Can you recall the first literary work you read?

[wat??]

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.

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.

[Jeremydav]

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

[milktea]

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.

[pooteeweet]

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

.................same for me both books

[Ashbe Maeur]

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

[MrRegular]

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

[TurquoiseSunset]

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.

[keilj]

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..

[commandoratchet]

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.