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Marc Anthony wrote:
If you can still remember that far back, do you have a favorite story or book that you read—or had read to you—as a child? I always liked the "message" type stories; I can't recall the name, but I liked one about a chicken that was was going to bake some bread. She canvassed her friends to help her collect the wheat, roll the dough, bake, etc. and nobody wanted to help, so she ended up making the bread by herself. After they smelled its deliciousness, everyone wanted some, but she chastised and turned them away for being unhelpful.
The Little Red Hen : "I'll do it myself"--and she did.
Stone Soup is a good "message" story.
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"Little Galoshes" anyone heard of it? It was a lesson book about a little boy who didn't wear his overshoes to school and got sick because of having wet feet. I can't remember why I liked it, but I do remember it.
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Well, since I was considered 'retarded' until 3rd grade, it would have to be anything by Seuss. At home I read through the Narnia Series, and was well into the Great Books series. I was also sneaking my dad's Ian Fleming collection into my room. But Teacher didn't know. Once I got my glasses, they decided I wasn't Stupid any more. (I was just blind)
By 4th grade it would have to have been early Heinlein. You know- Starship Troopers, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Glory Road, etc.
With a brief side trip to some Tolstoy and other massive tomes.
I'm still a bibliovore.
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Harold and the Purple Crayon lit up my early childhood, too.
When my daughter was 1-2, we read a lot of Sandra Boynton. Red Hat, Green Hat was the sure-fire smile-getter.
And as a school-ager, these really colored my sense of humor and way of looking at the world:
- anything by Ellen Raskin, starting with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, I mean Noel
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
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Way too many:
Curious George books
Dr. Seuss (one fish two fish red fish blue fish was a particular favorite)
Where the Wild Things Are
Richard Scarry Books (anyone remember Busy, Busy World?)
Beverly Cleary books
Shel Silverstein books
Wizard of Oz
Amelia Bedilia books
Berenstain Bears books
Charlotte's Web
Judy Blume books
Nancy Drew Mysteries
a bunch more...
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