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Originally posted by WillyWonka Hopefully, somebody here can help with the title of a children's book that scared the shit out of me as kid. If I actually learn the title of the book I may actual go buy it because it scared the fuck out of me as a kid. It was a book about a "monster in a closet" and no it's not the same characters from "Monster's Inc." the animated film.

I know the book you're talking about.

Can't say it scared me, but I know which one you're talking about.

Something about 'wild' and 'roam' or some shit.

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Originally posted by Jer. I know the book you're talking about. Can't say it scared me, but I know which one you're talking about. Something about 'wild' and 'roam' or some shit.

Don't tell me this book scared you...

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Originally posted by WillyWonka Hopefully, somebody here can help with the title of a children's book that scared the shit out of me as kid. If I actually learn the title of the book I may actual go buy it because it scared the fuck out of me as a kid. It was a book about a "monster in a closet" and no it's not the same characters from "Monster's Inc." the animated film.

I remember this book about monsters that used to leave me feeling pretty scared...but it's not about closets...



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As for my own fave books:

(I mentioned in Lisa-Loo's thread about books that this one would make a great movie and I saw a trailer in the summer about it COMING SOON!!! So obvious...)



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And one of my ABSOLUTE faves...WOW...

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Originally posted by Irishaddict Don't tell me this book scared you...

LOL!!! That's the first thing that came to mind, even before Jer posted!!!! LOL!!! But I was busy hacking my way for the other pics!

Thanks for your help guys...It's very possible "Where The Wild Things Are" is the name of the children's book that traumatized me as a little kid. The picture definitely looks familiar and I'm guessing this is the book that scared the crap out of me in junior kindergarten when I was 3 or 4 years old. LOL But, for some reason I remembered it was about a monster and had something to do with a closet??? Anyway, I'll have to visit the bookstore and flip through the book and see if this the correct book that gave me my first nightmares as a child.

Actually, I was a very strange little kid with unusual childhood fears. Honest to God, I remember the headhunters on "Gilligan's Island" used to scare the shit out of me when I was a toddler...LOL

***Just found the actual title of the book that scared me as a child...It was published in 1968 and is called "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer

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Last edited by WillyWonka on Sep-16-2005 at 09:39

Richard Scarry books........




"Mrs. Bunny turned on the television to little bunny's favorite program.
The little bunny turned the sound away up loud and nearly frightened his mother out of her wits.
Oh naughty bunny."

LOL!!! LUVED IT!!

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The Hardy Boys rocked!!.........and the Nancy Drew ones too.

"Shaun Cassidy" starred in the ABC TV series from 77/78



I also liked these books by Rudyard Kipling.......everyone knows the Jungle Book - but the Just So Stories - was pretty cool! - it explained how the camel got his hump and leopard his spots, how the alphabet was made etc.....



And these 2 classic stories most of us should know from school.....



Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - WIKKID STORY!!!!

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Originally posted by naesean3 Richard Scarry books........ "Mrs. Bunny turned on the television to little bunny's favorite program. The little bunny turned the sound away up loud and nearly frightened his mother out of her wits. Oh naughty bunny." LOL!!! LUVED IT!!

Same! My mom still has most of my Richard Scarry books....I think I read everyone a million times over.


I used to also love my Mother Goose Book of Nursery Rhymes








When I got older I loved The Babysitters Club

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Th Sweet Valley kids series and of course All the Rohl Dahl books

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I still have all of my kiddie books (I'm a book collector and can't wait for my kids to read the books I did... they're timeless!)

My parents, being very British, raised me on Enid Blyton Books that are still in reprint today, including the Twins at St. Clair, the Secret Seven Series, The Famous Five, the "Mystery" series and the "Adventure" Series (Ship, Island, Valley, Sea), and the Noddy books when I was really small (I had the pleasure of working on the North American version of the Noddy series at Access Post Audio - they basically revoiced the whole cartoon and "Americanized" the language) ... here's a link to a website with almost all of her books currently in print...

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a...Enid_Blyton.htm

I can't seem to post pics.... Sorry! If anyone else can from that website, that would be awesome!

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Last edited by muzzybear on Sep-16-2005 at 13:35

I Used to read this book all the time I loved it...so much so that the other weekend my mother and I started talking about it so I pulled out of the closet and we thumbed through it again for ol time sake. I encourage all to take a look through this great book. To read it would take no more than 10 mins but well worth it.

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