Do you have a favorite book from childhood or teen years that you still read?

Question

"Rain of gold" was my sisters book and she passed it on to me when I was fifteen. I am now 23 and I still love this book.

Answer 1

James and the Giant Peach.

Answer 2

Heidi, a girl of the Alps - I have always been fascinated by the story. I tink I have read it a hundred times when I was a child. I hadn`t read it in a while until last year, it is still lovely.

Oh, and there are a few books that, when I read now I can understand a lot more. For example Gulliver`s Travels or Don Quixote - they were such wonderful stories, but reading them now opens my eyes to the fact thet there is something more than the story it used tobe.

I think everybody should try and read a few of the books they have enjoyed as a child. There is always something new to find out, or just to recapture the feeling of far far away.

Answer 3

The Giver
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Answer 4

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Answer 5

I have the privilege of working in a pediatric clinic, I read Green Eggs and Ham to patients all the time:)

Answer 6

Yes, Dear God, it's Me Margaret by Judy Blume~

Answer 7

I have very many such books. Right now I'm rereading for 100th time Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tales.

Answer 8

'the gashley crumb tinies' by edward gorey. it's a child's book but i discovered it when i was seventeen, for me it dissolved the creativity or dr. seuss & the morbidity of edgar allan poe (both of which are literary idols of mine). i loved that it was quirky, cute but drastically bleak.

Answer 9

Yes, on occasion I still read Island of the Blue Dolphins because it's always been one of my favorites :)

Answer 10

Mine was, "Flowers in the attic". I read it when I was 13 and have loved it since. I have the whole collection and have read them numerous times over the years.