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Anyone remember the Boxcar Children?
What was the first books you read to really create a love of reading
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 03:24 PM
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 03:33 PM
I do!
(Though I remember nothing about it, other than it was kids living in a boxcar.)
(Though I remember nothing about it, other than it was kids living in a boxcar.)
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 05:22 PM
I loved stories about kids who had to survive on their own. Booxcar Children, hatchet, some book about a kid with racoons living by himself in the woods all sneaky (anyone have any idea what this was?) and stuff like that.
Anyone read The Girl With The Silver Eyes?
Anyone read The Girl With The Silver Eyes?
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 11:30 PM
When I developed my love for books and reading, I was still living in Ukraine and just starting school and my grandma used to read books to me in the evening. Most were russian fables, but I used to get annoyed because grandma didn't read as much every evening as I wanted her to so I asked her to teach me reading, so I could already read quite well when I got into school. Among the first books I read were 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'The Jungle Book'. I still own these, but they're going back to my brother - who gave them to me - soon, since he's becoming father 
Basically, I read everything I could get my hands on from then, and when we moved to Germany, reading was what helped me learn the language really quickly, because I ran out of russian books and desperately wanted to read instead of playing outside, that was during 2nd grade.
Basically, I read everything I could get my hands on from then, and when we moved to Germany, reading was what helped me learn the language really quickly, because I ran out of russian books and desperately wanted to read instead of playing outside, that was during 2nd grade.
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Posted 03 April 2009 - 01:33 PM
For me it was Secret Seven, Famous Five and Hardy Boys with Dragonlance soon after.
and an honourary mention for Roald Dahl and the 'Big Friendly Giant'
and an honourary mention for Roald Dahl and the 'Big Friendly Giant'
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Posted 03 April 2009 - 08:11 PM
Hai evorybody! This is my first time on this forum, loving it so far. Just recently finished struggling through GotM. Can't say I loved it, but am fascinated by it.
It was a lot of fun to read this thread, a lot of people have the same childhood memories I did, which goes to show how classics can traverse distances and cultures. Although when I was really young I read a lot of the ones everyone else mentioned, such as Boxcar kids, Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, etc, I really attribute my love of sci-fi fantasy to a certain books.
First, before I could read, my father read all the Narnia Chronicles to me and my siblings - once I got older and started exploring different genres, my return to fantasy was with Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, which I took my time with, reading one per year - so I matured together with Taran the Pig Keeper, who grew in maturity in each book, and the language Mr. Alexander wrote his books also matured (the first book being elementary school level reading, the last book being more high-school/young adult). That experience really stuck with me, and I plan on passing on those books to my children in the same manner. My first adult fantasy novel was Magician by Raymond E Feist. That was the nail in the coffin so to speak - from then on I was hooked.
It was a lot of fun to read this thread, a lot of people have the same childhood memories I did, which goes to show how classics can traverse distances and cultures. Although when I was really young I read a lot of the ones everyone else mentioned, such as Boxcar kids, Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, etc, I really attribute my love of sci-fi fantasy to a certain books.
First, before I could read, my father read all the Narnia Chronicles to me and my siblings - once I got older and started exploring different genres, my return to fantasy was with Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, which I took my time with, reading one per year - so I matured together with Taran the Pig Keeper, who grew in maturity in each book, and the language Mr. Alexander wrote his books also matured (the first book being elementary school level reading, the last book being more high-school/young adult). That experience really stuck with me, and I plan on passing on those books to my children in the same manner. My first adult fantasy novel was Magician by Raymond E Feist. That was the nail in the coffin so to speak - from then on I was hooked.
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Posted 04 April 2009 - 05:34 AM
Hey, I did the Boxcar Kids and Encyclopedia Brown when I was really young, but I'd say the first books that really got me into reading was when my dad grabbed a random Louis L'amour book off my grandfathers book shelf when I was in 3rd grade and told me to read it. I was really into westerns for a long time after that. Then the next year for christmas I got my first fantasy type books from my uncle, it just happened to be LOTR. So I didn't really work my way up to the top in that regard.
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Posted 04 April 2009 - 07:41 PM
I never read much as a kid, but then my parents decided to buy a summer house in the middle of no where. Anyone who knows anything about Denmark knows that just because it is summer is absolutely no garantee for good weather so suddenly i had to fill all those rainy days with something.
After having quickly discarded the usual paperbacks from the only local source i talked my parents into a longer trip to find a library.
I left the library with 2 full bags of books and in them was my first ever fantasy books in english. It was a 3 book series by Guy G. Kay called Fionavar something. They are not the best that i have ever read, but it was something new and different for me and started my love for fantasy.
To this day i still dont know many things better than a good book on a rainy day.
After having quickly discarded the usual paperbacks from the only local source i talked my parents into a longer trip to find a library.
I left the library with 2 full bags of books and in them was my first ever fantasy books in english. It was a 3 book series by Guy G. Kay called Fionavar something. They are not the best that i have ever read, but it was something new and different for me and started my love for fantasy.
To this day i still dont know many things better than a good book on a rainy day.
