I think so
my dad used to read them to me, when he wasn't making up stories about Beowolf and such.

My grandfather was Sussex county librarian, and as such had a lot of wonderful early editions of books. His copy of the Just So Stories was the best smelling book I've ever encountered.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:09, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I didn't like people reading to me
but some of the books I read when I was little probably still shape my actions now.

My dad is an inveterate book buyer. They numbered in the thousands, and I accidentally ruined his first edition Hobbit. I also accidentally stole a first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:14, Reply)

it was when I was really young
I'd forgotten about it completely until fairly recently when I suddenly recalled that my dad was really good at making up stories to tell me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:17, Reply)

that's my role in the family
I told stories to get siblings to sleep. The other day my mother ordered me to tell her a story/read from a book to send her to sleep since my voice has soporific qualities
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:19, Reply)

I loved Just So stories
The Cat That Walked Alone was my favourite.

I also loved Aesop's fables, we had a really awesome teacher at primary school who used to tell us Aesop's fables at story time. She would also tell us Shakespeare stories, without reading them, in ways that we would understand, she was brilliant.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:19, Reply)

:(
I got exiled during story time
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:24, Reply)

did you wee on the mat?
there was always one kid who weed on the mat.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:36, Reply)

haha
I wasn't that bad. Just a know it all who hated inconsistencies
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:40, Reply)

I couldn't choose my favourite
The Crab that Played with the Sea or How the Elephant got his trunk possibly.

sounds like a great teacher :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:24, Reply)

I love how the rhino got his wrinkly skin
by eating the cake and getting all the crumbs everywhere.

She was a great teacher, I have no idea what happened to her. She was pretty old when I knew her so she's probably not around anymore.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:37, Reply)