The First Book You've Ever Read

[Virgilijus]

Today, out of nowhere, I remembered the first book I ever read; it was called The Story of Ferdinand and had a very distinct red cover with Ferdinand and white flowers around it:

The story was about a young bull named Ferdinand who only enjoyed sitting under a tree and smelling the flowers. He still enjoys it when he grows up, although by now he is a very large, muscular bull. One day, Ferdinand is accidentally stung by a bee while smelling a rose and begins bucking like crazy. Several men see him and decide he is perfect for them and take him away. The next thing Ferdinand knows he is in a bull ring and a matador is standing across from him. But instead of being the savage bull the men thought he was, he decides to sit down in the middle of the ring and sniff a flower growing out of a crack. The matador and people become upset and ship him back to the pasture where he sat under the tree, smelling the flowers, with out ever being bothered again.

I remember I was three and became so excited when I realized I had read it all by myself, I decided to wake up my Ma and Dad at some ungodly hour Saturday morning and tell them the news. Needless to say, they were both incredibly happy yet groggy.

So, do any of you guys remember the first book you ever read? Maybe just give a brief little summary or something of the like.

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

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My first book was "Hatchet" which is about a boy named Brian trying to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. He has to learn how to survive off the land and learns how to fish, hunt, and make fire. The hatchet he uses throughout the story was a gift from his mother (he was going to Canada to stay with his father for Summer; his parents were divorced). He undergoes several struggles including a fight with a moose and being thrown by a tornado. It was non-fiction.

He was saved in the end (obviously) and now has a series of books based on "What If" scenarios if he had not been rescued. Only "Hatchet" was a true story.

 

[Xsyven]

My older brother was an idiot in first grade, so my parents bought him Hooked On Phonics. To make him not feel ********, they said it was for me (I was in pre-k), and that he should help me with it.

So, I could read before Kindergarten... yes, hooked on phonics worked for me.


I can't really remember my first book, but my first novel was Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. I think it was written by Judy Bloom, or something... I can't really remember.

 

[pikachun00b7]

 

[The Mad Hatter]

^ sure it was.

Mine was Redwall by Brian Jacques.

 

[commonyoshi]

My first book was "Hatchet" which is about a boy named Brian trying to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash.

I read one of the "what if" books for summer reading. It was... ok.

I cant remember the title of the first book I read, but I remember what it was about. It's freakishly confusing and stupid.

Some kid who liked rocks found a red, magic pebble that made his wishes come true instantly. Then, one day as he was strolling along, he was met face to face with a lion. in America. He wished that he was a rock to avoid being eaten. Of course, once he became a rock he couln't hold on to his magic pebble to wish himself back to normal so he was stuck that way. (The lion left or died. Who cares.)

His parents searched for him for days and could not find him. Then they came upon the rock their son had turned into where they noticed the red pebble. They cried a bit about how their son would have loved the red pebble (remember: his son was a rock collector) then they placed it ontop of their son who was still in rock form. The son cried and wished he was human again. He became human. The end.

Needless to say, I did not enjoy the book. I though, "Wish for money, nincompoop!" Yeah, nincompoop was my word. ^_^

 

[Zink]

I remember that book! That kid was a ******!

 

[EEvisu]

Stuart Little

such a great read, movies sucked though V_V

 

[Virgilijus]

I cant remember the title of the first book I read, but I remember what it was about. It's freakishly confusing and stupid.

Some kid who liked rocks found a red, magic pebble that made his wishes come true instantly. Then, one day as he was strolling along, he was met face to face with a lion. in America. He wished that he was a rock to avoid being eaten. Of course, once he became a rock he couln't hold on to his magic pebble to wish himself back to normal so he was stuck that way. (The lion left or died. Who cares.)

His parents searched for him for days and could not find him. Then they came upon the rock their son had turned into where they noticed the red pebble. They cried a bit about how their son would have loved the red pebble (remember: his son was a rock collector) then they placed it ontop of their son who was still in rock form. The son cried and wished he was human again. He became human. The end.

Needless to say, I did not enjoy the book. I though, "Wish for money, nincompoop!" Yeah, nincompoop was my word. ^_^

Wow, that is quite a children's book. But when you compare it to some of Grimm's fairy tales, you can only imagine what young kids back then had to go through.

And EEvisu, I've actually never read Stuart Little, although I think I read The Secret of Nimh, which was about mice too, but then again I could just be making that up...

 

[KaoS]

Reading books? That's something I still need to try one of these days. Hope it's better while drunk...

