tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post8367618714152368411..comments2024-03-28T08:07:44.804-06:00Comments on She Who Seeks: Favourite Childhood BooksDebra She Who Seekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-70691428621461362062019-03-04T13:10:57.365-07:002019-03-04T13:10:57.365-07:00Little women. What Katy Did.
It's interesting...Little women. What Katy Did.<br /><br />It's interesting guessing the age of people who've commented by their choice of books.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-47945650822401629202019-03-04T04:49:10.719-07:002019-03-04T04:49:10.719-07:00I did not read the book Anne of green gable...I did not read the book Anne of green gables but when i was little i watched the t.v series and LOVED it !<br /><br /><br />my child hood was sunken in books most of them were borrowed by school library written by great writers of Urdu language <br /><br />fascinating stories of jack and Emmy and many others imported from western literature that i read frequently as i loved to be part of that fantasy world bailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498012175058870980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-48712919466057427072019-03-03T16:44:36.120-07:002019-03-03T16:44:36.120-07:00Oz was a favorite...Little Women and I saw the mov...Oz was a favorite...Little Women and I saw the movie about a thousand times....bj https://www.blogger.com/profile/09327534885194207074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-56914870136151142572019-03-03T16:15:27.796-07:002019-03-03T16:15:27.796-07:00If you exclude all my teenage discoveries, as most...If you exclude all my teenage discoveries, as most of my favourite books come from my teenage years, I would say probably The Lord of the Rings. Although I quite enjoyed Moby Dick and The Hound of the Baskervilles too.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-80572818054936583802019-03-03T10:43:02.857-07:002019-03-03T10:43:02.857-07:00The fact I haven't read any of these books mus...The fact I haven't read any of these books must make me an adult that doesn't think. Sigh. As a child I was too busy avoiding being hit. LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-11853527277449208232019-03-03T08:23:32.829-07:002019-03-03T08:23:32.829-07:00Oh yes, Heidi, Little Women, the Swiss Family Robi...Oh yes, Heidi, Little Women, the Swiss Family Robinson and any book about running off to join the circus (I knew that I'd be a natural on the trapeze).SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-90036628044688099572019-03-02T20:28:45.190-07:002019-03-02T20:28:45.190-07:00I love your list Deb! I remember going through sch...I love your list Deb! I remember going through school and we would get books to read. I think we had to pay for them? I forget what they were called, but I really loved reading them. Scholastic books? I loved Ann Of Green Gables too! I use to have a LARGE colouring book and I would colour by the hours in that book! Big Hugs!Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-80407852540539297532019-03-02T16:27:00.641-07:002019-03-02T16:27:00.641-07:00when I tell people what I read ..they don't be...when I tell people what I read ..they don't believe me..Gone with the wind, little women the black stallion series, Rhubarb and all the other books by H. Allan Smith, Ayn Rand(? I know..strange huh?)all books by Edgar Rice Burroughs especially the science fiction ones, Robert Rourke,Curly ..about Crazy Horse as a kid.Jack Paar , any and all books on Africa..any book on horses. Pretty much everything that I could put my hands on.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-42302467677978373232019-03-02T16:01:16.817-07:002019-03-02T16:01:16.817-07:00I was fortunate as a young child that I had an aun...I was fortunate as a young child that I had an aunt that read to me. My favorite was Ferdinand the Bull, and a fairy tell about dogs with eyes as big as saucers??? When I was old enough to read it was Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton and comic books. I was about age ten before I started reading for pleasure. <br />the Ol'Buzzard Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-42575189922125982262019-03-01T14:55:31.473-07:002019-03-01T14:55:31.473-07:00I read and loved all of the books and series you m...I read and loved all of the books and series you mentioned, Debra, with the exception of Pierre Berton's book. In all honesty, I have to add that I read "The Little House on the Prairies" series as a third grade teacher and ditto for "Owls in the Family" which I read aloud to my classroom kiddos many of the years I taught. I'm sure I've mentioned to you before that L. M. Montgomery was a second cousin to my grandmother MacBeath who was a Stewart and a Pratt. "Anne of Green Gables" always sends memories of my Island childhood rippling through my mind. To your list I would add the Trixie Belden books, the Winnie the Pooh books, The Just So Stories, and the Dr. Seuss books. I know I've left some out. Many of the more recent books mentioned in the comments I came to love by reading them aloud to my second and third grade books. To those books I have to add the Bunnicula series and the Harry Potter Series, and anything by Chris Van Allsburg, Will Hobbs, and Byrd Baylor, and ... OMG ~ I don't think anyone mentioned "The Diary of Anne Frank," another favorite of mine when I was a child. All the classic fairy tales, nursery rhymes, "The Hobbit" and "LOTR." Okay I'll stop!