What was the first book you ever read?

[IronWing]

I'm sorry to hear that. That's what happens when you shop at the Franciscan thrift shop :^P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfpX0Tsmwg

 

[brianmanahan]

the downy duck

 

[lxskllr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfpX0Tsmwg

That's not so bad, but I like the drums better than the vocals. I always liked the north African/Arabic sound.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

the first i remember reading was cosmos

 

[Cerb]

Cat in the Hat

I don't remember, but that would be the most likely.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Earliest one I remember:

Actually, maybe one of these babies:

 

[pcgeek11]

Bullshit, you did not read The Hobbit in 1st grade and comprehend it.

You might have looked at the words.

Keep trying.

I agree with you, for once.

 

[pcgeek11]

It was my first chapter book. I had a grade 12 spelling level in grade 2. Sorry to disappoint you.

Nope not even close.

If you were that smart in the 2nd grade what happened? It must have been traumatic.

 

[John Connor]

Can't remember, but I can remember checking out UFO books at a very young age.

Little Golden Books maybe.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I was reading Dr. Seuss by the time I started school. I remember being vastly disappointed that half the words weren't real words.

 

[Bateluer]

I forget, but I'm pretty sure it was one of the Great Illustrated Classics series in the second or third grade. Robin Hood maybe?

Going to back some of the other posters here too, and call BS on the OP's claim to have 'read' The Hobbit in the First Grade. Unless it was an abridged, illustrated, children's edition. There's no way a first grade was reading The Hobbit at an age where most were reading The Cat in the Hat and The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar.

 

[Mai72]

When I have a kid I went him/her to read OT on ATOT!

 

[SsupernovaE]

First book comprehensible? The Cat in the Hat.

First serious book? Revelations in the original Greek. Yes I'm Greek and my father thought it was a good idea to put me in Koine Greek classes at the age of four. I was scared shitless and took all of the imagery literally. Thanks Dad for turning me into an atheist!

 

[smitbret]

It was 38 years ago and I was three. Beats me.

 

[Tr4nd]

Probably some books from Enid Blyton, famous five I guess

 

[wabbitslayer]

Not sure. First thing I ever read that really made an memorable impression on me that I really took to heart was Penthouse Forum,

 

[TeeJay1952]

Wind in the Willows
A Wrinkle in Time
The Spaceship under the Apple-tree
All got me started in my love of reading.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Roger's Upside Down Day, or What Luck a Duck at 3 y/o.

I got really into the Goosebumps series in kindergarten.

 

[KeithTalent]

No idea, probably some little kids book, but the first one I remember reading is Treasure Island.

KT

 

[dank69]

The Bear Baked a Cake

 

[jumpncrash]

the hatchet - Gary paulsen for ym first novel, book, I'm really not sure, I got into reading pretty young

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I don't know, but probably The Little Engine That Could.

Arguable, since I may have had the words memorized before I could actually process the letters. But I do remember being very bored in Kindergarten because I could more or less read already.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't remember, but I do recall having these kids books about a giant red dog called Bertrand. If it was not my first, it was probably one of my firsts.

Using the word "read" loosely here though, those books were mostly all pictures with like 1 sentence per page. Looking at that cover is so nostalgic.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I don't remember, but I do recall having these kids books about a giant red dog called Bertrand. If it was not my first, it was probably one of my firsts.

Using the word "read" loosely here though, those books were mostly all pictures with like 1 sentence per page. Looking at that cover is so nostalgic.

Ummm... why is Clifford named Bertrand?

 

[phucheneh]

Earliest thing I can remember reading on my own is Redwall. In like, 5th grade maybe?