I used to believe that photos of people in magazines or books, if they were looking straight at you from the photo; then they could REALLY see you and everything you were doing. It still creeps me out to this day, a little.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- When I was 8, I made a plan to become rich by selling cups and magazines from my house.— Kevin
- i used to believe when someone died their image on photo's would disappear— beryl's girl
- i used to believe alaska was an island because of the way they put it on our booksAnon
- When I was a little I thought TV was full of tiny books and we would watch one every day— Amine
- There were no writers behind children's books--they just magically appeared at the library! Anon