Ten Books that Affected You

[Danzig]

i think some are still reading. my kids are all big readers.

as for my list...i hope no one thought i was making a joke. instilling the love of reading early into a child pretty much guarantees a life long love. kids who read have a better vocabulary, reading actually grows brain cells.

i doubt i'd have the book collection i have now, were it not for books on my list.

i could have listed war and peace, eugene onegin, to kill a mockingbird, the pickwick papers, huck finn, etc...but i'd have never bought and read those were it not for experiencing the joy of reading harolds adventures with his crayon. i still like to watch modern marvels, and i love to see how machines are built, how they work-thank to mike mulligan for that. green eggs and ham-perfect example of not knocking something til you tried it. justin morgan--success can come from the humblest beginnings....and what lesson is better learned than 'i think i can'?

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think some are still reading. my kids are all big readers.

as for my list...i hope no one thought i was making a joke. instilling the love of reading early into a child pretty much guarantees a life long love. kids who read have a better vocabulary, reading actually grows brain cells.

i doubt i'd have the book collection i have now, were it not for books on my list.

i could have listed war and peace, eugene onegin, to kill a mockingbird, the pickwick papers, huck finn, etc...but i'd have never bought and read those were it not for experiencing the joy of reading harolds adventures with his crayon. i still like to watch modern marvels, and i love to see how machines are built, how they work-thank to mike mulligan for that. green eggs and ham-perfect example of not knocking something til you tried it. justin morgan--success can come from the humblest beginnings....and what lesson is better learned than 'i think i can'?

I thought your list was great. Some of my best memories of childhood are my dad reading me Horton Hatches an Egg: "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. And an elephant's faithful one hundred percent!". And I still have my copy of Misty of Chincoteague from when I was a child. I read most everything Marguerite Henry wrote and have a photo somewhere of me standing next to Stormy, who was still alive when I visited the island.

[Danzig]

i was lucky enough to see stormy a couple times. hell, i even bought 'misty's twilight' however many years ago, about one of her grand or great granddaughters. i still have misty, stormy, sea star, king of the wind...and maybe brighty on my bookshelf at home.
love the story of sham and agba! hell, i wanted to get into adventures like that. it's why i'm jealous of my oldest sons job, he's working on barge boats up and down the mississippi! i wanted to be huck finn, or alec ramsey, or pippi longstocking (she lived with no adults, just her, her horse and a monkey-what a life!!), and part of me still does.