r/books discussion

Does anyone remember the first book they remember reading?

I remember reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. In fact, I remember loving Eric Carle's books and we'd often imitate the art in our classrooms.

I remember reading that one!

I have a terrible memory, so I'm actually going to skip past children's books and say the first significant books I read were in the Deltora Quest series (I'd link, but I'm on my phone).

I'm the same, terrible memory. My first book was probably a Dr. Seuss, I had a ton of them.

Probably a Berenstein Bears book. I was about 4 and sort of learning to read, but I could recognize the word "neighbor" when we were reading one of those. My mom thought I had learned how to read complex words and got really excited. What can I say, my mother has always been unduly impressed by me.

Jennifer wrote: "Probably a Berenstein Bears book. I was about 4 and sort of learning to read, but I could recognize the word "neighbor" when we were reading one of those. My mom thought I had learned how to read c..."

Mothers will be like that! I loved Berenstein Bears when I was kid!!! :)

The first book I ever really sat down and "read" was Treasure Island when I was 9. Long before then I can remember loving the Richard Scarry books, and I can remember my mother had collections of fairy stories from Disney that dated from the 1950s or so that I would look at over and over.

I also cannot remember reading as much until much later, so the Goosebumps books for me. I devour them as a 4th/5th grader :D

I remember reading the first Harry Potter book when I was very young but I might have read The Hobbit before then. My grandmother had a huge number of books and would often read to me when she looked after me but she read historical fiction style books (Pillars of the Earth etc.) which I doubt I understood other than becoming more confident at reading and so on.

I remember reading R.L Stine and Paul Jennings as well... in fact that was probably before The Hobbit even.

Ugh, I feel like a senile old man now! :P

The first book I remember reading was this one: I had it memorized. I also remember a lot of Dr Seuss books and children's encyclopedias. The first chapter books I can remember were the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, but I know I must have read more before that. I remember I used to go to the library all the time as a kid and then I would hide in a corner of my house and read for hours.

I think it was Matilda - Roald Dahl. I was a bitterly disappointed nine-year-old when they left out the parrot (budgie? Don't quite remember.) in the film.

I loved all of his children's books; he's one of those authors that never went away, I discovered his autobiographies and adult short stories sometime in secondary school, and keep coming back to them.

I remember being 5 years old and reading The Hobbit. I didn't finish it until years later, but I remember feeling so smart reading a classic story when many of my other classmates couldn't read at all.

I used to read many books as a child, but the only one I remember by name is a dutch book, by Tonke Dragt. It's an edition from 1962, so there's no ISBN on it yet.

I've read that book countless times, and it's probably the main reason I love fantasy to this day. :)

The first book I clearly remember reading would be Number the Stars in second grade. I remember my teacher was so shocked when she found out I had read it.

I want to say where the red fern grows but I'm not entirely sure. I remember it being... really sad.

First book? I don't remember. I remember Hungry Caterpillar being read/shown to us in school, and that I hung out in the school library and public library a lot. Read lots of comics as a child as well. In grade 4 or so I was reading Goosebumps, Wrinkle in Time, Rabbits in the Bathroom, Snot Stew, Rabbit Hill etc. (kids books). That turned into R.L. Stine in grade 5 and then I started on the fantasy books that summer/beginning of Grade 6.

First one that I read on my own was The Little Vampire, which was also the first series that I absolutely fell in love with.

The first series that I remember being read to me, was a story about a kid going to Valhalla, and stories surrounding his time with the Norse Gods. Loved it, but don't remember the title. :(

I memorized a book called 'Do You Like Cats?' before I could actually read. My Dad read it to me every night. I must of been only 3 or so! The fact my parents read to me every night made such an impression on me.

I loved the Laura Ingals Wilder Little House on the Prairie series too... I was reading them in Kindergarten! The spin off series were good too!

I remember impressing my teacher in elementary school by choosing to read 'Roughing it in the Bush' by Susannah Moodie.

I read at a really early age, especially being an only child that was to small for sports. I think the first books were probably Dr. Seuss and then progressed quickly to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wind in the Willows. I remember starting out to like Nancy Drew but getting bored quickly when they were all the same plot with different objects missing!

Goosebumps and Paul Jennings for me too. Although I also remember reading stuff like Animorphs too.

I remember carrying around a copy of Casper, yes the novelization everywhere I went in Elementary and some kid in my class stealing it <_<

>_> He was in so much trouble and his little group hated me after that because I got him in trouble >_< Ah yes, awkward 2/3rd grade me.

I've read quite a few books, but the very first book that left a considerable impact was Lord of the Flies.

It was part of literature class in school, and I was sure I'd be bored by it. But the book drew me in, wined and dined me, bled me dry, and left me by the side of the street.

I still remember the first time I read it. The opening was damn good, then the kids start forming tribes, then the violence... I loved it. The ending was powerful, too.

I read most of the kids books from 90's but the ones I remember reading the most was the Goosebump books. I read all the ones that were currently out when I was an older kid.

It was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for me. I first read it when I was 7.

Aesop's Fables, I think. :)

I'm pretty sure it was a Dr. Seuss book, not sure which one. Around the same time, I read this tiny (in size) book for kids/by kids that mentioned President Clinton in it. But that's all I can really remember about that one.