What was your favorite children's story book?

Question

What story did you enjoy reading or having read to you as a child? And why?
Who was your favorite children's author (if you can remember)? And why?
Have your reading preferences changed as you have gotten older? If yes what are they now, (ie fairy stories as a child and romance as an adult)?
I will award 10 points to someone with the most interesting tale.

Answer 1

My favourite story as a child was the Little Golden Books 'Home For a Bunny'. It is a tale of a bunny who is looking for a home, and after meeting several other animals whose homes aren't suitable, ends up finding another bunny who lives in a burrow and welcomes the other bunny in. I liked it because my Dad always used to read it to me with different vioces for all the different animals.

My favourite children's author was CS Lewis for the Narnia Chronicles, and also Enid Blyton for the Famous Five books. Both series are intersting in their own right.

I am still really into the Narnia Chronicles, other than that, I read a lot of classical literature and horror/mystery. 'Home For a Bunny' has now been replaced with Stephen King.

Poor bunny.

Answer 2

Peter Pan

as an adult? Rainbow Six, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, the Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter 1-4, Ship of Gold, The Matarese Circle, Don Quixote, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Da Vinci Code, The Giver, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Little Prince (just read this when I was 20), Treasure Island, Moonfleet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bible, The Secret Garden, Introduction to Electronics Communication, Basic Electronics, NEETS, Digital Communications.

Yes my reading preferences have definitely changed because of necessity. But I like to read novels again once I'm done with my career as an engineer.

Answer 3

I'm still young and everything, so my picks are pretty modern.

I love reading a lot of series, but one individual book I like a lot is "Here Today" because it is so touching and easy to relate to, even though it takes place in the 1960's.

Ann M. Martin is a really great author, but I really don't have a favorite. I like Ann's style because it is original, and when you read one of her books, you'll find yourself thinking, "Who would have thought about that?" or "Who would have written something like that?" I think that's extraordinary, to have such a unique style.

I remember that I used to love the Disney stories, like Cinderella and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. As I've gotten older, my interests have changed, which is natural. I like realistic fiction, fantasy, and action stories. I'm not really into the classic "fairy tale" anymore. I guess that changing interests are a part of life, but I still think that if I went into the attic and pulled out some of those old Disney books, I would still feel a little excited when I read about Cinderella's fairy godmother, or the Hunchback finding true love.

Answer 4

I loved Dr. Seuss as a child, as my father would often read these books to me. He would do all of the voices of the characters, and just make it so fun. The Cat in the Hat, and Hop on Pop are the two I most remember him reading, so I must have been quite young.

I still enjoy Dr. Seuss, and I remember the time (before VCRs and cable TV) when you would get one chance each year to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This was a magical time, we would decorate our Christmas tree while watching that show, such an event!

I think many if not most kids get enjoyment even today from those Dr. Seuss books, with their rhymes and nonsense words and characters. I have read Dr. Seuss books to my own children, and relive the moments that it was my father reading to me.

Answer 5

Dr Sues was my all time favorite! From the Cat n the hat to Green eggs and ham..."It was quite comical and outrageous!" I was bit of a problem child back in the day so those stories suited me quite well as a rebel with a sharp tongue and a mind ten years ahead of my time.

Yes my reading has changed although I still love comedy and fantasy along with erotic romance stories, biography's, philosophy's, self-help and new age materials.

Answer 6

Sesame Street's The Monster at the End of this Book. I read it until the cover came off. I had forgotten about it until my daughter was born a couple of years ago. My aunt had taken my copy for her sons to read and remembered how much I had loved it. She gave me a new copy for Anna who has since worn the cover off the back! The story is fun - Grover is always luuvvable - and there is a great deal of fun in readfing it with a lot of emotion!

Answer 7

My mom used to read Little Women to me when I was a child.I became obsessed with that book,it was the coolest thing in the world,because I have 3 sisters,and our personalities really resembled those of the girls in the books.My mom then passed away shortly before I turned 5,she was making me an Amy dress (of course I was Amy!!! I was the youngest!) for Carnival.I never went to the parades,obviously.
She also used to read cowboy stories to me,which were pretty exciting.
Now a days I read a lot of horror,thrillers and stuff like that.My favorite book is Dracula (it's been since I was like 15),and my favorite writer is Stephen King,because he writes very dark stuff,he makes you feel things that you don't really feel in real life under any circumstances...like chills down your spine and stuff

Answer 8

When I was a kid, I was hooked on both the Little House on the Prairie books and on Trixie Belden books. I enjoyed them both because they were easy to read. Little House books were just good and were about family values. Trixie Belden, I don't really remember why, I just remember needing to get the next one out and read it from cover to cover that same day.

As an adult, I haven't really gotten into any adult series. I have however, really enjoy reading Harry Potter with my kids. We can't wait for #7 to come out. We love the whole good/verses evil theme through the whole thing.

Answer 9

The Jungle Books, by Rudyard Kipling. When I was young, I had the children's version, and even now, I occasionally read the real version. I still LOVE these stories! The idea of being able to talk to animals and rule the forest was just the coolest thing to me as a kid, too.
Now, I read true crime novels--go figure.

Answer 10

It has to be Alice in Wonderland. I don't know how many times I read that book as a child and even when I was a young adult. It has fantasy, humour, poetry and everything rolled up into one extremely well-written book. If you ask me my favourite writer as a child, I would say Enid Blyton. I loved her Famous Five series and then the Secret Seven series. Such mystery and such fun. I grew up on Enid Blyton. She was the best.