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In reply to the discussion: What did you read as a child? [View all]Cartoonist
(7,552 posts)9. I missed out.
I didn't read Tolkien until my Junior year. I saw his books and was fascinated by them, but I didn't pick them up.
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I read the trixie beldon series. My daughters read them all. My one daughter still has them.
notdarkyet
Jul 2018
#31
Tricia Beldon was an early favorite and my sisters Nancy Drew series was...
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2018
#7
Yup. All things considered I am so grateful to have grown up when I did...
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2018
#41
Same here. I read practically everything in our small rural grade school library early on.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2018
#16
Loved the fairy tales. The yellow book, the red book, Hans Christian Anderson. So many books
notdarkyet
Jul 2018
#33
Me, too! I am sitting here with a wonderfully nostalgic grin plastered on my face!
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2018
#43
Read every biography in the library. Later found out they mostly weren't true.
notdarkyet
Jul 2018
#34
i love love both of those authors, have all Stephen King books to date & lots of Koontz's too.
lark
Jul 2018
#19
I went from 'Nancy Drew' and 'The Bobbsey Twins' to historical biographies before my teens
Siwsan
Jul 2018
#39
"The Mad Scientists Club", "Miss Pickerel Goes to Mars", "The Incredible Flight ... Mushroom Planet"
eppur_se_muova
Jul 2018
#44