wars. Could've have been Doctor Who as well.
There used to be a bookstore in the old shopping center downtown (bulldozed years ago) where the owner (older lady that used to be a teacher) used to give away 1 comic book to any child that came in and bought a real book. The catch: When you can back you had to be able to tell her what the book you bought was about; and she would quiz you.
I remember her more than the books cause she was a lot of fun, really kind and sweet. Got me into reading Bradbury and Asimov and Doc "E.E." Smith.
There used to be a bookstore in the old shopping center downtown (bulldozed years ago) where the owner (older lady that used to be a teacher) used to give away 1 comic book to any child that came in and bought a real book. The catch: When you can back you had to be able to tell her what the book you bought was about; and she would quiz you.
I remember her more than the books cause she was a lot of fun, really kind and sweet. Got me into reading Bradbury and Asimov and Doc "E.E." Smith.
Yeah, IIRC the chubby kid won a contest in the first book that entitled him to a Rolls Royce and chauffeur for "seven 24 hour days." In a later book, the seven days were up and he argued that he had not yet used the car for the full 168 hours that he was entitled to.
That was a great series.
The Witches, some of the Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas) books and Pagnol's childhood memories.
Yeah, IIRC the chubby kid won a contest in the first book that entitled him to a Rolls Royce and chauffeur for "seven 24 hour days." In a later book, the seven days were up and he argued that he had not yet used the car for the full 168 hours that he was entitled to.
That was a great series.
Wow, I forgot about those! I remember buying The Mad Scientist's Club, Encyclopedia Brown, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew, and The Wind In the Willows. Oh, and The Great Brain series.
I don't think that I ever had to spend any of my pocket money on books when I was a child. My mother, though not well educated, is a very bookish person and she never hesitated to buy books for us. She used to take us into bookshops and tell us that we could choose one or two books. We also got books for Xmas and birthday presents.
As a child we had all the Bobbsey Twins and Malory Towers books. As a very young child I loved Enid Blyton's Wishing Chair books (unfortunately she only wrote two of them).
I did spend my pocket money on comics. I especially liked Richie Rich and Little Dot comics.
As a child we had all the Bobbsey Twins and Malory Towers books. As a very young child I loved Enid Blyton's Wishing Chair books (unfortunately she only wrote two of them).
I did spend my pocket money on comics. I especially liked Richie Rich and Little Dot comics.
Cute
I think comics don't get enough respect for the fact that for a lot of kids they're their "gateway" into reading. It's a way of making reading fun for kids that might be otherwise turned off by chapter books or long drawn out storylines. My son (8) is getting into long stories because he got hooked on reading some of my older comics when the plot was spread over several issues.
I used to babysit a boy who, when he was about 10, was unable to read. He was a bit of a problem child and one day I called him a Calvin. He asked me what that meant so the next time I babysat him I bought along some Calvin and Hobbes strips that I had cut out from the newspaper and read them to him. He loved them.
He told his principal that his babysitter had nicknamed him Calvin and the principal told him the name suited him. The principal started using Calvin and Hobbes books to encourage the boy to read and it worked.
He told his principal that his babysitter had nicknamed him Calvin and the principal told him the name suited him. The principal started using Calvin and Hobbes books to encourage the boy to read and it worked.
*Scratches head*
I can't remember actually buying books until I was a close to being a teenager. We were quite poor when I was a kid, so most of the books I read I borrowed from my Dad. (My parents were divorced, and I lived with my Mom)
I read those borrowed books many times. They included:
The Lord of the Rings
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Hunters of the Red Moon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Nova by Samuel R Delany
The Chronicles of Corum by Michael Moorcock
As you can tell, I started reading adult SF and Fantasy quite early. I don't remember ever reading many children's books, though I did read the Hardy Boys. Any books that I acquired myself came either from the school library or the public library--I just didn't have any money to buy them.
Having racked my brains, I can think of a few paperbacks I bought at the local used bookstore when I was still very young--like twelve or thirteen:
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1
Killerbowl by Gary K Wolf (who later went on to write Who Censored Roger Rabbit?)
A Darkness in My Soul by Dean Koontz
I can't remember actually buying books until I was a close to being a teenager. We were quite poor when I was a kid, so most of the books I read I borrowed from my Dad. (My parents were divorced, and I lived with my Mom)
I read those borrowed books many times. They included:
The Lord of the Rings
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Hunters of the Red Moon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Nova by Samuel R Delany
The Chronicles of Corum by Michael Moorcock
As you can tell, I started reading adult SF and Fantasy quite early. I don't remember ever reading many children's books, though I did read the Hardy Boys. Any books that I acquired myself came either from the school library or the public library--I just didn't have any money to buy them.
Having racked my brains, I can think of a few paperbacks I bought at the local used bookstore when I was still very young--like twelve or thirteen:
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1
Killerbowl by Gary K Wolf (who later went on to write Who Censored Roger Rabbit?)
A Darkness in My Soul by Dean Koontz
I, like many, have Harry Potter, though I don't consider them necessarily children's books.
Some of the first books I learned to read were with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. When I saw a collected version at the bookstore, I immediately bought it. Strangely, I had dreamed seeing and buying the book just the night before--but I didn't know such a book existed before seeing it at the store!
Some of the first books I learned to read were with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. When I saw a collected version at the bookstore, I immediately bought it. Strangely, I had dreamed seeing and buying the book just the night before--but I didn't know such a book existed before seeing it at the store!
I jumped to a very high reading level within a year or two of being able to read at all, by the end of elementary school (7-8ish) I was pretty much only interested in books thick enough to prop a door open with, other than a few guilty pleasures like the 'Goosebumps' and 'Animorphs' monthly 'episodes'. I feel like I missed out a lot on the 'young readers' titles out there, but there really is no going back.
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