my first book was...

Philippines
June 13, 2008 6:42am CST
what was your first owned book ever? what was it all about? share it here..
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11 responses
• United States
13 Jun 08
I have no idea as to the title of the first book I "owned." I am the the daughter and niece of several teachers, and there have always been many books in my home. The first book I remember was a Richard and Jane book (the mylot system will not allow me to enter the nickname for Richard, which was the real name in the title). I was 3 or 4, and my mother was teaching me to read. When I could not consistently recognize a particular word, she sent me to the closet for my father's belt. Yes, I got a "whoopin'" for this lack of concentration. (What can I say? It was a different time.) Anyway, despite this beginning, I own and love hundreds of books. One can never have too many book or too much money.
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
i envy you for that.. i love reading also but what hinders me is that i dont actually own the books i love to read.. most of them are my friends' and i am shy to borrow them for a long time.. if i do that i always end up not finishing the whole book.. other books are from our school's library and we are only allowed to borrow it for 3 days, so i ahve no choice but to return it without actually finishing reading it..
• United States
13 Jun 08
Let it be known that your love books, and that you would like to receive either books or gift cards to bookstores as gifts for your birthday and other events. Use your earnings from MyLot to buy books, and be sure to search the Net for bargain prices. Also, keep in mind that most public libraries have periodic sales of books where books are almost given aways--25 or 50 cents for a soft cover, $1 or $2 for hard covers. Start building your library now. You will never regret it.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
13 Jun 08
Hi baebie, when I was a little girl I was very fond of listening to fairy tales told by my parents and teachers. Ever since I knew how to read I started to develop keen interest in reading story books. I still could remember my first book was Fables from Aesop. There were so many attractive and meaningful fables which could really attract children’s attention. Among these, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf” was the most popular and educational.
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
hello there! wow just like m, my first book were also like that, about fairy tales and everything that makes our imagination rich.. i think those kinds of books help us make us creative and vivid about things.. yeah maybe that's why those who love books knows more about life compared to those who just ignores books..
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Wow, I don't think I really have any idea. I believe the very first books I can remember dating back to the beginning of my life that I especially loved were books such as "Goodnight Moon" and "Runaway Bunny." I also had a pretty big collection of those Little Golden Books.
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
haha! so cute! little children are really into cute things.. but we didnt realize yet that the child in us sometimes get over us and maybe that makes us feel young again..
@dianne17k (587)
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
The first book i ever had was Heidi. i got it as gift before i knew how to read and I'd carry around with my toys using it as chopping board for pretend play. lol. I don't recall actually finishing it though since it got lost when we moved to a new house.
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
haha! that's so funny.. but i think you really liked it when it was given to you although you made fun of it.. LOL.. sad to say you lost it, the one you play as chopping board when you were young.. haha!
@lvaldean (1612)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Honestly don't remember. I have been reading since I was between 3 and 4 years old. But as a young person my first book was the Nancy Drew series which my parents bought me when I was 8 years old. Read those by the time I was 11.
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
i like the Nancy Drew series! im reading that book when i was still in my elementary until my fourth year in high school year.. i like it very much! it's like the young girls' version of sweet valley high! i go crazy over those two books!
@chirantani (1379)
• India
13 Jun 08
The first book that I own,as far as I remember,is a entire digest of comics of Phantom and Tintin.It was presented by my father,on the eve of my fifth birthday.
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
really? that's so sweet.. i think as a little girl, everything that was given to us are all nice.. i can imagine how happy your father was when he gave you that..
@samson1967 (7414)
• India
13 Jun 08
The first book of mine is the holy bible which is the story of Jesus christ and his teachings. What was yours?
• Philippines
13 Jun 08
wow! good for you.. you are a very religious person.. mine was a book collection of the fairy tales.. my parent gave it to me when i was still a little girl.. i think there was seven books in that collection.. im just sad i lost them already..
@snowy22315 (171153)
• United States
14 Jun 08
It was Ten Apples Up ON Top by Dr. Seuss. I remember getting it in the mail. It was so exciting. I also had other little story books when i was a child. The little red hen etc. I was always interested in books and reading.
• United States
14 Jun 08
First book I owned? That'd have to be a copy of The Hobbit, which is now in terrible shape. It's either that, Dr. Seuss, or these collections of stories that my school library sold when they remodeled.
• United States
13 Jun 08
I always had books as a child, and have been reading since I was about two years old, so I really don't remember the first book I ever got. The first book I remember reading however was the "Berenstein Bears."
@monaliu (344)
14 Jun 08
my English dictionary. ha ha