 

[rabidbunny33]

First book I ever read was Goodnight Moon.

 

[Pit 42]

I think it was 'Three Ducks went Wondering" My favorite animal was a duck when I was a kid, so I loved reading this book. It was about this mom duck who let her kids go out wondering but they had to be back by dinner, so one duck says they should swim in the lake, and they're all apprehensive, but they do it and almost get eaten by fish because they're so small. The whole book follows the same pattern and eventually the three ducks find their way home in time for dinner.

(couldn't find an image, sorry.)

 

[Cupcakes]

Mine was either "Goodnight Moon", or "Where the Wild Things Are".

 

[pepito-cachistrope]

Wow.... i think it was one of those Dr. Seuss books... u know those taht teached u things with animals and cool stuff hahaha that's the one i remember as my firts.

 

[Cupcakes]

Oh yeah! I forgot Dr. Suess! It was probably one of his books, then.

 

[forkgirl]

aw, I LOVED Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing...

But my first book ever was "Bob and Judy" I was three years old when my dad was teaching me to read and i read it to him. It was one of those really easy "see spot run. run spot run" books...

 

[Tom]

possibly not the first book i ever read, but its the first book i remember reading aloud to my mom. totally awesome book btw

 

[LHG]

possibly not the first book i ever read, but its the first book i remember reading aloud to my mom. totally awesome book btw

Same case with me with:

 

[Vicious Delicious]

The Giving Tree. Simple yet great

 

[Justin]

Green Eggs and Ham. Hell, I even had my mom get some food coloring and make me some green eggs and ham after I read that book. I thought it was pretty neat..

 

[Revolutions]

I have no idea what my first book was. Neither does my mom, so I guess that is lost to the ages. I learned to read at a pretty young age, though.

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My first book was "Hatchet" which is about a boy named Brian trying to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. He has to learn how to survive off the land and learns how to fish, hunt, and make fire. The hatchet he uses throughout the story was a gift from his mother (he was going to Canada to stay with his father for Summer; his parents were divorced). He undergoes several struggles including a fight with a moose and being thrown by a tornado. It was non-fiction.

He was saved in the end (obviously) and now has a series of books based on "What If" scenarios if he had not been rescued. Only "Hatchet" was a true story.

Are you seriously saying that your first book was a novel for junior high-aged kids instead of a picture book?

 

[Peeze]

 

[Mrs. Bahamut]

Mine was Green Eggs and Ham. What a classic.

 

[Virgilijus]

I just now realized that I never had a Dr. Seuss book; the only ones I read were at school or the doctor's office

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

Are you seriously saying that your first book was a novel for junior high-aged kids instead of a picture book?

No. It was the first novel I read and to me, novels are more worthy of note than a children's book. To me, it was the first real book I ever read. Good too. I read the whole series. I also loved "The Indian in the Cupboard" series and "The Dark is Rising" series. You guys should check them out.

The first book I ever read was probably a children's book though I never really had any so I can't remember. I taught myself to read a lot faster than most kids as I was infatuated with writing at the age of six. If you count my failed first stories as books then the first book I ever read was "Scoles" which was supposed to be called "Skulls" but I didn't know how to spell that good.

I played a lot of video games at age four so I learned how to read by playing video games. Most of the games then didn't have voice overs so I had to read in order to progress.

 

[Matt]

I definitely remember a book from kindergarten called "Smarty Pants," I think, and it was about someone with really big pants who could pull anything out of them no wait I'm thinking of an All That sketch.

Okay, so I don't remember my first.

Probably a Ninja Turtle picture book? I don't remember much until my Goosebumps obsession.

 

[pikachun00b7]

First book I ever read was Goodnight Moon.

I am still trying to read that! To bad they used tough multifarious words.

 

[Virgilijus]

I definitely remember a book from kindergarten called "Smarty Pants," I think, and it was about someone with really big pants who could pull anything out of them no wait I'm thinking of an All That sketch.

Yeah, that was an All That sketch! Man, I had completely forgotten about that Talk about a blast from the past...

 

[tmw_redcell]

I had to google around for a bit to find the name. The first book I can remember reading was called Swimmy. One of the select few children's books that start with genocide! Siwmmy beocmes the only black fish left, and wants to be accepted by a school of goldfish, but they don't like him because he's black. But he knows that the deadly tuna fish that ate his entire school will be coming for them soon. So he tells them of his master plan to survive tuna encounters.

