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Books Jimmy Read as a Kid: A Personal Reminiscence by an Aging Baby-Boomer

An English Teacher and aging baby-boomer reflects on his own childhood reading and comes up with 75 remembered pleasures. The list is by no means complete, and is a reminiscence Of Books I read on my own from about age 6 to 12. School readers are omitted, as are magazines ( no Mad or Famous Monsters, unfortunately) and comic books (except for 10 representatives of Classics Illustrated Comics, from whence many a book report miraculously sprang just in the nick of time.) There is also a large number of books from the Landmark Books Series published by Random House; in the 50s and 60s they were the greatest things a bookish kid could wish for.
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20000 Leagues Under the Sea (Classics Illustrated)
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
1
Classics Illustrated
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
2
Americans Into Orbit (Gurney)
Americans Into Orbit
3
Gurney
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Dr. Seuss)
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
4
Dr. Seuss
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)
Andersen's Fairy Tales
5
Illustrated Junior Library
Banner in the Sky (James Ullman)
Banner in the Sky
6
James Ullman
Big Red
Big Red
7
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
8
Anna Sewell
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
9
Jack London
Captain Ghost (Bell)
Captain Ghost
10
Bell
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
11
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
12
Dr. Seuss
A Child's Garden of Verses (Stevenson)
A Child's Garden of Verses
13
Stevenson
The Crusades (Landmark Books)
The Crusades
14
Landmark Books
Custer's Last Stand (Reynolds)
Custer's Last Stand
15
Reynolds
The Egyptian Necklace (Palmer)
The Egyptian Necklace
16
Palmer
The Exploits of Xenophon (Landmark Books)
The Exploits of Xenophon
17
Landmark Books
The FBI (Reynolds)
The FBI
18
Reynolds
The First Men in the Moon (Classics Illustrated)
The First Men in the Moon
19
Classics Illustrated
Flying Saucers From Outer Space (Keyhoe)
Flying Saucers From Outer Space
20
Keyhoe
From the Earth to the Moon (Classics Illustrated)
From the Earth to the Moon
21
Classics Illustrated
Galactic Derelict (Andre Norton)
Galactic Derelict
22
Andre Norton
Genghis Khan (Lamb)
Genghis Khan
23
Lamb
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Green Eggs and Ham
24
Dr. Seuss
Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
25
Illustrated Junior Library
Guadalcanal Diary (Tregaskis)
Guadalcanal Diary
26
Tregaskis
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys
27
The High Crusade
The High Crusade
28
Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hatches the Egg
29
Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hears a Who!
30
Dr. Seuss
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
31
A.A.Milne
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
32
Dr. Seuss
The Iliad (Classics Illustrated)
The Iliad
33
Classics Illustrated
The Invisible Man (Classics Illustrated)
The Invisible Man
34
Classics Illustrated
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
35
Esther Forbes
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
King Arthur (Landmark Books)
King Arthur
37
Landmark Books
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Lanier)
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
38
Lanier
Lawrence of Arabia (Landmark Books)
Lawrence of Arabia
39
Landmark Books
The Lone Ranger (1956)
The Lone Ranger
40
1956
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