Hooked on Books

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 7:27am
Do you remeber what book or author got you hooked on books?

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 9:07am
Oh wow, no...I can't remember learning to read, I was so young when I did, and I remember always reading! :) I always had my nose buried in a book, even in kindergarten.
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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 11:12am
Nope!
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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 11:24am

Boy, I'm not sure because as the others said, I always remember reading. The first authors I think I actively sought out their books were Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beverly Cleary, Carolyn Keene and later Judy Blume.

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 12:00pm

My mother always read to me even up into 6th grade to cultivate my interest in reading. Mostly Little House on The Prairie series


Judy Blume and the Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing is one I really remember and going to check out all her others.


The Beverly Cleary Ralph Mouse books.


Then finally when I older S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders and all her others. My daughter just discovered her after years of me saying "You should read the Outsiders" she finally picked it up and is starting on her 3rd now.

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 12:20pm

I'll have to agree with Carolyn Keene.

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 12:55pm

One of the first series of books I remember reading was in the first grade--it wasn't Carolyn Keene, I did actually try those but the "girl detective" series I had already read just seemed so much better that I never could get into them! I don't think this series ever "caught" like the Nancy Drew books did--I've actually never met anyone else who read them! They were really old--they were my grandma's and the pages were crumbly and the books were actually cloth-covered. The author was Margaret Sutton and the redheaded, clever girl sleuth was named Judy Bolton.

This is turning into a major blast from the past! Two other series I read at Grandma's, that I never hear anyone else speak about--the Cherry Ames series, about a girl sleuth who becomes a nurse, by Helen Wells; and the Elsie Dinsmore series, by Martha Finley--Elsie's not a sleuth at all, but a surreally Christian little girl.

Anybody else ever happened across any of these three series?

:) I just looked up the publishing dates, no wonder!! The first Judy Bolton book was published in 1932; the first Cherry Ames book was published in 1943, and the first Elsie Dinsmore book was published in 1867 (I'm sure Grandma's was NOT one of the originals,lol)

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 1:11pm

The Bobsey Twins sticks in my mind, tho I can't recall titles or the author.

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 6:00pm

Well, I'm not sure that it was "Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss, but it has definitely been a favorite of mine. I was a big fan of Beverly Cleary. Also, the "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" books by Betty McDonald.

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 6:15pm
I've heard of the Cherry Ames series, have even seen one or two, but never read any of them

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Mon, 08-08-2005 - 8:33pm
lkanneg...I actually read the first Elsie book last year. It was a present from a young niece of mine who likes to give me things that she might like to do or read when she comes to visit me. I thought it was a cute story and actually passed it over to my mom to read etc.
I know I read to a whole bunch by older sisters and I loved a particular fairytale book and of course Little house books too! kay

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