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58. Bread and Jam for Frances

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Sun Jan 18, 2026, 04:46 PM

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Bartolomew and the oobleck (dr. Seuss)

Winnie the Pooh

Babar

Little House books

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As a child, what was you favorite book that you read? Mine was Mary Poppins. What was yours? [View all] debm55 19 hrs ago OP

Where the Wild Things are Sun-Moon 19 hrs ago #1

Thank you , Sun-Moon. I read that book to my class. debm55 18 hrs ago #3

The Black Stallion, I just loved that book. Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #2

Thank you very much for sharing with us. Diamond_Dog. Also,read to my class. I did a Teacher Read classics for my class. debm55 18 hrs ago #4

Reading aloud is a lost art, good for you Deb! Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #6

Thank you very much, Diamond _Dog. debm55 18 hrs ago #8

Me, too! pandr32 18 hrs ago #11

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner True Dough 18 hrs ago #5

Thank you very much for sharing with us. TrueDough. debm55 18 hrs ago #7

Yoknapatawpha County True Dough 18 hrs ago #9

I don't remember that one. Thank you for sharing. True Dough. debm55 18 hrs ago #12

That's where The Sound and the Fury was set, deb. True Dough 18 hrs ago #15

Thank you Thank you. A recommendation for you would be Hatchet or Julie of the Wolves. Chrispin, or The Island of the debm55 18 hrs ago #19

Oh, I just love it when you are loquacious 🤭 Polly Hennessey 18 hrs ago #26

How unusual True Dough 17 hrs ago #38

Dang. That was a tough go for me in high school Easterncedar 17 hrs ago #53

You read it as a kid? The Blue Flower 16 hrs ago #61

Psst... True Dough 16 hrs ago #66

Yes don't flatter yourself. And use the sarcasm emoji. debm55 13 hrs ago #78

Oh, look at that! There's a sarcasm emoji! Will I use it? True Dough 13 hrs ago #80

You should .if what you are posting is sarcasm. That is why it is there. debm55 13 hrs ago #82

What about these other ones? True Dough 12 hrs ago #83

I grew up with lots of favorites. pandr32 18 hrs ago #10

Wonderful selections, Thank you for sharing with us. pandr32. debm55 18 hrs ago #16

Go Dog Go! I loved the big dog party in the canopy of the tree. applegrove 18 hrs ago #13

Thank you very much applegrove. Thank you for sharing your book selection debm55 18 hrs ago #17

I also loved Go Dog Go and could read it before I went to school Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #20

I was 4 at Montesori. I don't think I ever read it until I read it to my nieces and nephews. applegrove 18 hrs ago #21

My mother was a reading teacher Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #22

My grandmother taught me to read 3 letter words applegrove 18 hrs ago #27

Charlotte's Web. mucifer 18 hrs ago #14

Thank you very much. I cried at the end of book. But it is a classic. Thank you mucifer. debm55 18 hrs ago #18

"Wind in the Willows." n/t malthaussen 18 hrs ago #23

Thank you very much, malthaussen. I loved that classic. debm55 18 hrs ago #25

The Secret Garden MoonlightHillFarm 18 hrs ago #24

Thank you very much, MoonlightHillFarm ----another classic. debm55 18 hrs ago #28

Still a favorite Easterncedar 17 hrs ago #55

For me always and forever, The Secret Garden. Polly Hennessey 17 hrs ago #29

Thank you Polly Hennessey for sharing with us. I loved it too debm55 17 hrs ago #34

Two books, both biographies no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #30

Wonderful , outstanding books, Thank you, no_hypocrisy, I read the second book in my classroom. Classic books debm55 17 hrs ago #36

I *STILL* have both in my library. no_hypocrisy 13 hrs ago #75

I had other books twenty copies of each that we would read together or in reading groups. I took them when I left debm55 11 hrs ago #96

Constantly reading so I will guess MuseRider 17 hrs ago #31

Sorry...BOOK MuseRider 17 hrs ago #33

Thank you very much, MuseRider. for sharing with us. debm55 17 hrs ago #37

Anne of Green Gables dflprincess 17 hrs ago #32

Yes. outstanding book that is a Classic because it held up over generations and time.Thank you dflprincess. debm55 17 hrs ago #40

My favorite childhood book too - Anne the red headed orphan womanofthehills 9 hrs ago #100

Mike Mulligan and the Steam shovel and all of Virginia Lee Burton's other stories Chasstev365 17 hrs ago #35

I read that book to my son. Brings back memories. Thank you Chasstev365 debm55 17 hrs ago #44

