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This week, I’m paying homage to the books that sparked my love of reading. Without them, I doubt I would have grown up to be The Obsessive Bookseller I am today. I owe them for introducing me to my passion in life.
Top Ten Childhood Books I’m Thankful For!
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- Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
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- Help! I’m Trapped in Obedience School Again by Todd Strasser
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- Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques
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- Shadows in the Water by Kathryn Lasky
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- The BFG by Roald Dahl
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- The Boys Start the War/The Girls Get Even by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
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- The Castle in the Attick by Elizabeth Winthrop
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- The Invasion by K. A. Applegate
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- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Most of these books kept me entertained a dozen times over – when I was younger we lived almost two hours from the nearest bookstore, so I reread these books until they were falling apart. Some of them I would challenge myself to read cover to cover every day… It was a lot of fun. :-)
What books sparked your love of reading as a kid?
The Obsessive Bookseller 
Awesome topic choice! I don’t know many of these but I agree with Potter! From Dahl I read Matilda and I absolutely adored it. :)
Happy reading!
My TTT
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I always love seeing MG books! I feel like they’re so much less prominent in the blogosphere than YA and Adult books. I’m a bookseller too! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Amazing list! Harry Potter <333
OUR TTT
Doris @ OABR
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Wow, the only book we have in common on this one is Harry Potter.
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Harry Potter and Animorphs would definitely make my list as well. Ditto for Roald Dahl, though Matilda was my favourite.
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I used to love reading Roald Dahl. He was such a fantastic writer! Great list. :-)
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Adore The BFG and of course Harry Potter! Happy reading! :)
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Harry Potter and The BFG made my list too!
http://myexpandingbookshelf.blogspot.com/2015/03/top-ten-tuesday-24-march.html
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I enjoyed reading THE BFG too!
Here’s a link to my TTT post this week:
http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/03/top-10-books-from-my-childhood-or-teen.html
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