Past Questions



December 2006


Name up to five books you enjoyed as a kid that you would want to share with a younger child.

The Three Little Pigs
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
Cinderalla

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THE THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG by Eugene Trivizas - I still love it.
THE SEVEN SILLY EATERS by Mary Ann Hoberman - Great alliterations)
MARTHA SPEAKS by Susan Meddaugh
Mary Howitt’s THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
illustrated by Tony Di Terlizzi (the pictures are the best!)

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RELUCTANT GOD, DOGSBODY, VENUS AMONG THE FISHES, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER, and HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

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The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley, WHITE FANG and CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London, and BAMBI and BAMBI’S CHILDREN by Felix Stalten

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Dr.Suess’s ABC
Foot Book
Fox in Socks
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

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1. Clifford the Big Red Dog books
2. Monsters Under the Bed
3.Click, Clack, Moo
4.Click, Clack, Quackety-Quack

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Five books I enjoyed as a kid were the Nancy Drew books, Junie B.Jones, and Kevin Henkes picture books.

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Some of my favorites from when I was little are OX-CART MAN, DRAW ME A STAR, THE ADVENTURES OF TAXI DOG, and ARROW TO THE SUN. I still love them!

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1. THE FIVE CHILDREN AND IT by E. Nesbit
2. WINNIE THE POOH by A. A. Milne
3. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
4. THE SATURDAYS by Elizabeth Enright
5. THE PRINCESS TALES by Gail Carson Levine

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Charlotte’s Web
Matilda
The Amazing Days of Abbey Hayes
The Power of One
Pony Pals

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ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
MATILDA by Roald Dahl
CHILDREN OF THE RIVER by Linda Crew
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L.M. Montgomery
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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LOVE YOU FOREVER by Robert Munsch --- my all-time favorite when I was a kid

PURPLE, GREEN, AND YELLOW also by Robert Munsch -- my second favorite

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Cat in the Hat, The Last Unicorn

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Esperanza Rising
Amelia Bedelia
Charlotte’s Web
The House On Mango Street
A Series Of Unfortunate Events

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The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Seven Sleepers by Gilbert Morris
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
(OK, so they’re all series, not books)
THE ENCHANTED WOOD by Enid Blyton

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L. A. Meyer, her books are da bomb!

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THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster

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ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN (and the others in that series) by Louis Sachar
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Series by Diana Wynne Jones
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
MATILDA by Roald Dahl (and all other books by him)

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The BFG
Danny, the Champion of the World
How To Handle Your Mum
Edge Chronicles
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Clifford the Big Red Dog
Animorphs
Care Bears
The American Girls
Harry Potter

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1) CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E. B. White
2) HOLES by Louis Sachar
3) THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN by E.B. White
4) FRINDLE by Andrew Clements
5) MANDY by Julie Andrews Edwards

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Green Eggs and Ham
Are You My Mother?
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
The Adventures of Peter Rabbit

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The Nancy Drew Series
Guess How Much I Love You
The Polar Express
Love You For Ever
The Ramona Quimby Series

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MANDY by Julie Andrews Edwards
SHERWOOD RING by Elizabeth Marie Pope
RAMONA THE PEST by Beverly Cleary
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE by J. K. Rowling
THE BAD BEGINNING by Lemony Snicket

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The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate The Wash
The Bridge to Terabithia
Blueberries For Sal
Rainbow Rhino
Go, Dog, Go!

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I read the Junie B. Jones books religiously as a child with my mom. They were so funny!!!! Any girl from first grade to third grade should read the series. You are missing a part of your childhood if you don’t read at least one.

