Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce was one of my favourites.

Minnow on the Say by the same author was also fun - a good treasure hunt story.

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I know a teacher who still reads that one. It was my favorite as a small child too PF and read to me by an African American first grade teacher.

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I loved to read as a child. I was most interested in mystery series. The entire oeuvre of the Donna Parker escapades was a favorite. For some reason the author of that series escapes me.

Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" was another favorite.

As I got older I picked up on some interesting works from Edgar Allan Poe. His was more a poetry offering...but interesting none the less.

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

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I have to agree with PixieSprite on this one The Secret Garden is defenatly one of my favourites, but another is " Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory "
I guess I am a lover on chocolote things

I personally always preferred Roald Dahl's "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory although certainly "Matilda" displayed questionable moral values. Not sure if it's appropriate for school reading.

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LMAO.....so did I

There was a record out about the story too that I had......

I used to love "Rupert" and "Noddy" books when I was a child......they are from England.

Boy stuff, Biggles and Tarzan mainly.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

John Carter of Mars series. Also the one about butter.

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The Hardy Boys series,and books by Zane Gray

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The mind never forgets what the hands have learned

Yep........ was Hardy Boys for me

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My Only Two Stories Anywhere!

Afternoon Delight

Delightful Rendezvous!

Is the love I gave her in the past, gonna be enough to last, if tomorrow never comes........

Put me in with the "not-so-politically-correct" group because i read that book to my youngest just the other day. I remember back when i was a kid, that i hated seeing the tigers run around in the cicus ring because i thought that they'd melt

I couldn't remember any childhood books that had a deep impact on me until reading PF's comment...that sent me running down to the basement to check out my first ever All About Story Book, given to me by my aunt for Xmas before my 5th birthday...it contains all the usual kiddie stories, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Rabbit, etc...but the one story I remember going back to read over & over was the one about the tigers turning to butter...maybe because everybody had a big stack of pancakes at the end of the story
Another book I now remember was a very old copy of David Copperfield, given to me by my other aunt (who was really more like my surrogate grandmother)...at the time she gave it to me, it was really over my head, but it did instill that early appreciation for Dickens that has pretty much lasted a lifetime (so far)...

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

DOes something by Lois Lowry count? Might be too gender specific...but mom and I used to read those and laugh

In 5th grade we read David Edding's Belgariad series.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

For older kids (I read in 6th grade) I LOVED Ivanhoe

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

What did you read by Lois Lowry that made you laugh??? All the books I have read are so deep, just curious.

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<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas