Your first book?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

I don't remember seeing that when I was there last summer. I would have been drawn to anything like that (hey, spawn of two generations of geologists--can't help it).

I'd be interested in seeing whatever you have about that, Op.

Anybody else read those Little Golden Books as a kid? I loved the non-Disney ones. Those were great.

[anthrobabe]

I still have my Childcraft "Make and Do" book from the series-- taught one how to make a potato stamper and stamp pad with paper towels and food color 'ink' and how to sew a pet octopus and many, many more activites.

[Black Bart]

The original Thomas the Tank Engine Books were amongst my childhood favourites:

[Opsa]

I don't remember seeing that when I was there last summer. I would have been drawn to anything like that (hey, spawn of two generations of geologists--can't help it).

I'd be interested in seeing whatever you have about that, Op.

Anybody else read those Little Golden Books as a kid? I loved the non-Disney ones. Those were great.

Apparently it's still there, according to this site

"Fossil Plants and Animals: The Conquest of Land

- Permanent
1st Floor, East Wing, (2nd half of Hall 4), near Dinosaurs Hall
This exhibition focuses on the earliest plants and animals to evolve the complex adaptations needed to live on land. In an animated video, evoking television coverage of the first lunar landing, characters Frank Anchorfish and Arthur Pod explain the characteristics plants and animals needed to pioneer the harsh, dry terrestrial environment. Just beyond an arbor formed by a diorama of the first forests are still more fossils: specimens of a 16-foot fossil of an early tree, Callixyon; other fossil trees and smaller plants from the ancient coal forests of North America."

...But as I recall, it's just a small screen with a continous loop playing without much fanfare.

I sure do remember Little Golden Books, especially The Poky Little Puppy and the Richard Scarry ones.

[pieces o nine]

Not my first books, but among the most memorable was this Lloyd Alexander series. A few years ago I bought the whole set (can't believe I never had my own copies -- just kep checking them out from the librarium!) for my nephew.

Also: The Tripods!

[Black Bart]

This was James:



Oh it's taking me back

[Aggie]

The memory isn't that outstanding, my mom and I talked about this yesterday and she corrected me, telling me that the first book I read on my own was one about Dinosaurs.

Me too - well, definitely not the first, but the one I read most avidly when young was  The Natural History Of The Dinosaur by John Man.  I'm not even sure what age I started on it...  it was a gift from an aunt, and although I'm not sure if they were on consecutive birthdays (Christmas maybe?) but I also received from her my most beloved childhood toy, a handmade stuffed-fabric diplodocus who went by the name of Floppy.  I suppose I must have been fairly young....  he stuck around long enough to require patching and eye-button replacement on more than one occasion.  Might have him stashed away in a box somewhere.

One of the first novels I recall choosing and reading was The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, which would have been at around 5 years old as it was definitely from the school library. I read all of her books that I could get my hands on.  I suppose that's where my habit of latching on to a single author at a time (mostly for fiction) comes from.

I read pretty much anything and everything that I could, otherwise, so 'first book' is a tough one to be accurate on.