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ITT: peak kids literature.

>> No.16943563

>>16943488
These look based what did you like about them OP?
For me it was Redwall and Prydain

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>>16943488
DINOTOPIA BITCHES! YEHAWW!

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>>16943623
I loved Bruce Coville because of The Song of the Wanderer, and I've never read any of his other books, ever. I didn't even realize it was the second book.

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>> No.16943686

>>16943488
Warrior cats is genuinely the best.

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>> No.16943722

>>16943488
>He hasn't watched the Japanese sequel

>> No.16943739
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the lorax

>> No.16943744

Goosebumps original series

>> No.16943767
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These were fun

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>>16943488
I fucking loved pic related as a kid

>> No.16944079

>>16943767
I read something like #1-60 and the only thing I remember is that "more heat escapes from your head than the rest of your body," which isn't even true.

>> No.16944093

>>16943789
Holy fuck. These were amazing.

>> No.16944117

>>16943789
Wow, I'm retroactively nolstalgaic for something I never had.

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>>16943789
remember this sneaky little nigger?

>> No.16944460

>>16943488
I loved deltora quest as a kid, but then I saw one episode of the anime and was repressing it until now...
>>16943739
>oh no not the thneederinos
based

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>>16943488
Those were spooky but I liked these Spooks a lot. Too bad they were too long never got to finish it, I think he’s still writing.

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>>16943563
>Prydain
Absolutely based.

>> No.16944558
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When did you learn that the most /lit/erary children's books were written by a Jew?

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>>16944558
I guess it was just always obvious to me

>> No.16944630

>>16944612
He gets a pass

>> No.16944660

>>16944079
Hahaha fuck it's exactly the same for me. It's mentioned in the story where they go back to the ice age dressed only in swimming attire. I have no idea why only this exact detail has stuck with me.

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Pic-related is what I read as a pre-teen, so I'll consider it kid's literature (even though there are lewd moments).
>>16943488
I had the first 1-2 of these, I remember absolutely nothing about them but the covers were dope as hell.
>>16943767
Maybe the first 30 or so, but that series went off the rails quick.

>> No.16944681

>>16944612
doesn't this kike have a relative that's a dermatologist?

>> No.16944708

>>16944677
I read about 30 Xanth books before I got exhausted of them. I used to chew through one a day, so it wasn't hard, but goddamn; there are so many.

>> No.16944965

>>16943488
Animorphs

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>>16944677

>> No.16945614

>>16943789
I loved books like these as a kid. So much detail

>> No.16945700

I must have been 8 years old when Deltora Quest hit the school library shelves. Went to grab a copy, teacher snaps at me "what are you doing anon 'you're' not allowed to read that!".
That cunt killed my self esteem for years. Never mind I was reading at a 6th grade level. Fucking bitch that I was too much of a menace to read anything related to violence. I wish I still knew her name Id look her up on facebook and abuse her.

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The Wind in the Willows

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Pretty sick choices so far

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for me it was pic related. I recall it being fairly grim and violent for a kids book. vikings raiding a small village, berserkers butchering innocent people, kids being sold into slavery to picts etc. It was a nice blend of history and mythology kino

>> No.16946939

>>16946928
the title is a reference to /lit/

>> No.16946945

>>16945700
daddy chill

>> No.16946948

>>16946939
jej it do be like that tho

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>>16943623
HOLY SHIT IM TEARING UP RIGHT NOW.
MY FRIEND LOANED ME THIS BOOK DURING THE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT SO I HAD TO READ THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE.
Holy fuck. This was all the way back in 7tb grade, the friend is long gone now. Holy shit. I am overflowed with emotion for the first time in years.
Thank you for reminding me of this book, anon.

>> No.16946981

>>16946968
I got one of my first hard-ons in the part where they made the protagonist strip naked in the first book in the series. I think it was right before he was given a hammock to sleep in.

>> No.16947015

I don't see The Hobbit, Redwall, Chronicles of Narnia, The Boxcar children, Pipi Longstocking, Caddie Woodlawn, The Secret Garden, Wind in The Willows, or these >>16943789

>> No.16947023

>>16947015
see >>16943701 and >>16945766

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>>16943488
Loved this book as a kid. Looking back it seems a lot more realistic...

>> No.16947052

>>16945700
had a teacher that was like that too. sucks bro.
>>16947015
based fingers typed this comment

>> No.16947061

Anybody remember Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan? I liked those books but never finished the series; same thing with the Demonata series.

>> No.16947069

>>16947046
didn't they make a movie adaptation recently that had some people seething?

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>> No.16947089

>>16945700
>Stupid bitch calling me violent. Wish I could do something violent to her.
pure pottery.

>> No.16947102

>>16947069
>The book and film’s problematic tropes are not exclusively anti-Semitic. Dahl notes that “no country is free of Witches,” describing the Witches as a race in diaspora living among “normal people.”
https://nerdist.com/article/looking-back-on-the-anti-semitism-in-roald-dahls-the-witches/

>> No.16947124

>>16947083
God those were kino, the Heros of Olympus was such filth, I only got up to The Son of Neptune. It's probably better I didn't finish hearing that some characters became gay (in a kids book of all things). Makes me wonder if there was anything subversive in the first 5, though I still have fond memories of the books.

