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Huffpost Readers' Picks: Books From Childhood You've Never Been Able To Forget (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 05/16/11 08:57 AM ET   Updated: 07/16/11 06:12 AM ET

Most of us remember that time in our childhood when we picked up a book that we just couldn't put down. Our imaginations were such that it transported us to magical places, and we, too, were solving mysteries with Lewis Barnavelt, or being swept up in a tornado and deposited in Oz.

Though we may have both feet on the ground now, we still remain nostalgic about those books we read as kids that changed the way we saw the world.

This week, we asked Huffpost readers on Facebook to tell us what book from their childhood they have never been able to forget.

Did we forget one of your childhood favorites? Let us know in the comments!

"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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Hated this book
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RdSparrow
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07:15 AM on 05/27/2011
"The Trumpet of the Swan" by EB White. It is definitely going to be one of the books I read to my children just like how my mom did with my sister and I.
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jonlockejr
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07:19 PM on 05/18/2011
"Follow My Leader" - James B. Garfield

"Citizen of the Galaxy" - Robert A. Heinlein

"A Wrinkle in Time" - Madeleine L'Engle

"Two Wheeled Thunder" - William G. Gault
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jonlockejr
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07:36 PM on 05/18/2011
"Follow My Leader" is a story about a boy blinded by a firecracker, and how he adapted. It was written, and I read it, before the difficulties of living with a disability were recognized, let alone respected.

"Citizen of the Galaxy" taught me more about honor and morality than my parents did. Not that my parents were less than moral, they were simply silent on just about every subject.

"A Wrinkle in Time" challenged my imagination.

"Two Wheeled Thunder" is a study in friendship, honor, competitiveness, and jealousy.

I would still recommend all of them to kids.
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InCircles
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10:50 AM on 05/18/2011
I grew up on a lot of Shel Silverstein - both his poetry books and "The Giving Tree."
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EStreetShuffler
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10:41 AM on 05/18/2011
"Stone Soup," which is still beloved today, and "The Five Chinese Brothers," which, now that I have kids and am reading it as an adult, is one of the weirdest children's books ever.
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HST
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01:17 AM on 05/18/2011
A Separate Peace by John Knowles


The story still haunts me.
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RdSparrow
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07:13 AM on 05/27/2011
Haunting because of how terrible it is. I hated reading this book in Freshmen year. Our teacher was so surprised when we all told her how dull and contrived we all thought it was.
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On My Way 58
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06:44 PM on 05/17/2011
To Kill a Mockingbird (biggest impact - I was about 6, sitting in the RxAll Drugs aisle, with the sun beating down through the window; decided right then and there to be as much like Atticus Finch as possible, and still hold to that)
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Cassandra45
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04:05 PM on 05/17/2011
Hello? "Little Women" ? "Black Beauty" ? The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew?
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Folk Hero
"Nothing is worth more than this day." Goethe
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03:56 PM on 05/17/2011
Am I really the only person who read Lois Lenski books as a kid?
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midwesthousewife
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12:44 AM on 05/20/2011
No! I loved them all! Thanks for reminding me of them.
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02:51 PM on 05/17/2011
harriet the spy
Johnny Tremain
The Borrowers
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mythster
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02:26 PM on 05/17/2011
"Scaramouche" by Rafael Sabatini came to mind as soon as I saw the headline of this thread (roughly 3 minutes ago). I haven't thought about this book since I first read it (about 65 years ago) but it obviously made a strong impression. Now I'll have to get a copy and read it again to find out why it stands out in my mind after all these years.
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KT31
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02:22 PM on 05/17/2011
No A.A. Milne?
Some of mine...
The Outsiders
The Dark is Rising series
The Hobbit
Chronicles of Narnia
3 Musketeers & Count of Monte Cristo
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PTAMOMSANTAMONICA
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02:16 PM on 05/17/2011
The Betsy Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace, the Penny Parrish Books by Janet Lambert, and the Trixie Beldon Mysteries.
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algomajoker
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01:06 PM on 05/17/2011
Harriet the Spy.
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Nolana
I think: therefore, I'm dangerous.
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12:15 PM on 05/17/2011
How could I forget!? "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K Jerome (some inspired silliness in this book)
The Marguerite Henry books (when I went through my inevitable horse fascination, at age 9)
I must not forget Edward Lear's Nonsense poetry
Lots of science, history and natural history books
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Sharon Norris
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12:07 PM on 05/17/2011
I belonged to a children't book club. The one which stuck with me was "Mystery of the Gulls", by Whitney, who later became a best-selling author of adult mystery-romances.
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