On this day in 1951, Catcher in the Rye—a novel that many may have read in high school—was published. What book reminds you of your youth? Is it a timeless classic you couldn’t put down, a dreaded reading assignment or even a childhood fairy tale? Share memories of the book that reminds you most of your youth in today’s Throwback Thursday.
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Black Beauty, Charlotte's Web, and every Nancy Drew book
Where The Wild Things Are
I was an avid reader and still remember reading "The Wizard Of Oz" and "Alice In Wonderland" when I was only 6 years old. I now have a library of a couple of hundred books, and am working to re-read them all & pass on all but a few very cherished volumes. -- Some that stand out are the Tolkien trilogy, and the "Narnia Chronicles" (Chronicles of Narnia?). I hope to encourage the same love of reading in my granddaughters.
So many good ones - reading the list gave me chills. Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time and Little Women are definitely on my list. Also, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, and just about anything by Beverly Cleary.
When I was young, our mother was a single parent who worked, we didn't have any expendable cash (5 cents a day for ice cream was our only treat!). My sister and I were voracious readers,(just about our only form of entertainment) and we walked 6 blocks to the Pratt library and back every other day, taking out the maximum number books at each visit (I think 3). The books that meant the most to me were the 3-4 books we each got as Christmas gifts, which were finished in a day or two -- the usual Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, and classics like Little Women and Five Little Peppers books. My favorites of all time were "Eight Cousins" and "Rose in Bloom", which I read many times, even into my mid-teens. I still have those copies somewhere. I think that really is where my 'historical romance addiction' started!
So many good ones! All of the Nancy Drew books (which I still have), Harriet the Spy, the Babysitters Club series, Sweet Valley High, and the Judy Bloom books, esp. "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret." I also loved a Wrinkle in Time.
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein.
Anne of Green Gables, Ferdinand the Bull, Nancy Drew, and Goosebumps.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Ramona the Pest!
Tortilla Flats
Not from my childhood, but one that I taught to young readers: A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
One that I recently read that could have been about my education: A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam. (Sorry, couldn't figure out how to underline!)
Trixie Belden! My sister had them all and let me read them.
I read a lot. My favorite from the fourth grade was Island of the Blue Dolphins. All time favorite was Little Women, which I read many times.
All the Nancy Drew books! I couldn't wait for the new one to come out!
when I was a pre-teen, i discovered BABAR. while I recognized it as a child's book, I was fascinated by the adventures of this elephant kingdom. it helped to form for me the knowledge that my world was not limited to the mountains of southeast Kentucky and its coal mines. I have never forgotten these stories and treasure the memories. I introduced my children and grandchildren to these books and hope they remember them as I do
Dragon Riders of Pern and any Judy Bloome books
Charlotte's Web
THE YEARLING
I'm an avid reader so I can name quite a few, but I think that other than fairy tales, I remember Little Women the best.
Of Mice and Men
Sleeping Beauty - it was a wonderful book that I read over and over
All the Nancy Drew books
Bunnicula
The Hobbit
The Outsiders