[Week 2] Filipino Friday: Kids and Books

Week 2 of the Filipino Friday meme is here!

What were your favorite books as a kid or while you were growing up? Do you still read children’s books? If you could give your younger self a book to read, what would it be?

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 My family isn't really the bookish type, so I didn't grow up surrounded by books. I took up reading as a personal choice and the earliest book I remember reading (that wasn't a textbook) was a Nancy Drew paperback. My older cousins who used to stay with us probably left their books in our shelves and when I was around 12 years old and curious, I found them and started to read. I've finished reading it after quite some time and that had a snowball effect on me---I enjoyed getting to the last page and finding out how the story ended that I found myself reading more and more.

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I remember our library back in grade school where we had these small, pocket-sized books on the classics. I loved the illustrations accompanying the story. Most of the time, I'd just look at the images and read the captions instead of the story itself. :P

Image from Best Buy Fiction

And who could forget the Ladybug books? I loved reading fairy tales and the illustrations are just lovely.

But if I were to give a book to my younger self, it would be these:

Image from The Book Chook

I loved watching the cartoon series of Where's Wally/Waldo, and I think I'd enjoy this book just for the pleasure of looking for the elusive Wally.

I think my younger self would be so amazed by the storytelling in the Harry Potter series and well, I really don't think there's much to say about this awesome book. I know I would absolutely love to read this and would most likely to get me to read at a younger age.

Looking back, I'd say I was a more visual reader when I was a kid. I guess that's why it took me a long time to finish that Nancy Drew book as it was just pure text, but nonetheless, I enjoyed remembering my childhood reads. I didn't even think to remember them until Kat mentioned Enid Blyton! :D

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Filipino Friday, is a weekly meme leading to the Filipino ReaderCon that encourages participation of the Filipino readers everywhere. The third Filipino ReaderCon will be on November 9 at the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University. The event celebrates readers and reading in the Philippines.