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The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe ~ C.S. Lewis. Regardless of the Christian allegory, I loved this as a child. It was banned (& possibly burned) in some parts of the USA, although book burning doesn't surprise me in America, it has always struck me as rather ironic that Bible-belt Christians banned a book that was essentially a Christian allegory. Maybe they hadn't actually read it.
This book banned? What? If it was, I doubt it was Christians that banned it. I've never heard of this book being banned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red-Headed
I would have to say The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell and The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
The Black Stallion....definitely...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
and Black Beauty was another one of my favorites.
I'd have to agree with you there. some of my earliest memories are of my mum reading the chronicles of Narnia to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red-Headed
The Black Stallion books were better than Black Beauty I thought. There was this other series of horse books I really liked but the authors name escapes me now.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
I may be wrong about this. I've surfed the Web a bit & found a few things but I can find no reference to it being banned or burned in some States. I believe some schools banned it because it had the word 'witch' in the title. However, these allegations may be urban mythology. I've heard these rumours so often I have probably fallen into the trap of believing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
I remember being at Primary School & the teacher reading from The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe & being fascinated by it. Later I went on to read all of the Chronicles of Narnia. It is a fond memory from my childhood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastable
Oh yeah, don't forget K.M. Peyton, although I only read one of hers, I really enjoyed it. & of course, who can forget James Bigglesworth?
before I was tweleve years old. the Black Stallion books were part of these, but I read Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, Oliver Twist, The Deerslayer, Rip Van Winkle, and many more. I also read all of the Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan books, probably over twenty of them. The Howard Pease sea stories like The Tatooed Man were favorites. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories with bizarre murders used to scare me. Then there were the Robin Hood Tales and Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. There were so many. I feel sorry for the youth of today being relegated to video games.
& me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfloyd
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Originally Posted by dfloyd
:rolleyes: Believe it or not, kid today actually find time in their hectic lives for both Anne of Green Gables and the occasional Halo fest.
My favorite kid's book is Watership Down. Oh Bigwig, you beautiful creature...
Have you seen the film? I never read the book but I recognise Richard Briers' voice in the film.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Peter Pan hands down! Brilliant book; not just for kids
"Bad form."
There are so many. Well ! I guess Alice in Wonderland and Boy by Roald Dahl.
A simply delightful book is Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince And Other Stories
My favourite also. I named my rabbit Hazel ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
I loved The Hobbit and Peter Pan quite a lot as a kid. Treasure Island was also one of the first books I ever read.
My dad had a huge amount of old classic hardcover books in his library, and as a kid I would just kind of go through them one by one. I was like 9, I went through Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing" and Robin Hood, and I could kind of understand them, but they didn't really do much for me at that age. Then I came upon books that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Jack and Jill - this is an amazing novel about a boy who gets hurt in i believe a sledding accident? He spends months at home reading books. I can't remember the plot all too well, except it was amazing.
Anne of Green Gables - When I read this, at about the age of 10, it had the entire Anne series with it. I found them to be pretty amazing books.
Chronicles of Narnia - More around the age of 11, I read Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe and then later the entire series.
EDIT: and the people who listed Watership Down, that was more like middle school for me, but i LOVE that novel!
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Pure magic, even now as a grown-up.
Little Women! (all the series)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Ivanhoe. Arghh!! I was rooting for Rebecca to get Ivanhoe, not that silly Lady Rowenna.
I didn't read Watership Down until I was an adult. Now I am looking forward to having a grandchild to read it to. Such a charming book.
In teaching myself German, I went through some children's books. I enjoyed Higgelti Piggelti Pop quite a lot.
Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials would be my top pick for my teenage years.
I agree that Where the Wild Things Are is most probably the best picture book.
However for a crash course in philosophy for all ages I would advise everyone to read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It is set out in a way that is accessable to both preteens and adults alike.
btw I resent the way that Video Games were put down in on the first page. Do you speak from experience I wonder. In this feild I do happen to have experience. Video Games are fast becoming one of the best teaching tools for children. They are soon to become usable as texts for essay writing and many have gripping and meaningful storylines. I can think of no better source to learn about the ins and out of friendship than the Kingdom hearts games.
Anyway I have ranted. You only need to read the first part of the post.
Probably Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
but I also love Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett.
There's too many to choose from!!
I actually prefer 'Chess Titans' to 'Grand Theft Auto'. I also prefer playing a real living breathing person at chess. People spend far too much time in front of computer monitors as it is, whatever their respective chronological ages, in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Espeonage
Computer simulations & the like have been used for training & educational purposes for a long time. I have utilised some in education. There is a difference however in learning something useful & ultimately productive & in blowing away scores of computer generated mutant zombie spiders from Mars. Even if it is more fun. I honestly don't think that video games have a negative effect on most people, particularly the very young, & I do honestly believe that they are unfairly targeted by the right-wing press as being responsible for many of the problems in modern society, but you have to view them in perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Espeonage
I must be a bit old-fashioned then as I learnt about friendship with other human beings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Espeonage
I was actually trying to explain the how the statement that the younger generation are taking friendships for granted was a fallacy and that is what I was talking about when I was saying that games exist that teach the ins and outs of friendship.
BTW Not all video games are about blowing stuff up either. Video games these days are can be categorised as interactive movies. However this is not the place to be having this discussion. Fell free to PM if you have any questions about what I was meaning to say.
I think I know what you are trying to say. I'm just not much of a 'gamer' I guess. Chess Titans cheats as well! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Espeonage
Oh! I almost forgot: The Neverending Story.
'The Neverending Story' is one of my favourite books, too .
As well as 'Momo' (hence my nickname *g*) and the 'Night of Wishes' by Michael Ende.
I also enjoyed everything written by Astrid Lindgren, but my favourites were 'Ronia, the Robber's Daughter', 'Mio, my Son' and 'The Children of Noisy Village'.
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Wizard of Earthsea
Tulku
The little Red Hen
A Day No Pigs Would Die