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Can you find a page that has Berenstein Bears on it? *
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Posted by meanjeans
on February 25, 2021, 13:58:00, in reply to "
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:18:06
Can you find a page that has Berenstein Bears on it? *
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meanjeans
February 25, 2021, 13:58:00
Berenstain*
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CoronaTheirAss
February 25, 2021, 15:02:16
It is annoying how they changed their last name somewhere after my childhood
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jayd
February 25, 2021, 15:07:13
I can't imagine how anyone could be so sure about 1 letter from something so long ago.
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Warrin'_Illini
February 25, 2021, 15:28:53
For me it's probably due to my mother
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jayd
February 25, 2021, 15:48:52
It seriously is proof that we live in a simulation*
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CoronaTheirAss
February 25, 2021, 15:08:03
Does anyone remember a book about a HS basketball player who transfers into a school?
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tvillini
February 25, 2021, 13:17:05
only sports books i read were the matt christopher ones*
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suburbanmyth
February 25, 2021, 13:41:44
Teen Wolf?
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IlliniSax05
February 25, 2021, 13:27:03
the main character, Marty McFly, already attended that high school *
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illiniranger
February 25, 2021, 13:38:17
but was that before or after he went back in time?
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IlliniSax05
February 25, 2021, 13:47:00
Fvck im old,
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TarheelIllini
February 25, 2021, 12:37:45
#41 = TWSS*
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ATL
February 25, 2021, 12:31:26
What did y'all read as a kid?
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Sammich
February 25, 2021, 12:30:56
Animorphs*
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illini21
February 25, 2021, 16:06:31
i was not a good reader as a kid (you could say not as and adult.) i read too many choose your own
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torinese
February 25, 2021, 15:44:28
Every Conan book I could find
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bbonb
February 25, 2021, 15:26:45
(no subject)
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:19:57
Great Brain, Taran Wanderer, collections of Peanuts, B.C., Wizard of ID
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:16:56
i had most of the garfield collection, up through like 20-something, i think
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 15:34:08
A few that i remember from my grade school days
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Gene Parmesan
February 25, 2021, 15:10:06
The only ones I really remember wanting and having a lot of were Goosebumps*
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jayd
February 25, 2021, 15:06:20
Big stash o nudie mags. *
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haighter
February 25, 2021, 14:43:41
Yeah but what about 1st and 2nd grade?*
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:44:21
The Three Investigators *
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Throwsize
February 25, 2021, 14:35:33
Maniac ####ing Magee was the best book ever, read that around 100 times*
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reggiedunlop
February 25, 2021, 13:58:57
Maniac maniac he's so cool. Maniac maniac don't go school..."
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 14:02:19
I also remember a bunch of classics that were an easy read style. Cannot think of what they actually
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harb
February 25, 2021, 13:58:57
The Westing Game. God I love that book*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 13:53:36
good call*
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:07:32
Mark Twain*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 13:48:31
They Call Me Assassin - by Jack Tatum when I was probably 9 or 10
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Jersey
February 25, 2021, 13:46:12
My dad had that and I read it also at some point.*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 13:47:54
dickens, matt christopher sports books, cowboy adventures*
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suburbanmyth
February 25, 2021, 13:42:34
boxcar children, encyclopedia brown, choose your own adventures and then i think matt christopher*
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lcubed
February 25, 2021, 13:40:28
Choose Your Own Adventure*
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EffinIllini
February 25, 2021, 13:38:37
And I think I'm the only GenX kid alive who never read Beverly Cleary*
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Jackie
February 25, 2021, 13:36:40
Whatever was around
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Jackie
February 25, 2021, 13:34:03
My dad's clinic had like two dozen magazine subscriptions. I ready every one...
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 13:37:37
Was it Lowly Worm? Busytown all day!
