Sideways Stories at Wayside School

Strange, but true: when I was about 8 one of my favorite books was Peg Bracken's The I Hate to Cook Book. This accurately presaged future interests in 1) cooking, 2) feminism and 3) sarcasm.

Sample quote: "This book is for those of us who want to fold our big dishwater hands around a dry Martini instead of a wet flounder, come the end of a long day."