What is the first book you remember reading?

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I used to read a lot of comics such as scooby doo comics and Flintones comics. They were my favourite. I still love reading them.
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Oh my, at my age, that is a real difficult question to answer. I have a vague memory of hardbound school books with the characters John, Jean, Pete and their dog Spot and even remember their pictures and some of the funny stories and dialogues. The farthest back I can remember clearly were the Nancy Drew mysteries which I and my classmates in elementary used to swap. I recall us competing on who has read the most books. My dad also had a collection of Perry Mason books which I used to borrow while I was in high school.
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If I'm not mistaken, the first book I ever read was Cinderella. Our neighbor had these REALLY huge books on Disney Princesses and I chose to read Cinderella. Of course, I read the rest of the books in their shelves after that.
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The first book I remember reading is ' The adventures of Tom Sawyer'. I still remember bits and pieces about the book. I enjoyed it very much. I don't have it now.
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I don't remember my first book but I remember I the first interesting book I read, I don't remember the author but the book was called "heavens eyes"... now that I think about it I want to read the book again.
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As a child, I do remember reading a lot of golden books especially the ones that came with a tape. I use to go to sleep listening to the tape read me the story.
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I still own my Little Golden Books set of books and use them in the classroom sometimes. Those are the first books that I remember reading.
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As a child another series of books that I remember reading were ones by Richard Scarry. Most kids don't know about his books anymore but they are truly classics.
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Steph K wrote:Does anybody remember Little Golden Books? I had a bunch of those and I they are the earliest books I can remember. The Poky Little Puppy was a favorite.
The Poky Little Puppy is one of the first books that I can remember reading! I had pretty big collection of Little Golden Books :)
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The first book I remember reading is one of the Cam Jensen books. I remember wishing I could be her and remember everything in the blink of an eye. Those books also set me on my path of my love for mysteries. It was the first stepping stone to the reason I am studying forensic science at university right now.
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I've definitely liked reading since I was young. The first books I remember reading were from the Henry and Mudge series (well, my mom read them to me). I'm not sure if I actually liked them, though. The first book I remember liking was one of those Encyclopedia Brown books. I loved those, and I read every single one my library had. It's funny since I'm not so big on mysteries nowadays.
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Amagine wrote:As a child another series of books that I remember reading were ones by Richard Scarry. Most kids don't know about his books anymore but they are truly classics.
Yes! I completely forgot about Richard Scarry, but I remember I had one, possibly two, giant Richard Scarry books. I don't remember much of actual story, but I loved flipping through all the colorful pages.
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Jaime Lync wrote:My earliest memory of a book is asking my mother to read the scriptures (book of St.Mathew specifically) to me when I was about 6 and I was so sick that I thought I was on my deathbed.
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I remember the story of Noah's Arc as the first story I used to read when I was still a kid.
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The first book that I remember reading (with like general plot) and how it affected me was The Dollhouse Murders, which I read in fourth grade. I know I read before that and was read too, but can't remember the specifics of any of those books.
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