Comments on: Writing With Crayons

By: DJS

DJS — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:07:21 +0000

Dr. Seuss, Charlotte’s Web, The Other Side of the Mirror (?). No one in out family read. The Redheads & I were a surprise.

And, of course, Louisa May Alcott. And Anne of Green Gables. I think there were 8 Alcott & 7 or 8 Green Gable books.

Still have my Tarzan & Korak comic books.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:01:56 +0000

I always loved “Are You My Mother?” and the book about the animal who wanted to change the color of his spots (Dr. Seus).

By: Janga

Janga — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:26:12 +0000

I do think our earliest reading shapes our reading tastes, I’m convinced that my addiction to series had its genesis in the “girl books” I loved as a child. All my favorites–Alcott, Montgomery, Lovelace, Wilder–wrote series.

I still love children’s literature, and I particularly love reading to the grands books their fathers loved. Silverstein is a favorite, but our #1 family favorite is Ann Ashford’s If I Found a Wistful Unicorn: A Gift of Love. My nephews memorized every line. The Grands all love it too, and even the youngest one loves shouting “Yes!” to all the questions such as “If I found a wistful unicorn / and brought him to you all forlorn, / would you pet him?” And “If my pet turnip turned on me / and bit me fiercely on the knee, / would you bandage it?” The questions end with “If any of these things you’ll do / I’ll never have to say to you, /”Do you love me?”

By: Santa

Santa — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:51:10 +0000

My favorite children’s book of all time is Where the Wild Things Are. I even own a Wild Thing given to me by my other wild thing. I collected children’s books years before I had any kids. There was a bookstore in NYC’s Chelsea district called Books of Wonder and it had a fabulous selection. I got all my ‘If You Give A Mouse A Cookie’ books there, as well as, any Tomie DePaola book I could get my hands on.

My kids are big fans of Shel Silverstein and you can’t beat Dr. Suess. My favorite is ‘The Butter Battle Book’ but ‘Old Hat, New Hat’ is an all time favorite in our house.

By: Hellion

Hellion — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:16:39 +0000

Yeah, my Dad loved them so much that Mom kept buying subscriptions LONG after I was way too old for them. I think the rational was that the grandkids would see them, but they never did. Dad was the one looking at the “find the items in the picture” game.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:41:58 +0000

Stephanie, I remember Highlight magazines. We loved them so much we made sure our kids got them too.

By: Stephanie J

Stephanie J — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:39:09 +0000

I’m such a Shel Silverstein fan! I have most of his books and “The Giving Tree” still makes me cry.

I remember being into Nancy Drew and the Sweet Valley High series. And I loved Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret! I also got into non-fiction books about insects, animals, places, things, etc. And I loved my Highlights magazines.

In the 2nd grade we all got to write, illustrate, and construct our own books. It wasn’t just a one-time project but something we did all year long. I absolutely loved making my books and I think it’s when I began writing snippets for fun.

By: Hellion

Hellion — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:38:04 +0000

Velveteen Rabbit makes me cry even today. Very much about acceptance and how love can make you real.

And I loved Where the Sidewalk Ends: The little bat screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light!

A Light in the Attic was also hilarious. (He wrote a Boy Named Sue, you know.) The Giving Tree was also a favorite, and it also makes me sad…it makes me sadder today. That whole unconditional love thing–you give everything…and then…well, it just makes me sorta sad.

Mom put me in a bookclub. I remember getting books about Crazy Horse and General Custer and Daniel Boone…those were great books. I also loved Bridge to Terabithia. And my favorite was called: Say Goodnight Gracie, another tearjerker.

I was a real angsty kid.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:32:32 +0000

Kathy- I loved Archie comic books. I remember my mom buying me one every week at the grocery store. I also read every issue of Tiger Beat Magazine:)

I’m sorry if I don’t comment much today. I’m swamped at work and I’m heading out early to catch a plane to Dallas. I’ll try to drop in when I have a minute.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:46:58 +0000

I wasn’t much of a reader when I was younger except to read Comic Books. I devoured them. Every time Mom would go to the grocery store, she’d let my brother and me pick out 1 Comic Book each. Oh, the joy! From that moment on, my bro and I would practice drawing superheroes and pretend we were superheroes. I wanted to be a Comic Book illustrator when I grew up.

Dr. Seus, Winnie the Pooh series, and Mother Goose poems were a must. As the years passed, when it came to reading, for some reason (LOL) I was drawn to books about history. I loved reading about Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, Valley Forge and Gen. Washington, etc.. in a series by Random House and I still have most of them. Who knew?

I’m feeling my age here. #4 loves to read and is into the Gossip Girl, Clique Novel and A-List series. The kids also read Goosebumps and R.L. Stein books when they were younger.

Ah, then about 16 I found Romance Novels and the rest is… dare I say it?… history.