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90s Flashback - Books

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Books I loved and enjoyed in the 90s, even if they came from earlier decades. Mostly children's books because I was a child. 😄
 
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A fun thing to do at recess when it's too hot to run around.
Cat's Cradle Klutz Activity Kit
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These were awesome and I wish something like this existed for adults. You could see all the new books coming out, the most popular books, and (best of all) there was usually one or two books you could get for just $.99!
The Scholastic Book Flyers
 
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This sews up into a really cute fabric book I had!
Teacher's Pet ABC/Numbers/Shapes Cotton Fabric Book Panel
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I looooved Little Critter books!
Vintage 1983 All By Myself Little Critters SC Book
 
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Loved this series!
Vintage, 1996, Disney, Aladdin, and The King Of Thieves, Hard Back, Children’s, Book, Retro, Childhood, Secret Santa, Stocking Filler, Gift
 
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Who could forget the Babysitter's Club?
BABYSITTERS CLUB Choose Titles Build a Book Lot Ann M Martin Regular Series 80s or 90s cover 1-70
 
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I LOVED this series. I probably read at least the first 100 of them.
LITTLE SISTER Babysitter's Club - CHOOSE Your Title - by Ann M. Martin
 
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These books are still great for younger readers.
Junie B Jones Books ~ Barbara Park ~ 4 Paperback Chapter Books 2001/2002
 
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Apparently they just brought this program back!
Book It Button Enamel Pin - 90s Nostalgia Pizza Hut Lover - Fun Collectible - 1 Inch Book It Hard Enamel and Metal Badge
 
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So many Minnie and Mickey things in this animation style (love, probably for nostalgia reasons) and paper dolls!
Minnie n Me Deluxe Paper Doll 1990
 
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These were also super popular!
Dear America Book Series: Historical Fiction Diary - YOUR CHOICE of Title
 
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My aunt got me this book and a matching doll. I had the book with this cover.
Anne of Green Gables
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Sesame Street books were great too!
1997 Oh, I am so embarrassed? A Growing Up Book By Anna Dickson
 
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The Super Specials were the best!
SUPER SPECIALS BSC Build a Book Lot Choose Titles Babysitters Club by Ann M Martin Chapter Books
 
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This is from way before the 90s, but I had a copy just like this growing up. (My Mom had it in her classroom when she was a teacher, and then we read it as kids.)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
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More Mercer Mayer/Little Critter books!
Vintage Little Critter Books // Sold Individually // Mercer Mayer
 
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I loved this book as a kid! I probably requested it to be read to me too many times 😂
Golden Friendly Book One Red Shoe (The Other One's Blue!) HC Rare
 
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Another one from earlier, but my Mom read this aloud to us in the 90s.
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White 1970 HC/DJ Book Club Ed. Edward Frascino
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Another earlier one, but we read this in school!
How to Eat Fried Worms | by Thomas Rockwell | 1975 | Paperback
 
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Another Dear America book
A Journey to the New World: Diary of Patience Whipple
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The first book I remember reading by myself 😊
Richard Scarry's Farmer Patrick Pig Easy Reader
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This book was fascinating. Although I never did get around to doing any of the experiments.
MY FIRST BATTERIES & MAGNETS BOOK
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I had this book, another one I loved as a kiddo.
Gyo Fujikawa Baby Board Books
 
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I had this Mickey Mouse book too.
Disney Mickey Mouse and Dumbo Golden Shape Books
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We read this in kindergarten. And for a coloring project, got to use glitter glue for the silver buttons down her back. 😄
Miss Mary Mack
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This was great when I got older and moved from having Little Critter books read to me, to being able to read them myself.
Little Critter's Read-it-Yourself Storybook!
 
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These were/are the best!
I Spy: Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible Day
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A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf)
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A classic
The Rainbow Fish
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A fun counting book.
Dinner at the Panda Palace: Funny Counting Story
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I pretty much had this perpetually checked out of the library.
Mary Wore Her Red Dress & Henry His Green Sneakers
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A Dragon in a Wagon (Magic Castle Readers)
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I loved these! A lot of adventure but still age-appropriate.
Vintage 1993 Disney's Aladdin Six New Adventures Hardcover 6 Book Box Set
 
First Edition, Third Printing of Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli- 1991 Newbery Medal Winner
 
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I could NEVER get these to work but they were everywhere!
Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World
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I even dressed up as Samantha one year for Halloween!
American Girl Samantha Book Set // Vintage Pleasant Company First Edition
 
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This book was so fun! It's a bunch of random stories, from fairy tales to Disney stories to non-fiction about animals.
1991 Walt Disney Storyland Book
 
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I got these in an Easter basket one year.
Madeline Books by Ludwig Bemelmans Vintage Choose Title
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The book that got my generation to love chapter books.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
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No elephants allowed :(
But No Elephants (Once upon a Time, 2)
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The best waiting room reading, back before smart phones. :D
Lot of 13 Highlights Magazines 90s Classroom Library Center Activities