elementary school book topic, pokes at Justin and Kristina Options

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Since it doesn't seem to be taking off in moderator performance, and the only one got closed, we shall discuss here (even though it's less fun being official)

so mmmmm, animorphs? box car children? everworld? goosebumps? nancy drew? amelia bedelia? eh? ehhhhh???

[sadolakced acid]

i liked the hobbit then.

boxcar children was certainly a favorite, along with animorphs.


furtherback, i remember some henrietta the hen books, some bernstein bears books, tonka books.

doctor seuss, was of course a staple.

and then in the later years there was harry potter and the 'so you want to be a wizard' series.

[*mzkandi*]

Out of that list, Nancy Drew and Goosebumps. Some others were, Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club.

[*tweeak*]

I didn't mind the Hobbit in 4th grade, but I hated it when I had to read it in 7th. Honestly, how long do we need to spend walking through a forest? I never made it past the prolouge of the Fellowship

I loved Boxcar in 2nd grade. We had a huge classroom collection. I read most of Animorphs, then moved onto Everwold by the same author

I was never that fond of the Bernenstein bears. Never read the other 2, I don't think.

Ah, how does one live without Dr. Suess?

I started Harry Potter in 4th or 5th grade after James intorduced me, which was before they got popular. They got my introuble for reading during class most often, though I did all the time anyway. I only read the first of the So You Want to be a Wizards. I wasn't that fond of it. I own them though.

The first 2 His Dark Materials were good. They take a while to get into, so I never got into the last one enough to finish at all


Ohhh, yeah, I loved the Babysitters club too! Never cared for goosebumps. Wasn't scared, just thought they were lame. I read some Sweet Valley High, but not a whole lot. I like one of the random side series best

[*mzkandi*]

Oh yeah, I enjoyed reading Fear Street as well.

My brother read Boxcar, I think I tried to read one book and lost interest in that. I also never got into the whole Animorphs series even though did catch the show a couple of times on Nick.

[BOOGERSHAHA]

okay dude, sweet valley pwns all. like jessica and elizabeth with their brother, steven? they were so badass.

i actually hated boxcar childen since they were always so moral, especially that damn violet.

[Joss-eh-lime]

Fav elemetary school books include The Boxcar Children, Dr Suess, Harry Potter, The Series of Unfrotunate Events, The Babysitters Club, the books about a babysitters club member little sister Karen.

I read Amelia Bedilia sometimes and wondered why she was so effin stupid.

The cover of the Goosbumps books kept me away.

[silver-rain]

Hmm, I really liked reading Animorphs hah. I also enjoyed Sweet Valley, the Babysitter's Club, Nancy Drew and the Fear Street books. I also liked the His Dark Materials trilogy.
I never really liked Goosebumps.

[jennyjenny]

Encyclopedia brown!

And those Joey Pigza books were a real hoot.

[silver-rain]

^Oh yes, Encyclopedia Brown was entertaining as well.

[*tweeak*]

I've never heard of these Fear Street things.

Series of Unfortunate Events was after my time.

[*mzkandi*]

I've never heard of these Fear Street things.

Its was from the same author of Goosebumps but targeted towards teenagers and young adults. They were scary.

[sadolakced acid]

amelia bedelia! yes!

and goosebumps, ikinda liked those.

and encyclopedia brown... how could i forget!

[*tweeak*]

encyclopedia brown was never a favorite

Amelia Bedelia was all I read in 1st grad.e Teacher had no faith in my ability to read chapter books. Damn James.

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Omg..i just saw this thread. Wow. I'm a dork.

I loved the amelia bedlia! Those were great

Idk if ya'll have talked about them..but Boxcar children?

BEST BOOKS EVER!

When I was a kid..I mean..

[lovescream]

goosebumps BORED me. yet, everybody loved it. i seemed to like that one book.. by louis shcar or something. It was about a school with 40 floor or whatever. it was confusing.

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^ WAYSIDE STORY?!


