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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2012, 10:07:13 PM »
Life of Pi. Also, gonna say it, Harry Potter. Got the first book when I was 7-8, and read it nonstop (was a tad slow reader, and stayed up many nights with a flashlight under covers reading.

Also, anything by Dahl or Dr. Seuss (didn't say how old counted as being a kid  :neener:).
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2012, 10:12:08 PM »
Quote from: Pigslilspaz on March 11, 2012, 10:07:13 PM
Life of Pi

Forgot about that one... that was wicked.
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2012, 10:13:42 PM »
Emmanuelle  :O
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2012, 10:16:44 PM »
'The Cablecar and the Dragon' by Herb Caen was the first book I can remember reading; still have my signed 1st edition.
The best book I ever read as a kid is a toss-up between Heinlein's 'Citizen of the Galaxy' and 'Starman Jones'; I have re-purchased those books over the years time-and-time again.
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2012, 10:17:59 PM »
Quote from: uptown on March 11, 2012, 10:13:42 PM
Emmanuelle  :O
Truth be told, probably one of the best books I read as a kid too. Linda Lovelace's biography was probably a close second.
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2012, 10:27:59 PM »
The bible... Kids edition
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2012, 11:14:52 PM »
Dune

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Offline mthrockmor

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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2012, 11:54:55 PM »
Loved God As My Copilot. Also, McCampbell's  many great ones to choose from.

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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2012, 12:23:41 AM »
ok real young?

Ferdinand the bull......

and "where the red fern grows" that was a good book

once I read REH (12 yo), every other author, just pales in comparison :aok 
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2012, 12:28:40 AM »
Quote from: Tac on March 11, 2012, 11:14:52 PM
Dune

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What's that about? My dad is trying to get me to read it, but I keep putting it off.
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2012, 12:35:30 AM »
"Night of the never ending Dawn". Very inspiring and changed my life.
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2012, 12:51:47 AM »
First book I ever checked out of the grade school library.  2nd Grade.  I think i was the only one to check it out the rest of my elementary school days.  It's been all downhill ever since.  There were others in the series but this one sent me over the edge on WW2 fighter pilots.  American Heritage had one called "Airwar over Hitler's Germany' that was a close second, but I found this one first.    Some of the old timers will remember the Ballantine Books series on WW1 and 2 also.  We could buy those at grade school book fairs.  Amazing stuff for a history minded little kid.  Clearly they all made a huge impression as it's still my passion all these years later.

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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2012, 03:17:10 AM »
old yeller FTW first on ive read, also first one i cried in  :cry
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2012, 03:23:26 AM »
Animal Farm by George Orwell and the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury    :old:
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Re: The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid
« Reply #29 on: March 12, 2012, 03:38:42 AM »
This was my first favorite book. 



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