I couldn't remember any childhood books that had a deep impact on me until reading PF's comment...that sent me running down to the basement to check out my first ever All About Story Book, given to me by my aunt for Xmas before my 5th birthday...it contains all the usual kiddie stories, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Rabbit, etc...but the one story I remember going back to read over & over was the one about the tigers turning to butter...maybe because everybody had a big stack of pancakes at the end of the story
Another book I now remember was a very old copy of David Copperfield, given to me by my other aunt (who was really more like my surrogate grandmother)...at the time she gave it to me, it was really over my head, but it did instill that early appreciation for Dickens that has pretty much lasted a lifetime (so far)...

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