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Shell Silversteen's "A Light In the Attic". There is this monster poem in there that used to give me nightmares! It ends with "and he's right behind you!". I remember always looking behind me after reading it : ) brings me back
- Blueskysupply answered on 03/30/2009
  
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- Enid Blyton takes me back...
- - Anything by Enid Blyton. Her stories were amazing and I loved reading them when I was younger.
  - clarebird answered on 05/27/2009
    
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- Oh, Tree, how you give and give and give
- - This was the first book that I picked out for myself at a bookstore. I remember bringing it with me to show-and-tell in the first grade. …
  - Briiiiii answered on 05/04/2009
    
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- Easily the Coolest Children's Book Ever Written
- - I always wished it would snow mashed potatoes or rain alphabet soup. I mean seriously, how awesome would that be??!
  - AshleyD answered on 04/11/2009
    
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- brings me back
- - Helene answered on 04/05/2009
    
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- CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM by John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr. brings me back
- - madison answered on 04/02/2009
    
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- Playboy (honestly) brings me back
- - It brings back memories of my dad leaving his Playboy in the bathroom. At 5 I started "reading" it and it was my favorite book. I did…
  - jx820 answered on 04/02/2009
    
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- Where the sidewalk ends brings me back
- - This book reminds me of reading to my siblings and realizing the power of words.
  - sewglamorous answered on 04/02/2009
    
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- The Giving Tree brings me back
- - This was, and is, a favorite book of mine. My parents used to read this to me all the time when I was little. Looking back, I think that is has…
  - nycbutterfly answered on 04/01/2009
    
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- Judy Blume's Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great brings me back
- - Judy Blume! Yes, good ol' Judy. Writing about childhood and adolescence with such cringing and humorous narrative. I think Sheila the G…
  - mizpens answered on 03/31/2009
    
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- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- - My mother who is kind of not into children except for her own, read this to me and Garrett almost every night before bed. She read Caps for Sal…
  - HeatherB answered on 03/30/2009
    
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- Don't Turn That Page!!
- - Ah, Sesame Street. Ah, Grover. These are the memories of my youth. I could read The Monster at the end of this Book over and over again, and I…
  - finnikins answered on 03/30/2009
    
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