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Who was your Harry Potter?

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Fri, 07/20/2007 - 10:35am — JoyceBetz

Yesterday the New York Times, on their blog posted a question, Who or What was your Harry Potter, What were your favorite books when you were a kid? http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/who-was-your-harry-potter/  

They 1031 comments so far.

So I throw out to you- Who was your Harry Potter.?

I'll start:   The Bobbsey Twins Series, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott. Biographies and Historical Fiction, I seem to remember a series like I Was There.. on the Oregon Trail, or the I was there ... the California Gold Rush. Actually almost anything I could get my hands on.

I didn't discover Charlottes Web, or The Little House books until I was much older.

So Who was your Harry Potter?

 

 

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Wed, 12/05/2007 - 12:34pm — Tammy

Who was your Harry Potter?

Nancy Drew of course!  I always loved a mystery.  Still do.  I also enjoyed any non-fiction about people who over came adversity such as Hellen Keller. 

Tammy Dotson

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Tue, 12/04/2007 - 12:16pm — klb
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Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew was my Harry Potter. Sometimes I would read 2 or 3 per day, especially in the summer.
Fri, 10/05/2007 - 6:09pm — littleacorn

That's funny!

My mom used to have to make me return things so others could check them out too.  So far, I haven't had that issue with my own kids because if I think we are going to encounter a situation like that, once we can't renew an item any more, I will probably buy it for them.  That's a major advantage of having a book addict for a mom I guess!  LOL
Fri, 10/05/2007 - 2:04pm — rayray
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This is a hard one

I loved the Black Stallion series and Black Beauty, C.S. Lewis and there was an encyclopedia on Dogs at my local Library that I would check out all the time.  Sometime my mother would make me give it back for a couple of weeks so other people could check it out.  But my absolute favorite book when I was really little was Frederick by Leo Lionni.  I still love him.

Mon, 09/03/2007 - 7:05pm — littleacorn

My absolute favorites were

My absolute favorites were the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper and the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 6:11pm — elocin
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When I was little I played

When I was little I played sports & swam like crazy... but when I did read I usually read, "Nate the Great", "Sweet Valley Twins", "American Girls".... and that's just the series I can remember off the top of my head. I remember reading every single scary book I could get my hands on too!

Wed, 08/08/2007 - 11:45am — janedb
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my harry potter

Alec Ramsey of the Black Stallion series by Walter Farley was my Harry  Potter.  Also anything by Farley, (Island Stallion, etc) and Marguerite Henry.  Then Dick Francis when I hit my teens - obviously there was a theme - I'm still crazy about horses!

Jane DeBano

Fri, 07/20/2007 - 2:54pm — mickeyfan
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I liked playing outside more

I liked playing outside more than I did reading but when I did read, it was Amelia Bedelia books. She shares a simular common sence as Paris Hilton.

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