Comments on: Celebs and Authors Share What Book Got You Hooked?

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:22:46 +0000

Oh, wow. Goodnight Moon. I think I read through several copies of that book as a kid, since it was part of the bedtime ritual.

By: Kate Davies

Kate Davies — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:48:03 +0000

Go Dog, Go! Oh, Angie, you really should get that one. My kids LOOOOVE it. Especially the party in the tree.

I’ve read all but a handful on the list, and now feel an overwhelming urge to track them down and give them a try.

Thanks for pointing out a great list!

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:46:57 +0000

The Baby-sitter’s Club series saved my life. *g* And I have to second the recommendation of Beverly Cleary–I adored Ramona. And I definitely have to add Phyllis Reynolds Naylor–I still follow her Alice series to this day after reading the first book twelve years ago.

By: Charlene Teglia

Charlene Teglia — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:07:08 +0000

Oh, I love Where The Sidewalk Ends. It has Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who would not take the garbage out! Hilarious. I’ve read them all. The book I was hooked on at 3-4 was Courduroy, which I don’t see on the list. I bought that for my daughter when she was 3.

By: Veronica Wolff

Veronica Wolff — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:45:36 +0000

I loved all the Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume books, but it was Trixie Belden who first had me sneaking books after bedtime.

By: erastes

erastes — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:59:34 +0000

I have no idea what the name of the one that got me hooked on reading. I was about six months old and the book was made of cloth!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:05:07 +0000

I’ve read them all except “The Babysitters Club” and “Amelia Bedelia” — Many of them I’ve recently re-read with my DD. What a great list!

By: Angela James

Angela James — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:19:47 +0000

I have, amazingly enough, read all but one of those. Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman

and your daughter might like Harold and the Purple Crayon