First book you ever read.

[Pedrito]

This one could have very possibly been my first book, too.

I loved it, and I loved Scarry, to the point that it became one of the fist books I've read to my children.

L.

[garbon]

I've no idea but my favorite childhood book was:

[Norgy]

Anyone remember "The Wind In The Willows"?

I think that was the first novel with some political message I read.

[Liep]

Vinden i piletræerne? Yes of course I remember that!

[Norgy]

The Norwegian translation was "Det suser i sivet".

It was a radio serial too.

I think my age class (about 1971 to 1975) was the last one to read stuff like The Hardy Boys and Enid Blyton's Five series.

I have fond memories of Ole Lund-Kirkegaard as well.

[Liep]

Ah yes, I read a lot of Ole Lund-Kirkegaard and saw all the films many times, especially Orla Frøsnapper.

[Norgy]

"Gummi-Tarzan".

[Brazen]

I read a few Topsy and Tim books:


And the Fun With Dick and Jane books (no sniggering at the back) with the infamous "See Spot run" line:


Ladybird graded reading books were school essentials:

[Crazy_Ivan80]

The Caterpillar one was for a time a favourite of our oldest. Of course we had to read it to him. lol

Not quite sure what the first book was I read myself. Might very well have been the children's bible when I was six.

[Malthus]

"Go Dogs Go".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go,_Dog._Go!

I don't remember it, but my mother does. It was also my very first literary reference.

I was in one of the old Dominion stores, right after reading it; they had a rotisserie there. I stared at it, totally fascinated. Eventually, I summed it up by saying "many chickens go round and round".

This was a paraphrase of "many dogs go around and around" ...

[Admiral Yi]

Anyone remember "The Wind In The Willows"?

I think that was the first novel with some political message I read.

A Frog! A Frog!

[alfred russel]

The first book I ever read was "Go Dog Go!" I did a book report and got an A. I loved it and read more and more. Then I went to a petting zoo and a guy in a Richard Nixon mask gave me a copy of "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. That convinced me that reading totally sucks ass and I have never read another book again.

[Norgy]

Anyone remember "The Wind In The Willows"?

I think that was the first novel with some political message I read.

A Frog! A Frog!

I found this gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhK50Lg8hFM

Anyone else remember Paddington the bear?

[crazy canuck]

I am not sure what the first books were the my parents read to me, but I have a memory of a book of folk/ferry tales (Brothers Grimm style) that my mother used to read to me.  I remember Hansel and Gretel along with Little Red Riding Hood being in the mix.

I also remember my mother reading the "I Want to Know About" books.  https://www.etsy.com/listing/49972440/set-of-18-vintage-i-want-to-know-about

They even saved that series for my kids, but by that time the books were comically out of date.

[Josephus]

Lady Bird stuff, likely Janet and John.

But on my own accord I got hooked on Enid Blyton stuff at age six/seven