We have threads with lists of the children's books we own, and we have threads about books we read a little later in life.
But what is the first book you really fell in love with, and why?
For me, it was The Big Orange Splot. I loved it because of the colorful illustrations (done in marker!) and the language.
For example, when the neighbors describe the main character, they say, "Plumbean has popped his cork, blown his stack, and dropped his stopper." As a child - probably 3 or 4 years old - I found this book endlessly hilarious. My mother, who is an artist, loved the illustrations and the message of the book: it's ok to be creative and to be yourself.
I just ordered it from Amazon (less than $4 for a new copy!) so that I can donate it to a children's book drive coming up around Christmas. I wanted to have it a few weeks early so I can read it myself, and I'm finding that I enjoy it just as much as I did when I was very young.
What about you?
― Nathan, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)
I's like to say Metamorphosis and Other Stories which really did have an impact on me as an 11 year old - man changes into a bug! But I actually wasn't that hip and so I much preferred...
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Kids out and about, camping without their parents, cooking food, sailing plus pirates, snakes, robbers, throwing fireworks...I mean what more could I ask for? And then there were another load to read afterwards.
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 16 November 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)
I LOVE SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS it's wonderful, it just is. It's such a hearty and true book.
― Laurel, Friday, 16 November 2007 21:05 (eighteen years ago)
Oh, that's a good book and "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" is equally amazing. And they are so old!
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 16 November 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)