Do you remember your favorite story book as a child?

[phantasia]

OK so I was a sucker for the classics. I have a big book with all the old Disney stuff in, it wasn't old then that I LOVE my mom to read to me when I was a child.

Many of my friends have toddlers now and sometimes I am amazed by the books they LOVE. Like its really not fancy at all. Lol My one friend's 2-year-old loves this book that shows all the different poop every animal poops. Its literally his favorite book and want it to be read to him every night. LOL

[TsUNaMy WaVe]

I really liked a book that was called "to big little ones", which was a collection of poems for kids. Every poem had a nice structure and rhymes, and their pages also had some really unique drawings that looked like they were actually drawn on the book and not printed.
When I got older and felt nostalgic I bought myself a new copy of the book because we somehow lost the old one, and I cherish it.

[Alister]

YEP

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it has to be the Stephen Gammell illustrated though. Honorable mentions:

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there's another story book I used to love when I was really little. I've been struggling for years to remember the name of it. It was another scary story themed book, but less actual nightmare fuel than More Scary Stories. I remember there being an illustration of the Baba Yaga chicken hut that really creeped me out. I can vaguely remember illustrations that were mostly in blue tones and I think showed stuff like, a creepy house's interior, but also what was going on under the ground beneath it and stuff like that? Idk it feels like a fever dream trying to remember it.

[Kibba]

I remember having 101 Great Science Experiments: A Step-by-Step Guide book and used to read all about science and making a lot of experiments

Oh my childhood was great!

[kittyray]

Scary Stories were suuuuuuuch good ones (and agree, definitely the Stephen Gammell illustrations are a must). I was a huge reader as a kid, so I went through a lot of different favorites, but I remember in kindergarten liking this one so much I asked my mom for a second copy so I could have one to read at school/share with friends.

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I just remembered this one, which was also a delight!
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[Raposa]

Amelia Bedelia was a childhood favorite because she was so relatable. She's cheerful and enthusiastic but unreliable because she takes everything literally. She doesn't understand figures of speech and metaphors.

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She also made me a pretty big smartass.

I was crazy about reading so I jumped into chapter books pretty quickly, so I didn't think there would be many "kid books" that particularly stuck with me... but then I thought about it more.

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[Bat]

I honed my reading abilities in the salt mines of Danny and the Dinosaur back when I was a larva. Syd Hoff makes Tolkien look like Seuss.

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[Effektivv]

The giving tree
The velveteen rabbit
Are you my mother?

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YEP

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it has to be the Stephen Gammell illustrated though. Honorable mentions:

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there's another story book I used to love when I was really little. I've been struggling for years to remember the name of it. It was another scary story themed book, but less actual nightmare fuel than More Scary Stories. I remember there being an illustration of the Baba Yaga chicken hut that really creeped me out. I can vaguely remember illustrations that were mostly in blue tones and I think showed stuff like, a creepy house's interior, but also what was going on under the ground beneath it and stuff like that? Idk it feels like a fever dream trying to remember it.

I believe that scary stories book has a poem in it, the hearse poem?
That poem will forever be carved into my brain, it's a core memory for me now, I still have that book.

[Politoed]

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My mother always read to us (me and my brother) I sometimes remember her even reading the paper. But this book was one my favorites Stellaluna.

[Hollow]

All Roald Dahl books! My favourite was George's Marvellous Medicine. I remember first reading it when I was in year 4 :) Then I was introduced to his other books like Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Really great kids books, and a great way to get into reading.

Then I was super into Horrible Histories lol.

[Peanutface]

Wow this is a great topic. I have a few.

Pell's New Suit
Paddle to the Sea

And an anthology that I am desperate to find. Because I remembered a few titles from the book I have found the information.
The Happy Hour Storybook
Compiled by Carol M Lane

One of the stories in the book is "Judy's Joke". So funny that I do not remember that one as it is my name.

So these three books comprise my earliest memories of books that my parents would read to me. You can still purchase Paddle to the Sea. I am going to research that anthology. I think I found it on ebay once for hundreds of dollars. I do not think my memories are quit worth that much mooola

[DarkSkies]

There are two I clearly remember now (but not the titles, I was very young and terrible memory). One was about Dolphins, the books were sold at a festival like a little suitcase, I also had the Winnie Pooh set.

The other one I couldn't find the image but it's close to this. 365 stories, one for every day, gawd if I loved that book!! Probably still at my old house. It was a gift actually, so the memory has sentimental value.



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[chii3d]

hundreds of dollars is a huge amount to spend on nostalgia! it would be neat to just stumble on it at a secondhand shop one day.

A lot of great things have already been said here: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Velveteen Rabbit, Amelia Bedelia, that Stinky Cheese Man book I BEGGED my mom for at the book fair.

I have a few favorites. I'll include some pictures.

For some reason in 3rd grade I found this dumb book about cows and loved it called Calico Cows.
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In Kindergarten and 1st grade I loved the Clifford books, especially when he was a puppy.
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And lastly, every single Goosebumps book. They had the bumpy, slime covers. My friends and I used to trade off on reading the ones we owned. The choose your own adventure ones were also awesome. When we got older, we started reading Fear Street. I remember getting this exact book and the cover was so scary but I loved it.
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[Peanutface]

hundreds of dollars is a huge amount to spend on nostalgia! it would be neat to just stumble on it at a secondhand shop one day.

A lot of great things have already been said here: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Velveteen Rabbit, Amelia Bedelia, that Stinky Cheese Man book I BEGGED my mom for at the book fair.

I have a few favorites. I'll include some pictures.

For some reason in 3rd grade I found this dumb book about cows and loved it called Calico Cows.
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In Kindergarten and 1st grade I loved the Clifford books, especially when he was a puppy.
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And lastly, every single Goosebumps book. They had the bumpy, slime covers. My friends and I used to trade off on reading the ones we owned. The choose your own adventure ones were also awesome. When we got older, we started reading Fear Street. I remember getting this exact book and the cover was so scary but I loved it.
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They look like great books that you could read yourself. I went much further back to my earliest memories. I just spend an hour or so trying to find the books online somewhere. So far no such luck. Oh..............I should check ebay. They are usually a good source. Forgot about that......Of to continue the hunt.