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-77680447264946965122019-03-01T07:01:49.717-07:002019-03-01T07:01:49.717-07:00Heidi! LOL, sometimes I think I'm the only one...Heidi! LOL, sometimes I think I'm the only one who remembered it. A Little Princess was also one of my favorites. Yes, both were Shirley Temple movies, but I adored the books more than the movies. I also loved Anne of Green Gables. Equally spellbinding was the Chronicles of Narnia series (except for the last one - I didn't care too much for it), and A Wrinkle in Time. Books like Ramona the Pest, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing kept me laughing too. Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-9103974980109523702019-03-01T05:28:41.183-07:002019-03-01T05:28:41.183-07:00@ Old Lurker -- I'm afraid my 2019 reading mar...@ Old Lurker -- I'm afraid my 2019 reading marathon is more like a limping stumble so far. I have not finished even one book, although I do have two of them on the go at the moment. And one of them is friggin huge. I'm afraid it will turn into another Moby-Dick, which took me 6 years to read.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-70917579346713686822019-02-28T23:28:22.552-07:002019-02-28T23:28:22.552-07:00Sepia, dear -- not B&W.
One book that broke ...Sepia, dear -- not B&W. <br /><br />One book that broke my brain as a child was <i>The Pushcart War</i>, but I enjoyed a lot of trashy children's series: <i>The Three Investigators</i>, <i>The Great Brain</i>, many of the Oz books (there was a big series!), <i>Tom Swift</i>, and of course Enid Blyton. I was also a fan of Beverley Cleary -- in particular the <i>Ralph</i> books with his motorcycle, and I did not mind the <i>Narnia</i> books. Later in puberty I got into Isaac Asimov (who is still an amazing writer, although he has not aged well), Piers Anthony's <i>Xanth</i> series, the <i>Tarzan</i> books, and who knows what other embarrassing things. <br /><br />Speaking of which, how is your marathon to exceed last year's reading total going?<br /><br /> <br />Old Lurkerhttps://oldlurker974.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-29696949613557421312019-02-28T15:00:45.177-07:002019-02-28T15:00:45.177-07:00@ The Happy Whisk -- When I finally did see the mo...@ The Happy Whisk -- When I finally did see the movie of "The Wizard of Oz," I just LOVED it! I was particularly taken by how it was initially in B&W when Dorothy was in Kansas and then turned to colour in Oz. Plus I loved how the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and even the Wicked Witch were all based on people from her Kansas home (a detail not contained in the book). And of course the music -- every song a classic!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-49263715046281305362019-02-28T13:12:05.614-07:002019-02-28T13:12:05.614-07:00What did you think of Oz once you saw the movie? M...What did you think of Oz once you saw the movie? Mine was the other way about. I saw the movie so many times and then read the book later in life. <br /><br />Nancy Drew for me - Those yellow books and the blue Hardy Boys in the library always drew me in. The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-21717271050192459812019-02-28T09:34:04.242-07:002019-02-28T09:34:04.242-07:00Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Fac...Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Winnie the Pooh, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Rabbit Hill. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-45293782753706296262019-02-28T07:55:09.504-07:002019-02-28T07:55:09.504-07:00 Nancy Drew, and of Green Gables, the Hardy boys, ... Nancy Drew, and of Green Gables, the Hardy boys, Winnie the Pooh, Grim, Tom Sawyer, Edgar Allan Poe. Something happened to me I don’t read anymore! This N Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660035693962636210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-60040552151181024982019-02-28T07:37:58.590-07:002019-02-28T07:37:58.590-07:00Now I'm really reaching back - I had outgrown ...Now I'm really reaching back - I had outgrown the children's section of our local library by the time I was 8 or 9. Mrs Kennedy, the head librarian - I can see her now flame red hair, red glasses (very avant garde for the time)- let me look at the adult section and take "selected" books from it but I had to get a letter from my parents saying it was okay. If it was about the theatre or opera then I read it - not once but twice/three/four times. <br /><br />But here's a bit of a list in no particular order:<br /><br />1. