Ten Books that Affected You

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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.