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LWillhite
February 25, 2021, 15:55:31
I had fun at my grandparents' houses reading whatever they had around, too
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Jackie
February 25, 2021, 13:41:41
Pretty much everything in your post and anything else I could get my hands on*
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Taz
February 25, 2021, 13:13:41
Hardy Boys. I remember reading every one that they had at the library. *
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harb
February 25, 2021, 13:09:29
Card catalogues were great. Dewey decimal system*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 13:15:26
Besides those mentioned below, the plant that ate dirty socks series*
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CoronaTheirAss
February 25, 2021, 13:06:25
i'm taking "as a kid" to mean early elementary so i'll say beverly cleary is the only thing that
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 12:53:57
I didn't get into sci fi until the grand admiral thrawn trilogy*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 13:16:10
as big of a star wars fan as i was/am, i have actually never read many of the books
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 13:23:14
the only ones I read as a kid were the Heir to the Empire series and Tales of the Bounty Hunters
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IlliniSax05
February 25, 2021, 13:39:33
shadows of the empire was the only one i read
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 13:25:07
The black caldron was awesome*
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GhostofPokeyStixPast
February 25, 2021, 13:13:29
reading those to my daughter now, so fun*
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:22:22
other than Narnia, I never read fantasy novels until my mid-20s*
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Sammich
February 25, 2021, 13:12:45
How could I forget Narnia?! Jeebus.*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 13:13:28
lol same*
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 13:15:24
Yeah, Blume and Lloyd Alexander should be on my list, also.*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 13:04:29
How to Eat Fried Worms*
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Sounder
February 25, 2021, 13:03:42
jack london, too*
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 13:02:55
nothing. don't think I read book until, like, the sixth grade*
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gvibes
February 25, 2021, 12:53:17
I LOVED these little penguin classics.
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:48:45
I remember other random books with that size—flip the pages to see a cartoon drawn on the corner*
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DT
February 25, 2021, 15:44:02
Hell yeah! Definitely read some Twain*
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Jackie
February 25, 2021, 13:35:08
this reminds me that I also read a shit-ton of Norse and Greek mythology
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Sammich
February 25, 2021, 13:11:23
All of our 1st and 2nd grade readers had Greek myths throughout
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memyselfandillini
February 25, 2021, 15:25:56
i used to check out the same greek mythology book from the school library probably three times a
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 13:24:08
Hardy Boys. Original ERB Tarzan series. Comics. Henry Reed, Inc....
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 12:37:15
oh, forgot encyclopedia brown. good one.*
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biclops
February 25, 2021, 12:56:33
Redwall. Mouse & motorcycle*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:31:38
oh yes. also, all the Roald Dahl books
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 12:36:36
oh, indeed. Blume, Cleary, Mercer Mayer*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:44:55
did you read the Tripod books?
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 12:55:38
growing up I probably had 50 boxcar children books
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IlliniSax05
February 25, 2021, 12:20:52
That's all I've been reading with my kids the last 6 months or so.*
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HamptonSki
February 25, 2021, 12:52:10
okay, maybe i missed more than one*
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torinese
February 25, 2021, 12:32:04
I was huge into encyclopedia brown & 3 investigators*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:28:43
Encyclopedia Brown and Hardy Boys.*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 12:34:13
jupiter jones for life*
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suburbanmyth
February 25, 2021, 12:31:14
i was into Encyclopedia Brown as well
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IlliniSax05
February 25, 2021, 12:31:05
I pretty much only had Boxcar Children and Matt Christopher books*
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OB25
February 25, 2021, 12:26:07
Catcher with the glass arm was robbed of a Pulitzer*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:27:29
Same is true for The Year Mom Won The Pennant*
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OB25
February 25, 2021, 12:30:41
Fox Steals Home #1*
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 12:35:29
pretty sure i read all the boxcar children save one*
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torinese
February 25, 2021, 12:20:34
nobody likes a quitter*
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bbonb
February 25, 2021, 15:16:10
Man, I loved those flyers. Didn't get to order a lot, but once in a while.*
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Tuscy
February 25, 2021, 12:19:56
My kids just got theirs yesterday. They look exactly the same, which I love*
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gvibes
February 25, 2021, 12:27:07
When I open my bar, the menus will look just like this*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:28:00
i wish to work at this bar*
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 12:37:08
you're hired*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:41:39
I probably averaged getting 5 books per month*
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longsnapper
February 25, 2021, 12:26:31
#### yeah, gotta populate my house with ALL the garfield books*
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assassin
February 25, 2021, 12:19:20
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