>> No.16947158

>>16946968
>reads a book during a school concert instead of going wild with your mates
Lel, makes me wonder what a /lit/ populated by the child versions of its anons would look like

>> No.16947187

>>16947158
Your misinterpreting school concerts. We just sit there next to our parents and listen to our younger siblings somehow fail to play jingle bells on the recorder with their 20 classmates

>> No.16947195

>>16947061
I binge read these when I was 12 and they were a great ride. Read them as four compilations of three books each which made them flow a bit better.
The author definitely wrote himself into a corner by the end, and I noticed it even at that age. Having the Darren dude age from a boy to a man over the space of a couple chapters so he can fuck his gf and also take on his half vampire best friend or something. Still a fun read!
I think they tried to make a manga or anime on the series like Deltora Quest

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Vampirates was my shit. Get this guys, they're vampires AND pirates.

>> No.16947243

>>16947187
Ah right, I get what you mean. Those concerts really were shit if your year level wasn't the one currently on-stage

>> No.16947255

>>16943488
KINO.
I read these books backwards because the last cover looked coolest

>> No.16947260

>>16943615
BASED

>> No.16947275

>>16947061
I loved the first one but remembered them going downhill fast.

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>>16943701
Outstanding
>>16943767
Pretty good. I read a bunch of these.
>>16943789
Also outstanding. I forgot about these
>>16944520
I read pretty far into this series, I think it got worse over time
>>16944558
Top tier
>>16946163
Eh. Maybe if mommy reads it to you for story time.
>>16947046
Pretty good
>>16947083
Overrated. I read all the originals, though. I think he's still pumping out book 90001 in the series.

Everything else in this thread, I've never heard of.

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>>16943789
Patrician taste

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it was so good literally thousands of teenage girls and boys have spent their time roleplaying as warrior cats in discord servers and the like for a good five years. I know this because one of my friends does it.

>> No.16948111

>>16945700
Funniest thing is that they hardly ever directly fight anything. They always use trickery and the antagonists fuck themselves over. Or it's something like the time when the raven pricks the witch's finger and that's enough to kill her.

>> No.16948186

>>16943673
>>16943615
>>16943789
>>16944520
>>16944558
>>16947980
fuck yeah absolutely based

>> No.16948229
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>I now remember all of the books I picked up from the library, book fairs and used bookstores but don't remember the titles so I'm stuck with ideas and unfulfilled nostalgia

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the phantom tollbooth

>> No.16948263

>>16947046
Roald dahl is in a whole other league.

>> No.16948275

>>16943488
>muh childhood dick measuring

>> No.16948287

>>16943488
Lol, I liked the cover art, but I had dyslexia as a kid so I pretended to read them.

>> No.16948291

>>16943701
best answer

>> No.16948294

>>16943767
I thought these were so cool as a kid

>> No.16948591

>>16943789
>/lit/
>the most popular reply is a fucking picture book

>> No.16948628

>>16948263
His books were so comfy looking back, Matilda, Esio Trot, and many more. I had the box set as a kid, was so excited when it came in the mail. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how based he was years later. Definitely would recommend to someone with kids.

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>>16943488
Lot of good children's series in this thread

>> No.16948649

For me it's Cherub and Henderson's boys

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How has nobody posted the absolute classic?

>> No.16948695

>>16948684
>eoin
what kind of horrible parents names your child eeeowen

>> No.16948701

>>16948695
the irish, thats who

>> No.16948706

>>16948701
fucking potatoniggers

>> No.16948728

>>16943488
zoom zoom here that first heard of this because of that japanese draw animation

>> No.16948753

>>16944079
Haha those bullshit little factoids and shitty jokes are all I remember from these books.
Like "Funny haha or funny weird" from Jigsaw Jones
Or giving someone brain damage by pressing into the space under their earlobes from Maximum Ride.

>> No.16948770

>>16947083
Zoomer core, pure nostalgia
This plus diary of a wimpy kid, Ranger's Apprentice, Alex Rider and Eragon were my main reads in middle school. Supplemented by Narnia. I remember by poor father desperately trying to get me to read Huck Finn and other real books. I'd like to apologize to dads everywhere.

>> No.16948772

>>16944079
What the fuck? This stuck with me as well

>> No.16948774

>>16948027
I read about 6 of these before I had a conversation with a friend in 5th grade about the sheer number of Warrior Cats books and how they were clearly milking them. I believe this was the inception point of my cynicism unfortunately.

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I saw Emily Rodda at a local book fair last year and couldn't think of anything to say so I just awkwardly left.

>> No.16948827
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Pic related was a real comfy read as a kid, very memorable creative plots, soulful illustrations and such. A lovely book.

>> No.16948852

>>16943623
>>16943658
>>16946968
Bruce Coville is HIGHLY based. I remember reading his books (and Gary Paulsen's) in fourth grade, when our teacher would give us plenty of free reading time every day. Probably the happiest I have ever been desu, I'm almost going to tear up. Time is cruel.

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Anyonw else read this kino?

>> No.16948886

>>16948871
Yes, some of those stories legitimately creeped me out. Off the top of my head I remember a story about a clown taking off his mask/clothes to reveal an abomination underneath, and one where some kid looks in the mirror and realizes he's turned into some grotesque creature (though one of these might be from the sequel)

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>>16948827
My sisters watched some of these animated shows or movies, they were really cute and wholesome.

Anyway, anyone else read Sideways Stories from Wayside School?

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>>16943488
Loved My Brother Sam is Dead as a kid. Got to read it again now that I found out the story is about my ancestors.
>>16947015
Boxcar Children was great