Can you recall the first literary work you read?

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Kid's books are classic literature too. Wind in the Willows, Stuart Little, The Secret Garden, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Watership Down, and then there's Anne... I love kid's literature.

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I may have mentioned this in another thread, but I never understand the association of books like Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, or perhaps especially Charlie and the Chocolate factory with Watership Down.

As far as I can tell Watership down is a political novel aimed at adults and young adults, but featuring anthropomorphic animals; which seems to be the cause of its, rather incorrect in my opinion, classification as a "kids book".

But I digress. The first acclaimed piece of literature I picked up and read on my own time (previously myself and my mother had read some classics together) was The Catcher in the Rye when I was eight years old. It went right over my head, but I enjoyed it. I was almost suspended from school, actually, when I was caught reading it in the library.

Probably "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck, though the first I read on my own accord was "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka.

Had to have been something by the Brothers Grimm. Maybe Snow White and Rose Red since that is what comes to mind when I try to think back.

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Originally Posted by Jeremydav

Probably "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck, though the first I read on my own accord was "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka.

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.................same for me :) both books

If I remember correctly, it was "Where the Red Fern Grows."

20,000 leagues under the sea is where it all began for me.

Geez, I read a lot so I can only remember a fraction of the titles...but let's say a Roald Dahl book, but I'm not sure which one. It might even have been an Afrikaans lit book...who knows.

Nancy Drew!!!

Naw, just kidding. I can't remember exactly, but I think it was either Of Mice and Men or Animal Farm. My mom got me some cool books when I was 12 or so to get me started - Brave New World, Lord of the Flies, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest..

That's a tough one... let's see, it was 'The adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, I think. I remember thinking that it would be cool to have an adventure like that. My parents sort of put me in a plastic bubble, sort of, and I would definatly get in big trouble if I snuck off and everybody thaught I was dead.