At what age did you first become interested in reading chapter books?

Question

From a young age I loved to read, books such as Dr. Seuss for example. But, when I was in 4th grade I really got interested in books....the first one I can remember was "A Doll In The Garden", and others were books by Madeleine L'Engle (i.e. A Wrinkle In Time, A Swiftly Moving Planet...), The Giver (about a Utopian society), Treasure Island, diaries (for example, the diary of Anastasia, of a young girl on the Titanic...), and quite a few more.

What were your favorite books when you were young?

*Sorry, not "A Swiftly Moving Planet"....it is "A Swiftly Tilting Planet"...I do not know why I put that.

Thanks for your answers!

ah, I forgot about Tuck Everlasting....wow, lol.

Answer 1

since i could understand them (around 6 er 7) i luvd the giver... it was creepy and interesting... theres a second 1 out right now... (the messenger), im reading a wrinkle in town right now...itz really good!, im also reading the fellowship of the ring ...try call of the wild...u might like it (if ur still into those kinda things also the devil wears prada and bad twin were really good also

Answer 2

I remember The Giver, A Wrinkle in Time, Tuck Everlasting, A Gift Horse, The Unicorn Hunt, The Wanderer, Captain's Command, Pictures of Hollis Woods, and many more. I started reading chapter books in the third grade.

Answer 3

Probably second grade on up...

Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books by Betty MacDonald
Charlie and the Chocolate factory
Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Answer 4

when i was a little kid i never really got into reading that much because i struggled with it so much that it just frustrated me. when I was about 12 years old my sister brought home the scholastic book fair thing (before they held them at the school) and my mom told me to look through and see if there was anything that interested me. i found a book called My Teacher Fried My Brain by bruce coville and it sounded interesting so my mom got it for me. that got me to start reading but after a few years i sort of lost interest and didn't do it as often. then a couple years ago my mom introduced me to Harry Potter and i got hooked on reading once again.
my favorite books though when i was younger were the ones written by bruce coville and chris crutcher.

Answer 5

Your question brings back such pleasant memories.The first 'proper' book I read was 'Five go off in a caravan' by Enid Blyton.Till then I had read only comics.My mom bought it for me.I complained the whole way home that it was for 'big girls'.Once I started reading it though,I didn't put it down till the last page.

Answer 6

My first longer books probably came around third or fourth grade as well. I loved the baby-sitters club books, a book called "Lyddie", and all of the books about a little boy named "Fudge" and his older brother Peter. I know I read and loved more than that, but I can't remember what all of them were right off.

Answer 7

I wasn't really interested in reading until I started reading The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter.

Answer 8

reading is way better the book keeps u thinking so you get greater detail in what people are thinking therefore you get more imagination

Answer 9

Reading the book instead of viewing the movie is the best way to see what the writer planned. Reading uses your thoughts, hones your reading skills, and can increase your vocabulary

Answer 10

i learned english when i moved to America when i was five, and i loved reading for ever. i read about 250 books every school year, it was crazzzy. i loved the Betsy and Tracy books, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables series... i read all of them in first grade. my favorite book to this day, though, is Gone With the Wind (hence my "name" Scarlett), which i first read in fourth grade.