I think it was something like that

[*tweeak*]

Oh, in middle school I hated the Lois Duncan books, or something like that. They were suspense or whatever, but I thought they were lame

OHMYGOSHIREMEMBERTHOSE!!!!!!!!!!! (wayside story, I mean)

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I LOVE WAYSIDE STORY1!!!!1111


Ok. That was my stupid moment of the day.

But those were hilarious.

I liked Holes too. But that came out a lot later i suppose.

[*tweeak*]

Yeahhhhhhh, same!!! I borrowed my friend's copy of Holes and read it on the plane to Connecticut in 4th grade, soon after it came out

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I bought it..and it was a paper back. It is sooo worn out. I've read it too many times.

I liked the movie too.

But to remain on the topic of books..

uhm.

I read Little House on the prarie for some weird reason.

I remember my teacher telling me it's a Texan Classic..

and come to find out they dont even go through texas.

lmao.

[sadolakced acid]

i read wayside story!

in 1st grade, i think.

i thought it was muchas funny.

[lovescream]

YEAH, THAT'S IT, WAYSIDE!! MAN, it was so funny and stuff. :D tehehe.

HOLES WAS A GREAT BOOK. it's the first book that ever got me interested in reading it. they said it was for middle-schoolers though but i read it in 5th grade anywyas.

[technicolour]

^ pfffttt. Our AR thing said that too. That book rocked.

I gotta get my little brother to check that out again and let me read it. Har har .

[*tweeak*]

My reading level was always insanley broad and high (in 8th grade I went from 5.3 to college level) so I could really read whatever I wanted and no one gave a damn. After first grade, I rarely ever read a book in my grade level

I liked Little House too. And Dear Americas. Motsly anything historical fiction, and fantasy so long as it wasn't too lame

[*tweeak*]

My reading level was always insanley broad and high (in 8th grade I went from 5.3 to college level) so I could really read whatever I wanted and no one gave a damn. After first grade, I rarely ever read a book in my grade level

I liked Little House too. And Dear Americas. Motsly anything historical fiction, and fantasy so long as it wasn't too lame

[technicolour]

^ College books were teh funnest shtuff ever.

I felt bad..i've always been more advanced. People were mad at me..

Don't be hatin'...

Yesh.

[*tweeak*]

Really? Mad at you why? I was always advaned, so I always made friends with people who were even further ahead than me. I did well, but the people ahead of me were always people I liked. Now I'm not ahead at all. I Do better than most in language arts, but suck in everything else right now

[*lolita kitty*]

i liked the beverly cleary series [bezus and ramona], the amazing days of abby hayes, the magic tree house, amelia bedilia...

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LMAO! English right now is the only core class i'm not failing.

But..they would just get mad. I'd always finish my work extremely early..and idk. They were jealous. har har.

[*tweeak*]

I was like that for a lot of middle and elementary, and then I got to high school and died. My reading level has actually gone down a lot, too. At least my speed and comprehension. Now I'm fairly dumb. I'm failing my second favorite class (history) because of a couple stupid things, and I'm astoundingly bad at math.

We got grades back on some papers in language arts, and my friend and I begged for ours early. She got 92, I got 88, I thought I did ok, but that they were graded really easily. Turned out the rest of the class all failed. Most of them didn't even pass with the 10 AP points, so I felt good, because I had BSed that thing

[technicolour]

I was like that for a lot of middle and elementary, and then I got to high school and died. My reading level has actually gone down a lot, too. At least my speed and comprehension. Now I'm fairly dumb. I'm failing my second favorite class (history)

THOSE ARE THE TWO CLASSES IM FAILING!

I'm only failing history cause I didn't know if I needed to write a whole essay on a "short answer" question. Seriously. And it was on a test. And..i was too stupid to ask.

nfudska;bfdafndsa

AP Points?

[sadolakced acid]

ahh, AR.

said i was college level in 6th grade.

wtf, i said.

i only started reading in like 1st grade... and i went from one line picture books to chapter books in a year.

[*tweeak*]

Wow, this is so wierd!

