Do you remember your first book

That's funny, mine was Charlotte's Web as well.  I loved that book.  My dad also read me the whole of the Chronicles of Narnia before I was old enough to read them myself.
 
The first picture book I remember was Where The Wild Things Are - and to this day I love it.
 
Kate

Mine was Lassie go home. By the middle of the book I was blubbering so hard I could not read the pages any longer and closed the book. That is one I never finished as well as White Fang or Old Yeller. I don't think I could get through either of them now if ya wanna know the truth.

I think that was one of my first books along with a slew of Nancy Drew mysteries.  Angel you gotta *gotta* read that book 'The Five.....' the fifth person is burned into my heart and soul.  I can still hear her voice and it chokes me up.  It was a real tuffy.   Jules

I'm going to go online now and see if I can get it through the library.
 
Yup I just got it. The library is right on my road, so I will be pciking it up tonight. 

I don't remember...........
I just got a few kids book lying around but their like pre-k books -1st grade.....
Now a days, some people would buy books for their kids......
but some would just take them to the barnes & noble and read free......
Like me, unless it's a really good book, then it's a keeper
haha.........or just borrow from the library.........
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I just got an idea.[sm=biggrin.gif]  I know alot of us here love to read. I have so many book that I have purchaced over the past year. What do ya'll think of a book swap. That is if you have a collection of books. I have these and I know I may never read them again. (I joined a book club) So maybe if we swap, we'll have new books to read.

This is a good story for all you young mothers out there. I had been reading like Nancy Drew and stuff like that, with a mediocre avidity. When I was 12 years old my mother who was an avid reader had just read the Carpetbaggers, and I heard her talking on the phone to all of her friends, about this part and that, I asked her if I could read it she said No it's for grown ups, well I begged and finally she said ok read it. Well that was it I have been reading 4 books a month since then. So my tip to you young moms is let them read anything.

Now that you mentioned, I just remember the other books on the book shelf.  My sister was about to get rid of them because it's just sitting there.  Though she left them all at my house and I got all sorts of random books.
 
Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, R.L. Stine and etc.
I honestly I really don't read much, not interest in non-fiction books.
Though I do like reading stuff like self improvement and etc. 
(hehehe)  If anyone want the books, just let me know.
I could make a list of the books I don't want.

Mine was "Trumpet of the Swan" by EB White
 
Man that was a good book. I still think about it to this day....

"Black Beauty"
 
I hardly ever buy books unless it's something I can use later, like a cookbook or books about dogs, birds, etc.  Library is close and free!!

Mine was 'The Black Stallion' by Walter Farley. Then "Bambi" was the second...VERY different than the movie. I highly recommend it even to adults, it's by Felix Salten.

Deb,
 
after the two I mentioned my next book was 'Cujo'..lol. There are limits. I had nightmares for a week and there were some awful things in that book! BUT I am to this day a big King fan so....

My first book is lost in antiquity....but I do remember a book I read so many times I memorized it and of course it's about a DOG.

Around the corner and down the street
There lives a dog with great big feet.
His ears hang high and his tail hangs low,
and his nose is as long as a nose can grow.

Sometimes I meet him in the park
Whenever I call, he'll run and bark.
He went to the fountain to get a drink,
The funniest dog in the world, I think!

There might have been one more verse, it will probably come to me tonight while I'm trying to fall asleep. It was a picture book with a bloodhound on each page, really cute paintings. )

I think I was four or five when I used to read it to myself.


edited to add the last verse!

He chased a big black cat, oh me!
But guess who wound up in the tree?
That's right, the dog was way up high
And the big, black cat walked slowly by.


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Now if I could only remember the NAME of the book!

Another book I remember very well and will get a copy of one of these days is Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag. I LOVE that book.