“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

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Mon, 12/22/2014 - 00:00

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Fred Klein

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Are you There G-d, It's Me Margaret. Author is Judy Blume. Loved it!!

Donald Bernstein

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Old Yeller and Big Red. I liked dog books.

There are so many, and they are becoming blurred between what I read as a child myself, and what I read to each of my kids. What comes to mind is: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, anything by Beverly Cleary, and anything by Judy Blume. Reading to Robin, loved the All of a Kind Family series, and reading to Rachel, loved the Mr. Putter and Tabby series.

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The Little Engine that Could.

David Abeshouse

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When I was about 7 or 8, I borrowed from a neighbor each of the dozen or more books in the "Wizard of Oz" series by L. Frank Baum, and voraciously read them, and then when I was done with the series, I read all of them again.

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"Are You My Mother", by P.D. Eastman, a somewhat sad tale about a bird who falls out of her nest after mama leaves to find food. She travels the countryside asking every living being and inanimate object if it is her mother. By the time I got to the end, I was in full time therapy!

Tessa Marquis

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8-12 but less known these days: the Edward Eager series about normal American kids who find magic. Or not. Plus all of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Stories.
As a smaller kid, my mother read to us every night in the winter - Wind in the Willows, Mary Poppins, Robert Lewis Stevenson poems, Winnie the Pooh, etc. I still remember leaning against her as she breathed and spoke.

Corey Bearak

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I recall reading early bios on Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and a history of the Marines. My early faves around 8-9 were Edith Hamilton's Mythology which led me to the Aeneid. I also read various Robin Hood stories and Ivanhoe. And Northwest Passage. Must've been too serious back in the day.

Erik Scheibe

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I remember reading a book entitled "Avalanche" about a young boy who was skiing and was caught in (obviously) an avalanche for several days before being rescued. He survived by eating snow (which I learned causes severe cramps) and I also loved the book "A Time To Mourn," about a high school student who contracts ALS.

Didn't read Charlotte's Web, but I did see the animated movie many times growing up. It was as pleasurable as your description of it.

Liz Saldana

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I don't recall a particular favorite from childhood or later. However, I do remember sitting next to my Mother while we both read. It's one of my favorite childhood memories.