https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:36:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-527019 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:40:52 +0000 lomom 527019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved the babysitters club! And the little sister books, with Karen. </p> <p>When I was really young, I liked Officer Buckle &amp; Gloria and Corduroy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526775 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:43:30 +0000 BananaPancakes 526775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My absolute favorite book growing up was Island of the Blue Dolphin. I must have read that thing hundreds of times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526774 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:43:08 +0000 Minnie_Girl 526774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ella Enchanted was my absolute favorite. I still think it's one of the most perfectly written books I've ever read! I also devoured Nancy Drew, Redwall, and the Dear America series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526734 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:48:43 +0000 hellobeeboston 526734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: oh I loved my side of the mountain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526733 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:46:45 +0000 hellobeeboston 526733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too much magic!</p> <p>Also loved babysitters and sweet valley! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526651 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:43:55 +0000 sera_87 526651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I LOVED that book. </p> <p>Ah man. K, here goes - Wrinkle in Time, The Dark is Rising series, Anne of Green Gables, Babysitters club, Boxcar Children, Narnia, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Little House on the Prairie series, The Blue Castle, Ramona Quimby, Encyclopedia Brown, Little Princess, Secret Garden, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Giver, Caps for sale, Through the looking glass (but, oddly enough, not Alice in Wonderland), The Borrowers, How to Eat Fried Worms, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Julie of the Wolves &amp; whatever the sequel was, The Railway Children, anything by Tamora Pierce but especially The Song of the Lioness series, Dragonriders of Penn.....and, I can't remember, but the one where the mom abandons four kids in a car and the oldest takes them to their grandma in Chesapeake Bay? Arrrgh....</p> <p>ETA: Got it - Homecoming by Cynthia Voight. actually I liked a lot of her books....</p> <p>uh, ya. Stopping now.<br /> #bookwormmuch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526637 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:33:08 +0000 Running Elley 526637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: Those were awesome books!</p> <p>I read basically anything I could get my hands on and enjoyed most of it but my all time favorites were probably Nancy Drew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526634 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:31:13 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 526634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: omg! I looovvveeedddd those books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526632 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:28:51 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 526632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make way for ducklings<br /> A pocket for corduroy<br /> Velveteen rabbit<br /> Paddington bear<br /> Beatrix potter books<br /> Betsey, tacy, and tib<br /> Boxcar children<br /> Nancy drew<br /> Anything horsey (the saddle club, misty of Chincoteague, black beauty)<br /> Chronicles of narnia<br /> Anne of green gables<br /> little women<br /> A wrinkle in time and anything else by madeline l'engle </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526590 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:01:10 +0000 banana 526590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also read tons of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Those were fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526161 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:26:29 +0000 KissMeCait 526161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where the Wild Things Are </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526148 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:24:56 +0000 mrbee 526148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: I LOVED Encyclopedia Brown! Do you still read mysteries? I do!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-526137 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:24:05 +0000 mrbee 526137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved this book called, My Side of the Mountain about a boy and his falcon:<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Side-Mountain-Trilogy-Far-Frightfuls/dp/0525462694" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Side-Mountain-Trilogy-Far-Frightfuls/dp/0525462694</a></p> <p>Probably my favorite book was Where the Red Fern grows. I also really loved the Tripod trilogy (City of Good and Lead, etc.):<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tripods-Trilogy-White-Mountains-City/dp/0020425716" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Tripods-Trilogy-White-Mountains-City/dp/0020425716</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525719 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:21:53 +0000 Mrs. Bee 525719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was obsessed with 101 dalmations for some reason. i also loved nancy drew, the babysitter's club, anything judy blume, roald dahl, anne of green gables, ramona quimby books... and i read all the sweet valley twins through high books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525698 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:17:31 +0000 JerricaBenton 525698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cowgirl: Aww really? I guess it was a little freaky. I loved that there was a little romance ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525676 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:11:41 +0000 SleepyMonkey 525676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: yes, i read his short stories for adults too! i think it was called switch b*tch...they were really interesting with some twist at the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525671 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:09:17 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 525671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: omg, that book scared me. i'm easily scared, but i seriously had nightmares after that book. i don't even really remember it, but recall being FREAKED out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525665 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:07:40 +0000 JerricaBenton 525665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved A Wrinkle in Time and the rest in that series! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525609 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:58:02 +0000 Smurfette 525609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525608 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:57:56 +0000 banana 525608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cowgirl: LOL! I realized I put fifth grade and edited it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525605 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:57:18 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 525605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: yes! (but he was in fourth grade ;) ) it's by judy blume and was followed by superfudge...i think otherwise known as sheila the great might have preceded it, too. i loved all those books!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525596 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:55:38 +0000 banana 525596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone remember the book "Tales of a fourth Grade Nothing"? That was my all time favorite book. I used to read that literally every night before bed for months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525582 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:51:17 +0000 matador84 525582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrscowgirl that is so cute! Gotta love being a teacher!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525538 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:44:21 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 525538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MRS. LEMON-LIME: I loved that book. </p> <p>I loved Nancy Drew, all the Ramona Quimby books, anything Judy Blume, and Anne of Green Gables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525535 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:43:27 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 525535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: awesome! i love the first 2 movies, too...i walked down the aisle to the theme from the first movie and i have the soundtrack, too. i play it during writing workshop in my classroom as our quiet thinking music! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525533 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:43:23 +0000 tororojo 525533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I read The Westing Game a few weeks ago when I was sick! And I used to love From the Mixed Up Files... as well!</p> <p>Thought of another good one: Sideways Stories from Wayside School and all the sequels. I love kids books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525523 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:42:24 +0000 matador84 525523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrscowgirl I have the whole series in pristine condition!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525513 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:40:34 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 525513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the babysitters club! loved those books...but when i think about it now, there is NO WAY in heck i'd let an 8th grader babysit my kid. much less mallory or jesse who were ELEVEN. crazy!</p> <p>@matador84: anne of green gables is my *absolute* favorite book...i read it annually :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525493 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:38:03 +0000 matador84 525493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved to read so much! All the above, plus American girl books, I also loved the westing game, from the mixed up files of<br /> Mrs basil e frankweiler, the Anne of green gables and avonlea books...I had sooo many books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-book-growing-up#post-525489 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:37:46 +0000 GrapeCrush 525489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you there god? It's me Margaret. By Judy Blume </p>