What book from your childhood had the biggest influence on you?

"Frog and Toad" when I was very young.

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The Giving Tree

Charlotte's Webb

I used to read books that weren't for kids.. For whatever reason and one that really stuck to me was a book called a brothers journey. A autobiography wrriten by a guy who experienced horrendous abuse as a kid.

One to add from me: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Loved that.

Influence? I mostly just liked to read, but I suppose Uncle Wiggily got that started and that was pretty important and then the first book that I actually found inspirational was A Wrinkle in Time. It’s a wild ride of imagination I have always been a little in awe of.

All those love stories. They lied to me, twisted my belief in what love should be.

“How to Tell Time”
(unfortunately, the underlying meaning seems to have been lost on a couple of my siblings) 😁

Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets:
I was going to do something irreversibly stupid when I found the book. I was the same age as Harry and here I found a kid who was going through the same sort of hell at school though under different circumstances. I read that thing cover to cover that day, and decided to find out how the story ended. Laugh if you like, Harry Potter saved me life.

Flowers in the attic

Anything by Enid Blyton

My teacher in grade 6 have me an memoir called "The Glass Castle". She gave it to me because she thought I could relate to it, since I came from a household that was abusive.

I used to love Wind in the Willows and still have a copy my mother had when she was little. occasionally read it now and its great

I only read "funny books" now referred to as Comics which I think of as comedians.

The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings basically turned me into a high fantasy geek for life.

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

50 miles on horse back by Major Bumsore.

“Adulthood for dummies.”

All of them

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag.