'How Many Of You Read This Book As A Child?'

[Panther_99FS]

http://www.amazon.com/Misty-Chincoteague-Marguerite-Henry/dp/0689714920

[Quicksand]

Okay, I'll admit it. I even still have it somewhere, squirrelled away in a box in the attic. Good book.

[Lionheart]

Not here..

At our school it was Charlottes Web..

sad.. arrghh..

Couldnt believe they made it a movie later.

[MaskRider]

Yep. Misty of Chincoteague was one we did. Charlottes Web, too.

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (http://www.amazon.com/Brighty-Canyon-Marguerite-Horseshoe-Library/dp/0689714858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246297162&sr=1-1) is one I remember.

The 21 Balloons (http://www.amazon.com/Twenty-One-Balloons-William-Pene-Bois/dp/0140320970/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246297242&sr=1-2) was another good one, too.

The Incredible Journey (http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Journey-Sheila-Burnford/dp/0385322798/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246297442&sr=1-1)

All books that teachers read to us.

Chris

[Tako_Kichi]

Not me but then again I grew up on the other side of the pond. ;)

My author of choice as a child was always Enid Blyton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

The other big read for me at that time were all the Br'er Rabbit books which I just found out were re-worked by Blyton so maybe I read her versions and not the originals I thought I read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%27er_Rabbit

[Navy Chief]

Nope. Never read it. But my wife has. NC

[Henry]

Not me but then again I grew up on the other side of the pond. ;)

My author of choice as a child was always Enid Blyton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

The other big read for me at that time were all the Br'er Rabbit books which I just found out were re-worked by Blyton so maybe I read her versions and not the originals I thought I read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%27er_Rabbit
Yup Noddy and later the famous 5
still got those in a box on the other side of the pond
H

[n4gix]

I've never heard of it. I learned how to read from the early works of Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury...

[Henry]

I've never heard of it. I learned how to read from the early works of Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury...
:applause::applause::applause:
H

[ananda]

It was Biggles for me :gameon:

[Lionheart]

I've never heard of it. I learned how to read from the early works of Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury...

N4Gix

Those are great ones Bill!

Let us not forget Jules Verne!

:applause:


Bill

[Snuffy]

Not me ... but my daughter has it ... or at least she did.

[safn1949]

Heck,I was 36 when it was published....man I'm gettiin' old...lol

[lifejogger]

I was reading The Hardy Boys and watching Howdy Doody.

[Willy]

Publisher: Aladdin (April 30, 1991)

Never heard of it. But in 1991 I was the Navy's Lead Manpower Analyst for the Pacific Fleet surface ships.

[Piglet]

Never read it. Grew up with flight and maintenence manuals...:ernae:
But I still remember "The Most Dangerous Game". And "The Tales of Olga da Polga" Best Guinea-pig story ever! Don't know about G-Force yet...

[AckAck]

Heck,I was 36 when it was published....man I'm gettiin' old...lol

It was first published in 1947, so unless you are 98 now, it was out.

I read it long long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, but not for school. Along with a large variety of other horse themed books - The Black Stallion, Black Beauty, etc.

Brian

[Eoraptor1]

Panther,

I have the Breyer figurine of Misty somewhere. My mother packed it aways decades ago so it wouldn't get broken, and I don't have the slightest idea where it is. I do know where all my electric trains are, though.

JAMES

[Gzr Green Bean]

Sure I did P. Also Sea-Star of Chinquoteague, a follow on book.

GB

[TeaSea]

Panther,

I think you've hit upon something ....

There is a lapse between the first publishing of this book, and the second. So, by generation we are exposed to different things as we move through the educational process.

I was never exposed to this story (born in 1960), and neither was my wife. But my daughter says it was on their list. Yet we know the book was originally published in 1947.

Interesting.

The books I was handed were Charlotte's Web, the Narnia series, and later in High School -- Catcher in the Rye (I still think the Protagonist was a big weenie). In Middle School it was To Kill a Mockingbird (a story I still love -- although I think Aticus one of the most dangerous hero's of American Fiction) and oddly enough -- Catch 22 (I was in and advanced Lit class and we were thought adult enough to read it).

Who knew you were so deep?? :ernae:

[Panther_99FS]

later in High School -- Catcher in the Rye

Yeppers - had that in High School (along with the Iliad & Odyssey)...

[OBIO]

The schools I went to were so poor and hillbilly that our reading lists consisted of 5 year old Burpee seed catalogs and Bass Masters magazines....which are really the sources of all the useful information that a man will ever need. As a result of my edjumacation, I know how to properly stake a tomato plant and the best lures to get the big Bass to strike. Everything else just doesn't matter.

OBIO

[n4gix]

I read an alternative version, "Catch Her in the Raw..." (lavishly illustrated) :icon_lol:

[cheezyflier]

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