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There’s A Dragon In My Wagon!
No Jumping on the Bed
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Polar Express

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1. The Giving Tree
2. Ivan, Divan, and Zariman

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The Polar Express
The Pokey Little Puppy
Ella Enchanted
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Curious George

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Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Wind in the Willows

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1.101 Dalmations
2.Winnie the Pooh
3.The Call of the Wild
4.White Fang
5.Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

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The Harry Potter books
The Ramona Quimby books
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET by Judy Blume
I HATE MY HERO by (I think) Jacqueline Shannon
HARRIET THE SPY by Louise Fitzhugh

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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I’ve always enjoyed fantasy/adventure books. These are some really fantastic stories I read when I was around the age of 14 :
- THE VARIOUS
-His Dark Materials Trilogy
-The Dark Magician Trilogy
- series

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1) GERALDINE’S BIG SNOW by Holly Keller
2) KOSHKA’S TALES by James Mayhew
3) MADELEINE by Ludwig Bemelmans
4) FRANKLIN FIBS by Paulette Bourgeois
5) STEPHANIE’S PONYTAIL by Robert Munsch

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The Baby-Sitters Club series

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The Giving Tree
Goodnight Moon
The Little House
Are You My Mother?
Green Eggs and Ham

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-MANIAC MAGEE by Jerry Spinelli
-HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND NEVER BE FOUND by Sara Nickerson
-THE UNICORN CHRONICLES by Bruce Coville
-ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll
-The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

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1. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
2. MEET ADDY
3. MEET FELICITY
4. BLACK BEAUTY
5. A COAL MINER’S BRIDE

I loved these books so much when I was young and I still do!

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American Girl
Amelia Bedelia
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE
The Berenstain Bears

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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT and GEMIMA PUDDLE DUCK by Beatrix Potter
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL by Hans Christian Anderson
CAT AND MOUSE
THE LITTLEST ANGEL by Charles Tazewell

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I enjoyed JILLIAN JIGGS, THE GYPSY PRINCESS, WINNIE-THE-POOH, MAKEUP MESS and UP, UP DOWN!

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The Little House Series
The Cam Jansen series
THE CHRISTMAS DOLL

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Grandfather Twilight
Balloonia
Nora’s Stars

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The Boxcar Children
The Babysitters Club
Arthur
Amelia Bedelia
The Littles

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GREEN EGGS AND HAM is the book I loved as a child, and that is all I can remember reading, other than short stories.

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1) Balto books
2) The Babysister’s Club series
3) The Boxcar Children series
4) the Nancy Drew series
5) HOLES

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The Berenstein Bears
Junie B. Jones

RUBY THE COPYCAT

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Goodnight Moon
Geraldine's Blanket
Noly Poly Rabbit Tail and Me
The American Girl books

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I remeber when I was only about 9 years old, I read a book called LUCY WAS THERE... I remember it so vividly because of the way the author (I don’t remember her name) made the book so simple but yet so sad. It was about a girl who didn’t really have that many friends, only her dog Lucy. When Lucy dies, she has to find a way to move on.

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1) BIG SARAH’S LITTLE BOOTS by Paulette Bourgeois
2) SADIE AND THE SNOWMAN by Allen Morgan
3) MRS. TOGGLE’S ZIPPER by Robin Pulver
4) THE LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY, AND THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR by Don and Audrey Wood
5) PUDDLEMAN by Ted Staunton

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Green Eggs and Ham
Sweetblood
Bras and Broomsticks
Frogs and French Kisses
A Series of Unfortunate Events books (up to number 6)

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1. Green Eggs and Ham.
2. And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
3. Brian's Winter
4. Three Little Pigs
5. The Cat in the Hat

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Chalk Box Kid

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I have read NUMBER THE STARS, MAKEOVERS BY MARCIA, STAR GIRL, A CHILD CALLED "IT", and PETER PAN. I would love children to read these books because they are great and I loved them.

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Ferrets in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge
The Zoo Wall
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Junie B. Jones
Stone Soup

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Tuck Everlasting
The Sign of the Beaver
Man on the Moon
Goosebumps
Neverland

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1) Call of the Wild
2) Uglies
3) The Magic Tree House series
4) Harry Potter
5) Eragon

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1) White Water
2) Check-Out Time At The Dead-End Hotel (Goosebumps)
3) Misty of Chincoteague
4) The Thoroughbred Series

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The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Baby-Sitter’s Little Sister series
The Family Under the Bridge
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
A Lion to Guard Us

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Charlotte's Web
The Berenstain Bears
Dr. Seuse

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