Do you remember your first favourite book?
Was it something someone read to you or something you read to yourself?
Love,
April 💛
Was it something someone read to you or something you read to yourself?
Love,
April 💛
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Whoa! @WhoaI haven't read any literary fiction or mysteries in some time, but I have read a lot in the past. My grandmother was a librarian and brought home all the discarded books. She also took me to library when I was in 4th grade and got me an adult library card. ☺️10:06 PM - Feb 18, 2024
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10:28 PM - Feb 18, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
When I was pre Kindergarten every time we went to the grocery store my mother would buy me a Golden Book if I was good. I think they were about 25¢. My favorite was The Poky Little Puppy. He was curious puppy who had adventures.
03:22 PM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
It was a book series and I don't remember the title of them. I read them myself. I was reading before I went to school and I read them all the time. I remember a story about the street sweeper and the noises it made while working. I also remember none of the people looked like me.
10:23 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to beverly bochenek.
Now I’m curious about the series. Did the same character do different jobs through the series?
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03:58 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Not my favorite book, but one I've read repeatedly bc everyone thought I needed them to gift me a copy of Johanna Spyri's "Heidi". Read the entire Oz series as a child, too. We lived easy walking distance to the library, so books were a constant companion for everyone in the house.
12:06 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to Heidi Hafeken.
Oh goodness. I'm sure you could have gone swimming in a pile of copies of Heidi. I'm glad I only had to deal with a movie with my name!
12:19 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to Heidi Hafeken.
You have something in common with @Rakolianprincess (Heidi) and @CoffeeAndBooks (Oz)
Books were also my constant companion growing up. They make great friends. 💛
Books were also my constant companion growing up. They make great friends. 💛
12:21 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Little Women. I was nine and wore out my original copy. A few years back, my husband gave me this book. It belonged to his aunt, a birthday gift from her father. It was dated 1920. While it suffered from the elements, it is still readable and the illustrations are still intact. I cherish it.
11:48 PM - Feb 19, 2024
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In response to April Sparkles.
The Hobbit. I read it the first time when I was 8. By the time I hit 8th grade and was assigned to read it for an English class, I had read it multiple times and knew more about it than the teacher did. I actually corrected her in class once, which went over as well as you think it would.
09:25 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to 🤘 Raymond M. Black 🤘 🐉.
Shame on your teacher. When I taught middle school, I told my kids they were free to correct me, but they'd better come prepared with facts to show me I was wrong. If they caught my error (and were themselves correct), I gave them bonus points added to their grades. It was rare, but they earned it!
12:55 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
This is one I have sweet memories of reading as an early favorite. A few years ago I found a pretty beat up copy in my mom’s collection of old kid’s books. Not sure it was the one I read over and over or if one she picked up somewhere.
Later probably was The Egypt Game. Loved that one.
Later probably was The Egypt Game. Loved that one.
09:01 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Cindy_Coffeelatte.
I’ve never seen this one before!
It looks really cute. 💛
It looks really cute. 💛
04:05 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
I don’t remember the first but I remember loving The Secret Garden and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe! My kids loved Goodnight Moon, Miss Nelson is Missing and The Eloise at the Plaza when they were little.
08:55 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Jen Bouquot.
I couldn’t count how many times I’ve read Goodnight Moon!
You have The Secret Garden in common with @cathyleder 💛
You have The Secret Garden in common with @cathyleder 💛
04:07 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
My favorite was “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown. First book I read in my own was “Hop on Pop” by Suess because “Harry the Dirty Dog” had too many words I didn’t know yet. I kept as many childhood books as I could and read them to my kids. Still have many stored away!
08:26 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
It was stories from Edgar Allen Poe. I read them myself. Still love them!
07:35 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Still Wakes Up Angry.
That’s amazing! I always wonder if the stories we enjoyed when we were young would be in the same genres we enjoy as adults. 💛
04:15 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
I don’t remember my first book I read, but I remember reading The hatchet 🪓, when I was around 11 years old. It’s about a plane crash where a kid must survive in the woods. Great book. 📕🫶
07:30 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Joël Vinette.
This is an awesome book, Joel.
Did you read any other books by Gary Paulsen?
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Did you read any other books by Gary Paulsen?
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04:17 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
My mom was a librarian who read to each of her six kids every night. I can’t say my 1st favorite, but Robert McClusky’s One Morning in Maine and Lynd Ward’s The Biggest Bear stand out in my memory.
07:22 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Libby R.
Librarians amaze me with their dedication and determination to ensure children have access to and assistance with literacy.
Your mom did that all day then continued to do that at night. What a great love she had for her children. 💛
Your mom did that all day then continued to do that at night. What a great love she had for her children. 💛
04:27 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Mine was Harriet the Spy, the 2nd graders Feminine Mystique 📚
07:19 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Vivant Anon.
I never read Harriet, but your description makes me want to! 💛🤭
04:28 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
I don't, unfortunately. I remember my mother taking me to the library in our small town, when I was 4. Reading was hugely important to her because she spent hours in the public library growing up a latch-key kid in the 1940's-50's. My sister and I are avid readers; my brothers, not so much.
06:48 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Deb Montague.
I remember the table in the children's section. The librarian, a family friend, spread the table with books she thought kids should read. I can remember picking up to 4 books and taking them home. I'm pre-Suess in age so I know I didn't read those until mom bought a Suess book a month for my brother
06:50 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Deb Montague.
Same. Grew up in the library too, my mom was on the board and we went often. She was an avid reader as am I and my siblings were too.
08:04 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
I remember Five Little Peppers and How They Grew was the first "big" book I read. The Cherry Ames and Bobbsey Twins series were favorites, too.
06:40 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
The Giving Tree - loved that book so much, but now I want to tell the tree to stop being so damn giving and the boy to stop being such a selfish ass 🤣
05:57 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
As a teen, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing" by Maya Angelou.
05:30 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Just remembered this one.
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04:50 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Andrea Ball.
Newberry medal winners are always tried and true.
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04:39 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
The series of books about the Melendy family by Elizabeth Enright. I still wish I could meet those characters one day.
04:48 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Tim Graf.
I recall this taking place during the war. Is that correct?
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04:42 PM - Feb 22, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
The Lord of the Rings
Knew all that stuff like the back of my hand at one point lol
I have all the extra volumes by CT, and various 3 volume paperback sets I bought either because I forgot I had a set or older paperbacks with cool covers
Knew all that stuff like the back of my hand at one point lol
I have all the extra volumes by CT, and various 3 volume paperback sets I bought either because I forgot I had a set or older paperbacks with cool covers
04:48 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Don't know if it was the first, but first I can remember was a boxed set of several tiny books, I don't recall the names but the characters were alligator people, had very cool illustrations. They might have been read to me before I read them myself.
Also, a teacher read us Charlotte's Web....
Also, a teacher read us Charlotte's Web....
04:45 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to indie perfume lover.
Wasnt that Sendak's Nutshell Library? We had it.
06:39 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
I cannot.
But I COULD tell you my 1st favorite Original Broadway Cast album.
But I COULD tell you my 1st favorite Original Broadway Cast album.
04:40 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Read the Hobbit in 3rd or 4th grade and it was tough to get through parts but I kept going. Studied the maps for hours. Would get nervous during the battles and would have to read a few last pages just to make sure someone made it.
04:34 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Naomi Skye.
Do you know @michiru ?
You both have wonderful memories of The Hobbit.
Also: @blackcatprose is probably a good BookMatch for both of you. His favourite first was Lord of the Rings.
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You both have wonderful memories of The Hobbit.
Also: @blackcatprose is probably a good BookMatch for both of you. His favourite first was Lord of the Rings.
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04:38 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Hi @April_Sparkles
Started with The Bobsey Twins, on to Nancy Drew, then every detective novel ever written, I think. Fun memories. Dad liked to drop us at the Library - free babysitter…
Started with The Bobsey Twins, on to Nancy Drew, then every detective novel ever written, I think. Fun memories. Dad liked to drop us at the Library - free babysitter…
04:31 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Claudia Citro.
Do you still read mainly mystery or has your genre of choice changed?
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12:30 AM - Feb 20, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
It was a huge encyclopedia that had these little cutouts that were alphabetized. “F” was my favorite because it had fairy tales and fables in that section and I read them over and over.
04:18 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Elektra 🖖.
They sound amazing!
We had an encyclopedia set that included a set for children.
It sounds similar.
They were from Worldbook Encyclopedia and the set was called Childcraft.
I loved learning with them.
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We had an encyclopedia set that included a set for children.
It sounds similar.
They were from Worldbook Encyclopedia and the set was called Childcraft.
I loved learning with them.
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04:22 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Probably Cowboy Sam and his airplane. Mom said I was always checking it out of the library. https://archive.org/detail...
12:57 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Roy Nall.
That’s very cool! Did you want to be a cowboy or a pilot when you were young?
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03:58 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
‘I Think I Can, The Little Engine That Could’ that was read to me ..
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‘The Secret Garden’ that I read by myself
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‘The Secret Garden’ that I read by myself
12:43 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
My original copy, from first grade, purchased at school through Scholastic Book Cub.
12:16 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to Karen Springer.
It is well-loved but in great shape considering its been around for *a few years* 😉
04:04 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
I read it at age 5.
I guess that why I am what I am today.
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I read it at age 5.
I guess that why I am what I am today.
Twisted
09:05 AM - Feb 19, 2024
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In response to BLS Is tired of the BS.
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They were twisty weren’t they?
Weirdly, we never noticed that as much back then. 😳🤭
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They were twisty weren’t they?
Weirdly, we never noticed that as much back then. 😳🤭
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04:02 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to BLS Is tired of the BS.
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That explains it!
I loved these too.
That explains it!
I loved these too.
04:18 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
Harold and the Purple Crayon, it was such a mental timewarp to find it again for my son 🤗
And The Little Swimmers.
And The Little Swimmers.
08:31 AM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to RosemaryThyme.
I don’t recall The Little Swimmers, but Harold was the best!
That purple crayon took him places 💛
That purple crayon took him places 💛
04:03 PM - Feb 19, 2024
In response to April Sparkles.
The Hobbit is the one that I remember loving the most. I still have the family copy from my childhood. It’s pretty beat up.
08:31 AM - Feb 19, 2024
