Film & TV What was your favourite childhood book?

[k69atie]

After reading an article in the daily mirror today about celebs and their favourite book as a child, i am interested to know what yours were?

I had a few

Forever by Judy Blume
The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate factory/ Matidla by Roald Dahl

And also i used to read a series of books called the babysitters club (can't remember who by, i think they were written by different people)

There is loads of others i used to read but cannot remember at the mo

 

[PuffnScruff]

maniac magee

i read alot of calvin and hobbs books

goosebumbs books

i can not remember any of them either.

 

[k69atie]

^ goosebump books i remember those! they also did loads of other that weren't in the goosebumps range, i read all those too

here are the babysitters club ones

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-5307035-3320447


also i used to read sweet valley high books

 

[Illuminattile]

I was into all them junior detective type stories, starting with the old school Famous Five/Secret Seven, the Hardy Boys, Three Investigators. And Nancy Drew. That's right, Nancy Drew. I don't even care what you think.

Read the Chronicles of Narnia too, the Redwall books plus some of the classic Roald Dahl stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Witches, The Twits, BFG and so on.

Then I got into the Paul Jennings books, you might know the stories from the Aussie TV show 'Round The Twist'. His shit was crazy. The Demon Headmaster books

Later I got into Douglas Adams, Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett...those kinda authors.

I read a lot as a child.

 

[k69atie]

^^ i read a lot as a child too, i can't believe i forgot nancy drew i read them too! and the demon headmaster! did you see the series of that on the bbc?

 

[Saint33]

I Wish I Had Duck Feet

Circus Berserkus (illustrated by my 2nd cousin Doug Keith :thumb: )

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE:

A Crow Named Joe (also illustrated by Doug. He came to one of my baseball games, and he drew my jersey, and used it on one of the pages, the lil boy is wearin a jersey, it says Keith on the back and its #6, and its got all the same colors and pattern my jersey had )

 

[Illuminattile]

^^ i read a lot as a child too, i can't believe i forgot nancy drew i read them too! and the demon headmaster! did you see the series of that on the bbc?

The Demon Headmaster TV show was scary as hell, especially since I had a teacher that looked just like him.

 

[k69atie]

^ lol, it was well scary!!! his eyes were evil

 

[PuffnScruff]

little sambo. i remember this book from gradeschool. i always liked it. now that i am older i hear that the book is racist. but thats just bullshit.

 

[Amara]

Figured the thread would be more at home here in ET. I used to read the Babysitters Club as well - they were good, lol. Also Goosebumps although I thought the Fear Street series was better. Paul Jennings books were pretty cool - I used to watch Round the Twist as well Illuminattile. I also liked those Where's Wally books. As for any specific book - there was this one called Katie Morag and the two grandmothers (something like that), I loved that one. What else..... Spot, Hairy McClairy, the Mister Men....Grug. lol.

 

[C.R.Y.]

green eggs and ham

 

[Morris]

Boxcar Children
Narnia Books
Tolkien etc.

 

[yak pac fatal]

for some reason ive always hated books lol

 

[PaulyPac]

The Demon Headmaster TV show was scary as hell, especially since I had a teacher that looked just like him.

lol I remember that

 

[Little Skittle]

The Goosebumbs Series...I can still remember individual books.

The Fear Street Series

If I read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie when I was in like 4th grade, does that still count? Because that book was cool as hell.

The Cirque Du Freak Series (I still get the new ones when they come out).

The Harry Potter Series (I still get the new ones when they come out).

 

[k69atie]

Figured the thread would be more at home here in ET. I used to read the Babysitters Club as well - they were good, lol. Also Goosebumps although I thought the Fear Street series was better. Paul Jennings books were pretty cool - I used to watch Round the Twist as well Illuminattile. I also liked those Where's Wally books. As for any specific book - there was this one called Katie Morag and the two grandmothers (something like that), I loved that one. What else..... Spot, Hairy McClairy, the Mister Men....Grug. lol.

round the twist was well scary!!

 

[Vaudeville]

didn't get any books...

 

[Bender]

I read Roald Dahl when I was younger: Georges Marvelous Medicine, Esiotrot.

One poetry book I loved was called 'Please Mr's Butler'. I had a teacher called Mrs Butler too.

Plus I got the whole edition (50 books) of How My Body Works. Ended up shooting the plastic guy to peices with a pellet gun.

 

[k69atie]

^ i had that how the body works, and the dinosaurs one. how could i have forgotten about georges marvolous medicine that book was wicked

 

[XIAN]