We all remember our first loves. Here are 12 more readers and the books they adored as a kid! (Related: “8 Books from My Childhood You’ve Also Probably Read and Loved“)
“Skinnybones by Barbara Park—witty, underdog story, hilarious; The Three Investigators by Robert Arthur—something like the Hardy Boys, but smarter; and Many Moons by James Thurber—whimsical children’s fantasy. Funny too.”
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“Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie and Superfudge by Judy Blume!”
—Glorypearl Dy
“The
Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine and the Sweet Valley series by Francine Pascal when I was in grade school. Soon after, I started reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice and actually liked her books.”
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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND! It was unpredictable and full of wisdom. I still read it from time to time.”
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Anastasia Krupnik! Weird girl who likes making lists
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Katie Kazoo Switcheroo! Because of that book, I became more imaginative as a child
❤—Kitty Lidasan
“Ako, I loved the Sweet Valley series and The Baby-sitters Club series! And some Dr. Seuss, like Cat in the Hat!”
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens! Grade 3 book report. Haha!”
—Danj Valderueda
“The
Sweet Valley series! But for me, they were all short reads. [L. Frank] Baum’s
The Wizard of Oz (or was it [Anna] Sewell’s
Black Beauty?) was my very first “serious” book that I read back in fourth grade.”
—Jesh Juson
“Edith Hamilton’s
Mythology. I was lucky enough that I had a classmate who had a copy of the book. The moment I started reading the first stories, I couldn’t seem to stop. After I finished it, I read it again, to the point that I memorized every page.”
“The Geronimo Stilton series—Funny and adventurous, may illustrations inside and very quirky yung fonts na ginagamit nila per book, dahildoonna-in love ako sa typography.
The Nancy Drew series—Who doesn’t love a female character na tomboy-ish and loves solving mysteries? Haha!
The Harry Potter series—Because friendship and adventure! Dahil sa HP, naging serious reader ako. I remember tina-try ko talaga makapasok sa top 10 [to get the books] as a reward for my hard work. The last two books were precious since both books binili ko were the hardbound editions, like may reservation pa sa NBS (National Book Store) noon! (Because of HP, I became a serious reader. I remember trying to be in the top 10 [to get the books] as a reward for my hard work. The last two books were precious since both books I bought were hardbound editions, and it was by reservation at NBS!)”
—Kristel Mae Cavero
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“Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl! Who doesn’t love a cunning character and fun alliterations? [Also], anything by Roald Dahl, actually But I think FMF was the first book of his that I read and I read non-stop from there. I exploited my library card borrowing all of his books in grade school 
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—Mary Imbong
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