Monday, February 14, 2011

Falling In Love with Books

Happy Valentine's Day! Celebrate this day of love with me by hopping into the Wayback Machine and remembering a book that made you fall in love with reading. Some people find book love at an early age. Others go half their lives without finding one to adore. So when did it happen for you? Was there a picture book you couldn't live without? Did your palms get sweaty when the Scholastic book order form showed a new James Howe book? Can you remember sitting with your chair scooted back in math class because there was a character in a novel you just couldn't keep your eyes off? Do tell!
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  1. Maria RossFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    Little House on the Prarie. And then the rest of the series, over and over again.

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  2. Donna EarnhardtFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    I don't remember my first book, but I remember my faves...

    Encyclopedia Brown
    Nancy Drew
    The "Something Queer at the...." series by Elizabeth Levy (remember the dog, Fletcher?)
    The Narnia series

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  3. CLFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    A Wrinkle in Time! But the first character from a book I fell in love with was Heathcliff (sigh.)

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  4. Laura RenegarFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    Series books are wonderful for young readers. The characters become like old friends. A few of the many series books I loved were:

    The Boxcar Children
    The Happy Hollisters
    The Hardy Boys
    Sweet Valley Twins

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  5. lotusgirlFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    The first one I really remember adoring was The Five Chinese Brothers. I still love that book.

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  6. Cat MoleskiFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    For me it was the Lord of the Rings series. Read it at school tucked inside my text book.

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  7. Corey SchwartzFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    The Secret Garden.. I believe I was seven.

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  8. Laura RenegarFebruary 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    You all have great taste in books! Thanks for sharing. :)

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  9. Amie BorstFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    my favorite picture book was "Little Bunny Follows His Nose" (it was scratch and sniff). there's been so many books since then, i wouldn't know where to begin...

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  10. Laura RenegarFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    That sounds like a sweet one.

    My favorites picture books were: There's a Monster in My Closet, The Gorilla Made Me Do It, and Where the Wild Things Are. Can you tell what kind of kid I was?

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    Charlotte's Web!

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  12. Jen WinswordFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    The Harper Hall Trilogy, by Anne MacAffrey. It was soulful.

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