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare - my sister-in-law gave me that one when I was six or seven.<br />2. Milton Cross's Stories from the Great Operas - boy did my sister-in-law recognize a budding opera queen even at the age of eight. I still have it.<br />3. Little Men - hmmm no comment<br />4. Toby Tyler - a circus story - I loved the circus<br />5. The Illiad - not sure if I liked the book or the illustrations the most.<br />6. The Three Musketeers - I thought Lady de Winter was cool.<br />7. Anna and the King of Siam - only because it was the basis of The King and I<br />8. The Burns Mantle Best Plays Annual - boy I waited for that one to show up on the library shelf each year. Mrs Kennedy gave me first dibs on it.<br /><br />Looking at the list it does appear fairly one-sided but we are going back sixty odd years ago. I'm sure there are many others I've totally forgotten.<br /><br />As for the Lucy Maud stuff - I didn't read those books until I was moving here to the Island. I now realize that they are more than children's books. They are pointed, and at times very critical, stories of a particular time, society, and place. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-77981058345341724232019-02-28T06:35:28.473-07:002019-02-28T06:35:28.473-07:00
I loved the Little House on the Prairie series, ...<br /> I loved the Little House on the Prairie series, the Ann of Green Gables books, Blueberries for Sal, the Misty of Chincoteague books by Marguerite Henry, Judy Blum Books, and I am an avid reader as an adult - wide spectrum of reads. <br /><br />Karen thisoldhouse2.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302171590212119499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-81831725392901079702019-02-28T06:09:46.621-07:002019-02-28T06:09:46.621-07:00I used to read Little House on the Prarie too. Sam...I used to read Little House on the Prarie too. Same with the Hardy Boys..and Nancy Drew. My favorites were anything from Judy Blum. As I got older, I loved Go Ask Alice and When Rabbit Howls. You know what? I'm going to look for When Rabbit Howls now. That was such a great book.<br /><br /><a href="https://helpingpartnersofsexaddictsheal.org/" rel="nofollow">Elsie </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-8644521795766775442019-02-28T06:02:02.428-07:002019-02-28T06:02:02.428-07:00I didn't have access to many children's bo...I didn't have access to many children's book while growing up, other than textbooks. So, I grew up reading books meant for adults *cough* and a lot of mythology. The first children's book I ever read was <i>The Little Prince</i>, and I read it as a teenager. I still love it. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-2375589865876333252019-02-28T03:34:14.434-07:002019-02-28T03:34:14.434-07:00Alas, I never had any faves for children's boo...Alas, I never had any faves for children's books because once I'd learned to read (and read with comprehension), I skipped right to the adult books. To be honest, in my day, children's books weren't very challenging to read. Today, they are, but then, I found them to be vapid and condescending.G.B. Millerhttps://ctsgbmjr2019.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-80894899283655124392019-02-28T03:01:24.497-07:002019-02-28T03:01:24.497-07:00Saw a car bumper sticker last week:-
If you can r...Saw a car bumper sticker last week:-<br /><br />If you can read this,<br />thank a teacher :-)Ole Phat Stuhttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-28544240957219976122019-02-27T20:29:48.545-07:002019-02-27T20:29:48.545-07:00I love this. But it will take some thought. I'...I love this. But it will take some thought. I'll get back to you with my list but the first that comes to mind is ¨The Red Balloon.¨<br />Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-41726285337824567202019-02-27T20:09:45.589-07:002019-02-27T20:09:45.589-07:00Where do I start?! Oh yes, I was definitely a read...Where do I start?! Oh yes, I was definitely a reader. I couldn't get enough of books! Anne of Green Gables was definitely a favourite. Judy Blume was a beloved writer. And I really enjoyed Harriet the Spy. That was fun. Some others I enjoyed include Charlotte's Web, Huckleberry Finn...and on and on.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470947568183528236noreply@blogger.com