As I got older, I loved Nancy Drew, but as a kid I loved The Cricket in Times Square. terip64 17 hrs ago #39

Thank you very much, terip64. I two loved the Nancy Drew series and the Cricket in Times Square. debm55 17 hrs ago #48

I can't believe someone said what was going to be my answer. Xavier Breath 12 hrs ago #88

Any of the Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys mysteries Ritabert 17 hrs ago #41

Thank you so much. My local library had the complete set of both. They were free at the time. So I read and read. to my debm55 17 hrs ago #49

Charlottes Web samplegirl 17 hrs ago #42

All of the above plus... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #43

Thank you very much, 2naSalit. I remember reading through the shelves at our mill town Carnegie Library. Little Women, debm55 17 hrs ago #47

We were... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #50

The Hobbit/LOTR! buzzycrumbhunger 17 hrs ago #45

"The Wind in the Willows". Still have it on my bokshelf. sinkingfeeling 17 hrs ago #46

The Enormous Egg Mz Pip 17 hrs ago #51

A Wrinkle in Time, The Secret Garden Easterncedar 17 hrs ago #52

The Black Stallion biophile 17 hrs ago #54

Thank you very much, biophile. I agree with you about the sad places in the book. Reading a book you bond with the debm55 16 hrs ago #60

The Saggy, Baggy Elephant SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #56

Misty of Chincoteague. I loved that book. n/t livetohike 16 hrs ago #57

Bread and Jam for Frances choie 16 hrs ago #58

The Boxcar Children PJMcK 16 hrs ago #59

The World Book Encyclopedia. greatauntoftriplets 16 hrs ago #62

I loved reading the World Book yellowdogintexas 7 hrs ago #102

As a younger child I liked reading the Golden Books series. Endlessmike56 16 hrs ago #63

Franz: a Dog of Police Rhiagel 16 hrs ago #64

Great topic. Harriet the Spy Alpeduez21 16 hrs ago #65

Two series of books, The Sci-fi/fantasy books by Andre Norton and the Tom Swift books by Victor Appleton. wcmagumba 16 hrs ago #67

Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come UpInArms 16 hrs ago #68

The Phantom Tollbooth surrealAmerican 16 hrs ago #69

likewise jgo 10 hrs ago #98

The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. H. G. Wells was ahead of his time. Borogove 16 hrs ago #70

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson Onthefly 16 hrs ago #71

Thank you very much, Onthefly. Loved that story. debm55 10 hrs ago #97

Cherry Ames series zeusdogmom 16 hrs ago #72

Excellent selections, especially the second.Thank you for sharing with us. Three Came Home lit a spark in you. Sometimes debm55 11 hrs ago #95

Kim by Rudyard Kipling chowmama 15 hrs ago #73

Thank you very much for sharing with us.chowmama. Love your selection. debm55 11 hrs ago #94

Salem's Lot. Read it many times by age 12. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #74

Thank you OldBaldy1701E for sharing with us. debm55 11 hrs ago #93

Half Magic by Edward Eager nikatnyte 13 hrs ago #76

Thank you very much, nikatnyte. Half Magic. sounds very interesting. debm55 11 hrs ago #91

The Jungle Book FullySupportDems 13 hrs ago #77

Thank you very much, FullySupportDems. debm55 13 hrs ago #79

Anderson's Fairy Tales, 1930 edition some_of_us_are_sane 13 hrs ago #81

Thank you very much for sharing that Fairy Tale . Wonderful. Thank you some_of_us_are_sane debm55 11 hrs ago #92

So many possibilities. 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #84

A Wrinkle inTime is a great book. I have never seen the movies, but have read it to my class and they loved it as did I debm55 12 hrs ago #89

I'm thinking National Velvet, Black Beauty. But very soon after... electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #85

Thank you very much electric_blue68. I couldn't remember the name of another book I read and it was "A Wrinkle in Time" debm55 12 hrs ago #86

Little house on the prairie ExtraGriz 12 hrs ago #87

Thank you very much, ExtraGritz for your two selections. Excellent choices debm55 12 hrs ago #90

"The Hobbit". I got a copy after seeing the animated TV version in 1978. Aristus 9 hrs ago #99

The Betsy-Tacy books, set in Minnesota. LisaM 8 hrs ago #101

There were several favorites yellowdogintexas 7 hrs ago #103

Two actually - Charlotte's Web and Anna and the King of Siam. nt woodsprite 7 hrs ago #104

Tom Sawyer.. Permanut 6 hrs ago #105

ZOTS multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #106