Comments on: Thursday Thirteen#8: Childhood Tales and Stories

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:33:17 +0000

no kids but boy did you list some of my faves!
The Nancy Drew Series. Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret(what girl has NOT read this classic), anything with Dr. Suess, Sounder…Charlotte’s Web(cry every time I finish the book and don’t get me started with the movie version)

through nieces and nephews…
Goose Bumps, Chronicles of Narnia…too many to name

By: APOOO

APOOO — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:35:45 +0000

Lisa…oh yeah definitely Sounder!

By: Dera

Dera — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:27:03 +0000

There were always books in my house and we went to the library all the time.

Some of my childhood favorites were:

Beverly Clearly books- Ramona was one of them and just happens to be my middle name.
The Nancy Drew series- The Clue in the Diary was my first and I still have it!
Agatha Christie mysteries.
Heck, I read everything and some things I had no business as Cilla did. LOL

With my daughter I was introduced to:
The Babysitters Club series
Anything to do with Strawberry Shortcake and family
When she was in high school, I loved her required readings more than her. We read Beloved and The Scarlet Letter together

Dera’s last blog post..I’ve Been Called Out

By: 'Cilla

'Cilla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:11:35 +0000

I was a book nerd and I read a lot of adult books before I should have. I remember reading Donald Goines in the 6th grade along with “Coming of Age in Mississippi” Go Ask Alice and a few other dark titles.

Favorite authors not listed – Alice Childress, Walter Dean Mosley, S.E. Hinton, margaret Taylor,

My son turned me on to – Little Bill Series
I picked up the Cheetah Girls, June B

By: Tangerine

Tangerine — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:24:14 +0000

I see most of my favorites posted already that I’ve read…..but I also enjoyed

Black Boy by Richard Wright
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Some of my OES sisters started a youth book club for the kids that kicked off on Sept. 8th, they are reading:

Kindergartens “Dr. Seusss Horton Hears A Who”
1st – 2nd “Charlotte’s Webb” by E.B. White
3rd -5th “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” by Ronald Dahl
6th – 8th “Tears of a Tiger” by Sharon Draper

By: Lashonda Silver

Lashonda Silver — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:20:01 +0000

1. Deenie By Judy Blume
2. Are you there God it’s me Margaret By Judy Blume
3. Nothing is Fair in the 5th grade By Barthe DeClements
4. Sixth grade can really kill you By barthe DeClements
5. How do you loose those 9th grade blues By Barthe DeClements
6. Seventeen and In between By Barthe DeClements
7. Wren

These are the ones that stick out to me.

By: Ms. Toni

Ms. Toni — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:18:55 +0000

A trip down memory lane…

1. A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein
2. Any Dr. Suess
3. Encyclopedia Brown series – Donald Sobol
4. Any Beverly Cleary
5. Any Judy Blume (Who didn’t read “Are You There God It’s Me Margaret”?!?!)
6. The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper
7. Mother Goose
8. Choose Your Own Adventure books
9. The Three Little Pigs
10. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
11. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
12. The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams
13. Corduroy – Don Freeman

Ms. Toni’s last blog post..Ms Toni gave 5 stars to: The Sweetest Taboo

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:50:49 +0000

“Sweet Pickle Books”
“Roll of thunder, Hear my Cry”
“Nothing’s fair in Fifth Grade”

I loved those books!

By: Darla

Darla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:28:29 +0000

I tried to interest my daughter in the Nancy Drew books, which I’d absolutely loved as a kid–she wasn’t interested.

Darla’s last blog post..TT #109

By: Jennifer C.

Jennifer C. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:57 +0000

I see some of my faves on your list. My daughter loved Junie B. Jones. I love Harry Potter, she’s not into him too much.

I may have to steal this for next week.