My favorite book as a kid was Mutiny on the Bounty. I hated Captain Bligh and loved Fletcher Christian, just like I was supposed to. I was also filled with a deep desire to sail the open seas. Thankfully, that desire dissipated with age.

That is a good book, however, regarding your thankfulness that the desire to sail the open seas dissipated. Perhaps, you might try taking a cruise or buying a boat… you may still love the water idea, ever watch Love Boat.

I was a “Goosebumps” fan. I’m not sure I should admit to it, but there it is.

Encyclopedia Brown was the shitz! Loved those books.

i am going to age myself- but i loved all the Little House books- and read all the Wizard of Oz books- but my all time favorite story is “Peter Pan”… I don’t wanna grow up!!

Did you read those by candlelight?

I loved reading the Hardy Boy and Nancy Drew series. I watch little television but when I do, I enjoy shows like CSI and Without A Trace; I imagine these books may have influenced me more than I realized :) I still enjoy curling up with a good book and would recommend it to everyone. I’ve been reading the Vince Flynn series…very entertaining. The beat goes on!

I tried to read those as a kid, but they don’t hold up for me. I just can’t relate to the era they were written in.

I was a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. I remember Jupiter Jones was one of them, but for some reason I’m drawing a blank on the others. I think I read six or seven of their books.

Realistically, my favorite books were all comic books… mostly Spider-man and X-men.

dominic by william steig.
he was an illustrator for the new yorker.
i still have the copy my aunt gave me in 3rd grade.

I enjoyed the “My Teacher is an Alien” series by Bruce Coville and Gary Paulsen books like “Hatchet.” I also loved the pictures and stories in Shel Silverstein’s books like these:

Once middle school hit, I was all about the comic books.