I got a 68 (or 78...) on a test because I'd spent the weekend studying precal which I thought was more important because I'm worse at it, and then I failed the pop quiz that was supposed to help our grades because I got a day behind on taking my notes. dskhkhsedkthjlik. He hasn't graded any essays yet. Those might help me...

Yeah, I hate how every teacher requires different things for different types of questions. I have essay and multiple choice tests separately now, since it's preparation for AP

Because I'm taking AP language and US history, I get 10 points added onto my grade in those classes

Justin, I think I was 12+ in 6th grade too. I started reading early though. Not like my sister who's in second and can't read worth shit

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This IS starting to creep me out a bit.

Holy crap. I spent the night before my history test studying for my geometry...

oh.my.gosh.

I'm officially freaked out.

I got a 63...

[me1issaaaa]

BOX CAR CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gee golly wiz, I forgot all about them. Oooohhhhh. I miss the second grade. My teacher would read to us. ]: FUDGEpop @&%$*!.
I want to reeeeeaaaaaaad those again. This is making me super hyper. Ahh, sweet reminiscing. (Is that a word? Oh, screw it. You know what I mean.)

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^ lol isn't this thread great?

I'm procastinating...

I really need to read for history. So i dont fail another test..

But still. BOXCAR CHILDREN!

Im proud to say that I own the whole set. Bought them as a kid, and never regreted it.

I love...oh..I think it's called Mystery ranch? Ah it's purple.

[*tweeak*]

HOLY SHIT!

this is getting to be one freaky connection. I'm trying to study for a history test too!!

I never bought the Boxcar Children books, and sadly my sisters have no taste and never read them. Or anything good, for that matter. They really are stupid.

I don't remember what I got on that precal test, I'm thinking 62

[sadolakced acid]

well i'm doing my physics lab.

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HOLY SHIT!

this is getting to be one freaky connection. I'm trying to study for a history test too!!

I never bought the Boxcar Children books, and sadly my sisters have no taste and never read them. Or anything good, for that matter. They really are stupid.

I don't remember what I got on that precal test, I'm thinking 62

Oh. My. God. I'm SOO freaked out right now.

Psshh those books were awesome.

This is starting to scare me.

When the heck am i ever going to know about buddhism and hinduism? It's just...fidusanf;d


they're quite confusing.

[ no offense to anyone who is one of those religions. i'm an american and dont understand things..so..justcha letcha know ]

[*tweeak*]

well i'm doing my physics lab.

Oh hell, I have to finish one of those too. Physics was really easy thus far, but I don't know what's going on with these distance and velocity graph things. It seems like you're basically just plotting points and stating the obvious.

It really is scary !

What history are you taking? I was actually pretty good with religions and stuff last year in world, but now that I'm in American, everything is boring and I don't care. Plus, I like my oold teacher's teaching style better. If only I'd taken pre-IB and could have taken History of the Americas with him...

Hm, I haven't done my math homework yet either. I really don't understand why we have to take 6 week tests.

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Wait..you're in england right? what time is it there?

or..if i'm wrong..just ignore that.

But fidsafd..i just need to re-read the chapter..take some notes, memory notes, over it..and then..just...hope i dont forget it.

I'm missing prisonbreak too..damn..oh well im taping it.

[ANG33ZY]

I liked Goosebumps

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^ lmao thank you for the randomness.

[*tweeak*]

Nope, James (racoons > you) is in England. I'm in Georgia.

I need to reread 8 chapters...by Wednesday. Because, of course we can;t just test on the new stuff. Oh no, because it's a 6 week test it has to incluse the other 5 chapters as well So much bullshit. I want to go back to wooooooooorld history *whines*

I missed Arrested Development. I was going to record it, but then I figured I could just watch. Then I didn't remember it till half an hour too late, just like my friend's birthday party at the Cheesecake Factory this afternoon that I'm very annoyed I missed. I've never ridden in a limo before...Dammit

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CHEESECAKE!

Wow that stuff is great.

