Submitted by Alain C

Beverly Cleary’s The Mouse and the Motorcycle captivated us as children, not only because it was about a talking mouse that rode a motorcycle, but also because of the spirit of adventure, humor, and morality that it exposed us to.

Submitted by S Campana

Squeezits were just a glorified juice box, but for some reason squeezing the juice into your mouth instead of sucking it through a straw made it that much more delicious. It’s probably because it was the sweetest, most non-healthy, funny colored kids beverage on the market at a time when most kids drinks were still mostly-natural juice drinks, except kool-aid and CapriSun. For whatever reason, they’ll always hold a nostalgic place in the memories of our childhood.

Submitted by m1k0t3

Open thread: Why do you love Corduroy?

Submitted by David W

Monkey Bars are an essential and epic part of childhood! Nevermind that it was just a couple of bars spaced just far enough apart that kids could swing from them, there was so much more to do on them! You could climb up on top and do Cherry drops, Double Unders, and more. Whole days could be wasted just swinging back and forth across them, followed by running up, down, around and through whatever structure usually accompanied the Monkey Bars.

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Submitted by Emma C

Are You My Mother was an epic childhood story and bedtime favorite. The baby bird travels all over and sees all kinds of cool thing before finally being deposited back in his nest where he is reunited with his mother.