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Welcome to another Thursday Thirteen.

I have been thinking a lot about my past lately and remembering the things I had while I was growing up. I learned to read early (thanks to my cousin) and read anything I could get my hands on. (This led to rereading a few books when I was older and could understand more of what was going on.) I decided to list…

Thirteen of My Favourite Childhood Books

1. The Monkeys and the Water Monster: and two more monkey stories - Retold by Bernice Chardiet (I still have a copy of this book. It’s a bit yellowed, but it’s still pretty good condition for being thirty-three years old.)
2. The Lorax - Dr. Suess
3. Horton Hears a Who - Dr. Suess
4. The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
5. The Missing Piece - Shel Silverstein
6. The Jolly Postman - Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
7. The Arthur books - Marc Brown
8. Where’s Waldo books - Martin Handford
9. Choose Your Own Adventure Books - R.A. Montgomery
10. Animorph series - K.A. Applegate
11. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz
12. The Goosebumps Books - R.L. Stine
13. Any books about true accounts of ghosts - I was obsessed with ghost stories when I was younger

And there you have it. A glimpse into my childhood reading habits. What books did you read as a child?

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Posted in Thursday 13 on December 6th, 2007

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  1. Elisa Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm

    I love 8 and 11. As a child? Anything fantasy related. There’s a reason that Escape to Witch Mountain is my favorite book.

  2. JM Says:
    December 8th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    I saw the Escape to Witch Mountain movies, but I’ve never come across the book. I bet the book is much better.

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