I thought you were in England too. oops.

but hfdiod;sanfd i hate homework. I am SO going to watch CSI: Miami..lie to my parents and say i read it..but really i'm just going to stay up and do it.
Besides. I can blame it on the coke.

God...i'm not really a bad kid..I just..wanna watch csi. Is that such a crime?

[ arrested development = hilarious. everytime they play this commercial talking about tom cruise, i crack up laughing. ]

[sadolakced acid]

Oh hell, I have to finish one of those too. Physics was really easy thus far, but I don't know what's going on with these distance and velocity graph things. It seems like you're basically just plotting points and stating the obvious.

It really is scary !

What history are you taking? I was actually pretty good with religions and stuff last year in world, but now that I'm in American, everything is boring and I don't care. Plus, I like my oold teacher's teaching style better. If only I'd taken pre-IB and could have taken History of the Americas with him...

Hm, I haven't done my math homework yet either. I really don't understand why we have to take 6 week tests.

well, i'm in Ap physics so this is a force lab and i have to calculate the acceleration of various masses on an air track...

yea...

not that much fun.

[*tweeak*]

We're not allowed to take AP physics till we take normal. Tis dumb. I wouldn't anyway, though.

I've never seen arrested development..I har it's funny though. My SNL fan friends love it because Amy Poehler's husband is in it

I've never been to the Cheescake Factory...or been in a limo before I'm so mad that I have such an awful memory

Eh, I've been online all day instead of studying. I never sleep.

I WANT TO FINISH CATCH-22!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sandy_lumpy_shor...]

Out of that list, Nancy Drew and Goosebumps. Some others were, Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club.

The babysitters club it the shit! lol Junnie B Jones. "My name is Junie B Jones. The B stands for beatrice but i dont like betrice. Just B thats all"

she was kinda annoying but its all good.

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Wow. History. Religions. That was a piece of cake.

[trying to make this topic more alive...]

Ok. I remembered one series..and i swear...this is going to make you laugh.

It was Hank the Cow Dog. I was such a dork.

But they were good...

[Aoiro]

Nancy Drew and the Boxcar children are the popular ones.
What about Hatchet?

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^ Hatchet? I haven't heard of those...

[Aoiro]

You have not heard the book, or the children reading the series in Elementary?
@______@;

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lemme repeat myself.

i' v e n e v e r h e a r d o f t h a t b o o k.

or the kids reading it in elementary..

[Aoiro]

Never ever, eh?
That's kind of odd.
But the book is about a boy who gets stranded in the woodland of Canada, trying to survive.
His only tool, a hatchet.
They have two sequels, but either way, the boy gets out of the woods.
:3

[technicolour]

and that's for elementary kids?

whoa..

interesting. seems a bit too realistic for an elementary book.

[Aoiro]

Well, I read it in Elementary.
Maybe the teachers give it to their class when their ready?
Or when they're mature enough for it.
xD

[sm0kinm0nky]

Animorphs was my favorite, I watched all the shows on Nick until it ended - i have 10 books at home.

I read Goosebumps and watched it on tv.


Hardy Boys =D.




Dang Nick, FoxKids used to be really good -_-.

[silver-rain]

Nancy Drew and the Boxcar children are the popular ones.
What about Hatchet?

I've heard of it, but it never really appealed to me.

[sadolakced acid]

hatchet by gary paulsen.

required reading.

doens't count as a series in my book, but sure.

[*salcha*]

I loved the Boxcar Children back then, I haven't stopped reading them until the summer of fifth grade.

Oh, and the Nancy Drew series, but I was too young to understand the book at points.

[*incoherent*]

i used to read the box car children and goosebumps.
now, i despise reading and never do my book reports.

[*tweeak*]

Wow. History. Religions. That was a piece of cake.

[trying to make this topic more alive...]

Ok. I remembered one series..and i swear...this is going to make you laugh.

It was Hank the Cow Dog. I was such a dork.

But they were good...

my history test was decent. it was AP tyle, so the answers were hard to figure out than the actually answers to the questions...if that makes sense

Nancy Drew and the Boxcar children are the popular ones.
What about Hatchet?

I f**king HATED THAT BOOK! we read it in 4th or 5th grade. Ugh. It was the first book I ever truly despised.

and that's for elementary kids?

whoa..

interesting. seems a bit too realistic for an elementary book.

It was pretty poorly written. And I wasn't frightened or whatnot. I'd read worse by that point

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But i still can't believe that was a book for little elementary kids. eh whateverrrr.

  i used to read the box car children and goosebumps.
now, i despise reading and never do my book reports.

Ha ha same. I used to love to read, and now...i just hate it. Partly because all the books we have to read are retarded beyond belief.

[*tweeak*]

Not nearly as bad as it sounds.

While I don't enjoy reading mow as much as I used to, I certainly just don't hate it. I just want my attention span back. And to read some decent books for class, also. The only one I liked last Year was The Great Gatsby

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Ugh we just had to read boring books. There wasn't anything special about them

Sure, To Kill A Mockingbird influenced the times and all..but..now days? It's just..slightly boring.

And then..we had to read some book called Deathwatch? Yeah..majorly retarded there too.

and uhm..

The Oddessy, sp?, by homer. AKA as The Oddity by my dad. That was just...stupid.

Great classics...but boring as hell.

[*tweeak*]

A lot of people loved TKMB, and I think I should have loved it, but it was the first book I ever had to annotate, so all the highlighting made it tedious

We read an abridged Odyssey freshman year in class. i was already familiar with it, so I read my own book during class instead

A Gathering of Old Men that year was awful

we had to read Huck Finn last year, which sucked. I didn't like it the first time we had to read if in 7th grade (we had to write an 8 page essay on it in 7th grade too, which I thought was the longest thing ever. And, to be honest, I don't think I've written anyhing that long since, and I'm a junior now.

[emazing]

Goosebumps and the Boxcar Children. [I read the whole series in second grade. :3]

[technicolour]

Boxcar children. -sigh- those were good.

But...we have to read huck finn, king arthur, the crucible..and other books throughout of high school life.


gag me.

[*mipadi*]

Boxcar children. -sigh- those were good.

But...we have to read huck finn, king arthur, the crucible..and other books throughout of high school life.
gag me.

Hey, The Crucible is a really good play.

[*tweeak*]

But the Crucible is awesome! Especially if you read it in class with an interesting teacher who reads as Proctor. A hot Abigail helps as well.

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Oops.

Well.

I've never read it. I was just naming the books i know we're going to be reading.

I saw the movie and the movie was alright, so, i suppose the book is going to be alright.


-shrug-

[*tweeak*]

We had to skip parts of the movie..I think. If we even watched it. I don't remember. Yes, yes we did. I'm getting it mixed up with Scarlet Letter- I'm not sure if he ever let us watch that one at all. I HATED that book. It had absolutely no point.

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^ THATS THE OTHER BOOK!

roar.

It didn't seem interesting the first time i picked it up...

well yeah..our teacher had to edit the movie a bit..apparently freshmen can't handle nudity well.

[*tweeak*]

We read it sophomore year, and could have handled it just fine, but he does more than enough things that could get him fired as it is, without showing movies with that stuff. Great teacher, but he often taught through perversion...kind of. I loved that teacher, even if he was an impossibly hard grader. I'm going to have him again next year, at least. See, I knew I took this 2 year IB thing for a reason.

Scarlet Letter was terrible. I couldn't keep enough of an interest to read it. I thought it was supposed to be about the affair, not the lack of anything at all interesting after the baby was born

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lmao..

question. How old are you? I'm a sophmore..so..i'mjust getting there. but are you a senior? junior?


ugh. I had one teacher who was a bit perverted. Of course, it might have just been shakesphere though. God, i can never spell his name.

Blah.

Right now we're reading a separate peace. Boring as hell.

[sadolakced acid]

ahhh i hated that book.

they're all gay in that.

BLEH.

