• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

books you have read as children

R

Rumpel

DP Veteran
Joined
Aug 10, 2019
Messages
42,528
Reaction score
8,968
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
do you remember any?

maybe your very first book?
 
All of my grandkids like to be read to, I am not bad but an amateur compared to my wife, who infuses
voices, texture and depth into even the simplest stories.
The 3 YO really likes this one,
1729015826074.webp
 
Thank you all for all the pictures! 🌺🌺🌺🌻🌻🌻🌺
 
my very first book was ….. Petzi baut ein Schiff

= Petzi builds a ship

a Danish story about a bear …. Rasmus Klump … Petzi in German
 
Something I do with my son?

We have a copy of "Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss.

Every year, I send that book to school at the end of the year and ask his teachers to write a note for him in it.

At this point, I've collected notes for him from all of his teachers - PreK - 2nd grade. I intend to continue the tradition for the remainder of his K-12 education and give him the book as a part of his high school graduation gift.
 
i am pleasantly surprised about your interest!
 
btw …


Petzi in Emglish is Barnaby Bear …. or Bundle
 
The children's books I read were The Hardy Boys, Old Yeller, Black Beauty, The Black Stallion, like that. At ten I got a subscription to National Geographic that I kept 'til I was eighteen. Read every word of every issue. I remember read about the exploits of Dr. Louis S.B. Leakey and family in the Olduvai Gorge. This sparked my life long interest in human evolution.

Read Gone with the Wind at 11. Read Carl Sandberg's Lincoln biography, The Prairie Years and The War Years at 12. At thirteen I started Tolkien and Robert A. Heinlein books.
 
I don't recall any little children books but my favourite book as a young reader was "The Secret Garden". I also loved Hedi and of course all the Nancy drew books
 
Callen said:
I don't recall any little children books but my favourite book as a young reader was "The Secret Garden". I also loved Hedi and of course all the Nancy drew books
Click to expand...
 
does anybody know Petzi?


Petzi bygger skip?
 
Callen said:
I don't recall any little children books but my favourite book as a young reader was "The Secret Garden". I also loved Hedi and of course all the Nancy drew books
Click to expand...
I loved all of those! And the Little House on the Prairie series.
 
We went to the public library often, and I read a ton of children’s books. Those that I remember are the Freddy the Pig series, the Nancy Drew mysteries, and the Secret Garden. (Years later I learned what type of a car a coupe actually was — too lazy to look it up when Nancy Drew was on a case.)
 
I read Les Miserables as a precocious fifth grader. I remember it was the summer between fifth and sixth grade. I just saw it laying around, and thought it was a challenge to read such a big book. You would think a fifth grader would not get much out of a book like that, but it really left an indelible mark in my young mind.

The following summer, I got through the Lord of the rings series (including the hobbit). Now that was another fascinating book! Also left an indelible mark on my mind.

As a senior in high school I read Madame Bovary. At the time, like many teenagers, I had a pretty serious crush on this girl (she ended up being my prom date, and we dated for several years after that in college). It was sort of my romantic period. But man reading that book really has a way of trashing romanticism. It really made me wrestle with a lot of my emotions I was feeling at the time.

These books really do shape who you are and who you become- in all sorts of subtle but powerful ways- and almost all good!
 
I liked Dr. Seuss.....Bartholomew and the Oobleck was my favorite. Also loved fairy tales, the beautifully illustrated ones, and got a "Shirley Temple Storybook" one Christmas. Loved Nancy Drew, and also the Betsy - Tacy books, Pippi Longstocking.
I got fascinated with Biographies and read the library's collection. A little later liked Gone With the Wind, Catcher in the Rye,
Lord of the Flies.
 
ataraxia said:
I read Les Miserables as a precocious fifth grader. I remember it was the summer between fifth and sixth grade. I just saw it laying around, and thought it was a challenge to read such a big book. You would think a fifth grader would not get much out of a book like that, but it really left an indelible mark in my young mind.

The following summer, I got through the Lord of the rings series (including the hobbit). Now that was another fascinating book! Also left an indelible mark on my mind.

As a senior in high school I read Madame Bovary. At the time, like many teenagers, I had a pretty serious crush on this girl (she ended up being my prom date, and we dated for several years after that in college). It was sort of my romantic period. But man reading that book really has a way of trashing romanticism. It really made me wrestle with a lot of my emotions I was feeling at the time.

These books really do shape who you are and who you become- in all sorts of subtle but powerful ways- and almost all good!
Click to expand...

I read that way. I regretted it once. I read Black Beauty when I was very young, maybe 7. I remember the chapters about the bearing reins really broke my heart. Thinking about that book still makes me sad.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom