First Book you Ever Read (Page 2)

saby92
saby92: I don't remember what my first book was, but probably one by Thomas Brezina
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WildKhaine
WildKhaine: First book I ever picked up and read on my own was one of the old Conan books by Robert E. Howard. Loved it so much I had to read all his other stuff too. Then moved on to Michael Moorcock's Elric and Eternal Champion series. Good stuff.
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♥.:Dottie:.♥: The Magic Locket
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IgnorantGenius
IgnorantGenius: The Design Inference when I was 4. I was labeled as gifted at that point.
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eternal_peace
eternal_peace: I remember one of the first books was "Moonbeam"...I think I stil have it somewhere.
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lois_lane
lois_lane: There were a few but the ones I remember..

Are You There God , Its Me Margaret

Blubber (lols)

The Outsiders

Sweet ValleyHigh Books

I was pretty young when I read these and thought it was sooo kool that I got them sent in the mail to me once every 3 months from this lame book club thingy. I also sent away for Cracked (it was like Mad Magazine) and Hagar the Horrible books (I loved my funnies even then LOLS).
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olympiandemigod
olympiandemigod: a donald duck comic
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lovelovebaby
lovelovebaby: a fairytale....cinderella
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IgnorantGenius
IgnorantGenius: haha @ Blubber

How bout Jelly Belly? Remember that one?
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Metaverseguy
Metaverseguy: Newton, Isaac - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Fully Illustrated Edition) ?

Is this some kind of joke? How can you possibly read something this advanced as the first book in your entire life?
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StuckInTheSixties
StuckInTheSixties: From the initial post of this thread:

"The first true book I ever read was ..."

I kind of object to the term "true book." What's a "true book"? One without pictures in it? Dr. Seuss isn't a true book?

I'm a bit older than most of you. When I was young, there were lots of "true books" written for kids. I'm pretty sure that they just don't have those very much anymore. There were some great series of books. The whole point of them was to get kids to read.

I'm not talking about "classics," like this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_children's_classic_books

But rather, commercially produced, easy to read books, almost always with young protagonists, that were somewhat topical. Something that kids would relate to.

For instance, for girls, there was the Nancy Drew series:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Drew

For boys, The Hardy Boys

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys

I also loved the Tom Swift series (the second series). They featured all sorts of fantastic inventions.

All of those would, of course, seem totally dorky and antiquated to any young person today. That's the nature of topicality. But they served their purpose in their time. They helped turn me into a habitual, lifelong reader.

But ..................

The one book which is the most special to me, my favorite story, PERIOD, is a "young person's" book called "The Lion's Paw," by Robb White (1946). It has somewhat of a cult status now, and for the same reason that I love it. That book turned literally thousands of young people into lifelong habitual readers. In a way, it did what the Harry Potter books have done, which is infect young people with the desire to read books. It certainly didn't have the huge commercial impact of the Potter series. It was much smaller. But it made the sort of impact on enough people so that a mint condition first edition would fetch thousands of dollars.

It's a beautiful story about three kids in Florida. Two are brother and sister escapees from an orphanage, the third is the older guy they meet, whose mother is dead, and whose father is in the US Navy, fighting in the Pacific in World War II, and who has been missing for two years. The father and son used to spend their time together sailing in a sloop they own, and which the son has lovingly kept shipshape while waiting, hoping, for his father's return. He's living with his aunt and uncle, and the uncle has decided that since the father has been lost in the war, he want's to sell the boat.

The three kids flee in the sailboat.

It's the most wonderful story, a story that BEGS for Steven Spielberg to direct a film version.

So it's not my first book, probably not my first "true book," whatever that is, but it's both my all-time favorite, and the book from when I was young that is the most meaningful to me.
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lois_lane
lois_lane: I think I know what they meant about True Book. You know too, not like Cat in the Hat or One fish Two Fish or even Mr Mugs or whatever was popular as a child.
I think they mean things like you mentioned the Hardy Boys (which I also read and had the series of books to go with it.)

S. E Hinton books were a popular read along with Judy Blume books and Sweet Valley High (most depending on the Generation) but those books were the most popular for the 10 yr olds to the 16yr olds.

The Lion's Paw sounds cute, I dont think I know that one tho.
I always did like "Jacob Two Two and The Hooded Fang" lols
But a true book I think at a young age would be maybe like Lord Of The Flys???
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StuckInTheSixties
StuckInTheSixties: Yeah, I know. But I really think certain children's books ... well, I'm really thinking of Dr. Seuss. Those books are actually really sophisticated, and have really good lessons there depicted by those cool images, those endless rhymes, and such. I guess I just think of it all as "reading," and think of it as sort of a slope that gains height, rather than "true books" up here, and those OTHER lesser kids' books way down here.

By the way, "The Lion's Paw" is anything but cute. It's a GRIPPING story. It's got INTENSE action! It's really deep, emotionally deep. It has an ending that, unless you're a robot, will just shred your heart. That's why I want Spielberg to turn it into a movie. It's MADE for Spielberg. Spielberg was born to direct it. It's THAT GOOD. Seriously, I've sat there, thinking of this book, thinking of Steven Spielberg, and wondering if there actually might be a way to say to that guy, "This is a story you must make into a movie." Obviously, he must get so much of that. He's got to insulate himself from people with the same thoughts as me, else his life would be wrecked by it. So I figured that there is no real world way to approach him, write him a letter, etc. It's better off just remaining in my imagination, or remaining something I say when I talk about "The Lion's Paw."

Do this: Go to Amazon, pull it up, and look at the reviews. There are dozens and dozens of reviews of this book. They're all five stars. They pretty much all say the same thing: "This book changed my life etc etc."
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lois_lane
lois_lane: Hahaha ya I read up on it, I meant the title of the book sounds cute. It reminds me (the title) of the childrens book with the lion and the thorn..

I understand what your saying dude reading is reading even when its comic books. I think they might have used the word "true" loosley tho, I dont think there was a big meaning behind it. I am just guessing tho
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StuckInTheSixties
StuckInTheSixties: lois, last night after I wrote this stuff, I went over to Amazon, and looked again at the reviews. This time I discovered something I hadn't before:

Lots, maybe even a majority, of the reviews were from people that all shared the same experience: They lived in Florida, and they had a 4th or 5th grade teacher read the book to their class. Apparently, there was some sort of organized reading of "The Lion's Paw" in school rooms in Florida in the early sixties. I'm really curious about it now. I wonder if it was something that happened because of a protocol within the school system, or if a publishing company supplied the state's schools with copies of the book, or what. But apparently, that book, read in those classes, really did a number on a lot of people.

I also realized that the main reason many people haven't heard of it is because it was out of print for many years for some reason. It only went back into print a few years back.

I bought a new hardback copy from Amazon. I also still have my paperback copy that I originally read. It's one of my most treasured possessions. I'd been tempted to lend it out over the years, but I was just too concerned I might lose it that way.
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womanofgod
womanofgod: The first book that touched my heart was Bambi. Not the Disney Bambi but the real novel. It's a great story.
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Smiling_Bandito
Smiling_Bandito: The first book that made me fall in love with reading was Ender's Game by Orsen Scott Card. I liked to read before that, but after reading that book at 11 years old I now Love that shyt.
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mwh57
mwh57: It was a had to read and do a book report on. The Outsiders. It was the first book I actually read cover to cover. It was also the best book report I ever did, I got an A-. I saw the movie a lot of years later, and thought the book was still a lot better.
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Zen777
Zen777: the adventures of huckelberry finn
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anthc
anthc: the f. ABOUT A child fleeing across europe from the nazisirst book i read as a schoolchild was called THE SILVER SWORD
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Varren
Varren: Blimey, it was so long agothat I can't remember. I assume it was one of those children's books, The Little Red Tractor or something. But the first book tht ever got stuck in my mind and remember to this day is 'Wombat Stew'.
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FrenchKiss7
FrenchKiss7: The very first who makes me keep reading until today..."the alchemist" of paulo coelho.
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CaliKris
CaliKris: The first real book with chapters was one of the Little House on the Prairie books, then I moved on to Nancy Drew
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ColonelKusanagi
ColonelKusanagi: i think the first book i ever read was "Daniel's Story" not so fun times ensued in the concentration camps. then onto Interview with the Vampire ...
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