[*tweeak*]

I'm a junior...but I took the junior class during my sophomore year

I actually liked A Separate Peace. We read that freshman year, but I'd read it in 8th for AR. No one else liked it

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well..i'm only on chapter 7 so..it's kinda boring now..but I'm hoping that it'll get better.


the book seems a bit gay..like the characters..but whatever. they were weird back then i suppose.

[*tweeak*]

Oh, it doesn't get better. And they don't get less gay. I don't know. I often like books everyone else hates. Like Jane Eyre in 7th grade. I was literally the only person who liked that. Even the girl who suggested it hated it. I liked it, though.

No one but me liked Watership Down in 8th grade, either. They still make fun of it. But then, that teacher was retarded

[HappyHeart]

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar was so funny. And I think that's it. I never really liked reading when I was younger.

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Oh, it doesn't get better. And they don't get less gay. I don't know. I often like books everyone else hates. Like Jane Eyre in 7th grade. I was literally the only person who liked that. Even the girl who suggested it hated it. I liked it, though.

No one but me liked Watership Down in 8th grade, either. They still make fun of it. But then, that teacher was retarded

I LOVE JANE EYRE!

lol. I liked it.

Never read watership down though...

[sadolakced acid]

ewwww jane eyre.

bah.

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Ah..you're a guy.

[*tweeak*]

Yeah, James despised Jane Eyre. I'm glad someone else liked it, though! The only other person I know who did is my mom, and it's her favorite book next to Gone With the Wind (I read that in 8th grade. Got me a shitload of AR points, since my mom has basically been telling me to love it since I was born)

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^ Lmao. I tried watching the movie..but I fell asleep. Didn't help that it was late though.

But i really liked that book; Jane eyre.

I'm trying to think of other books but it's becoming a bit hard...

[shortiiex]

The Rainbow Fish
i have read nancy drew sometimes, goosebumps...today it's all about the Fear Street,i have read a lot of mystery books with the kid detective

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The Rainbow Fish
i have read nancy drew sometimes, goosebumps...today it's all about the Fear Street,i have read a lot of mystery books with the kid detective

OMG RAINBOW FISH!

I loved that book. Actually books..i think there were two..

[*jooleeah*]

Amelia Bedelia, Goosebumps, The Babysitters Club (I remember hating them, though...I read them anyway), Harry Potter (Haha. I'm stil obsessed), Half Magic, meh...I don't remember the rest.

OOH YEAH. if you give a moose a muffin hahah. or something like that

[lilaznbabii93]

i liked nancy drew, babysitters club, n encyclopedia brown

[angelrevelation]

the bailey school or something it was like 'cupid doesn't flip hamburgers' and things like that.

i also liked stuff by tamora pierce

[*not_your_average*]

Junie B. Jones was t3h awesome. I didn't really care for The Babysitters Club or Nancy Drew.
I was obsessed with the Dear America. I'd always check those out when I was in the library. I also liked the Arthur series when I was in 1st grade. Oh, and The Bernstein Bears were cool too.
WAYSIDE!
Oooh, The Rainbow Fish was cool, too.
The Bailey Schoolkids! I loved those. And I liked Amelia Bedelia, too. All that stuff. And Clifford. And other stuff.

[*jooleeah*]

HOLY SHIT JUNIE B. JONES!!!

[*tweeak*]

I never read Junie B. Jones. My sisters like them. They make me cringe. Don't write books for impressionable small children that bad grammar is ok!!

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I never read Junie B. Jones. My sisters like them. They make me cringe. Don't write books for impressionable small children that bad grammar is ok!!

YES!!! Such horrible grammar.

[*tweeak*]

my mom finally got so sick of listening to my complaining and corrections that she started refusing to read them to them out loud

[technicolour]

lmao that's great!

[*tweeak*]

And yet she won't force them to stop watching Spongebob

[b0st0ngrl]

I really liked those Magic Tree House books..Haha, where they go into their tree house and somehow they go back in time to some important event.
Yup, those were cool.

[technicolour]

lmao..it was his voice that really got to me.
Grammar, yes, but that damn voice.