Then the tuna comes and they put it into action: The goldfish all swim in a formation that makes them look like one giant fish. But the tuna will never fall for that! It obviously doesn't have an eye so it's clearly just a stupid ruse--but wait! Swimmy is black, he can be the eye! And then the tuna swims away scared of the 'giant ****ing fish'. Then the goldfish school accepts Swimmy.

Thus proving that white people should keep black people around (at least one) so we can form an alliance against the event we know is all coming, The Asian Zerg Rush Against The West.

Also, about The Hatchet, I'm pretty sure there's an offical sequel written by the same guy, called Brain's Winter. I think I remember him going back there with an agent from the FBI or the US Army or something to teach them about survival. Err, maybe that was called The River, since I remember a big part of it being spent when the agent gets hurt somehow and Brain makes a raft to carry him downstream to safety. Brian's Winter is just him getting stuck somewhere again. I dunno. Swimmy was better.

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

Brian's Winter is a "what if" story. It belongs in the Hatchet series. Basically, it is a story about Brian if he wasn't rescued before Winter. You see, he was rescued before Winter came in The Hatchet so the sequel was about how he planned on surviving the Winter. In the end of that story, he was rescued by a family that lived in a log house after hearing one of them hunting.

The River is another "what if" story that belongs to the series. He and an agent go back into the wilderness so the agent can see first hand how he survived. They wanted to teach these survival techniques to the military. However, he gets cancer or struck by lightning or some other s*** and he has to make a raft and take him down a long river to a military base.

 

[Haruka's DNA]

The first book I ever read wasn't a novel.

 

[Pustulio]

Back when I was a young un I pulled out Green Eggs and Ham so I could read it on St. Patricks day, sure I needed some help with some words but, I did it at age 3. It was such a great moment I hugged everyone and ate my grandma's special homemade leprechuan bread and was so proud. I'm crying in joy of that vague memory.

 

[Mediocre]

That's one of the first I ever read, along with Goodnight Moon and some Dr. Suess books.

Caps for Sale was great. It was about this guy who was trying to sell caps, but monkeys stole the caps, and then other things happened. I don't remember it too well, honestly, but I know it was a good children's book.

Apparently, it was published in 1938, so it's pretty **** old. The fact that it's still being published today is probably a good indication that it's well done.

One day, the peddler sits down under a tree to take a nap, with all his wares still on his head. When he awakens, all the caps but his own are gone - stolen by a troop of monkeys, who now sit in the tree wearing them. The peddler orders them to return his caps, scolds them, and yells at them, while the monkeys only imitate him. The peddler finally throws down his own cap in disgust - upon which the monkeys throw theirs down as well, right at his feet. He stacks the caps back on his head and strolls back to town, calling, "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!"

 

[Virgilijus]

I remember that book! As a little kid I thought it was so cool that he could stack that many hates on his head and I got so upset when the monkeys stole them...stupid monkeys...

I just remembered another book I read when I was small; Tyrone the Terrible. It was about a little dinosaur named Boland who was picked on by another dinosaur named Tyrone. Tyrone kept on stealing Boland's sandwiches and everything Boland tried to do to get him to stop failed. At last, he put spicy peppers in his sandwich (which he loved) and when Tyrone ate it it burnt his mouth and he never stole from Boland again.

I couldn't find a picture of the cover, but it was a nice little story.

 

[TakDragon7]

I can't even think of the 1st book that I've read. I think it was the poky little puppy.

 

[Banks]

I read Shrimpy McDick: the Misadventures of a dirty mexican with a long ****.


good little golden book, imo.

 

[linkw00t]

Awww

The first book I ever remember reading was Corduroy.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/wokits_1938_112266086

 

[Mic_128]

I doubt it's my first one, but it's the first one I remember reading and liking a lot. It was basically about this magic tree found by 3 kids (who according to wiki have been renamed since, probably a good idea with Fanny at least)

Asside from the magical people living in the tree (Silky the fairy, Mrs Wishy-washy who's constantly washing clothes, Mooon Face, with a moon for a face, and more) every now-and-then, at the top of the tree, a new magic land appears, which the children can visit; but they have to leave before the land "moves on", or they could be stuck in that land when it is replaced by a new land at the top of the tree.

 

[Virgilijus]

For some reason I want to say I remember that book (the title especially), but I don't think I ever read it as a kid. It sounds like I would have liked it though.

 

[Tom]

I remember both of these books from when I was little, and now I remember that they both touched my heart. Books like those really shape a person, even when said person is just wittle bitty.