Favorite books from my childhood
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I am going to date myself. Most of what I read as a CHILD, was fairy tales, old books of my parents, including short stories and poetry. I guess we would call them classics, and I no longer remember the names, let alone which edition. I would grab anything to read under the night light in the bathroom. My parents took my flashlight away early on! My parents did not get books for kids. Bless my teachers who read many of these books out loud at school. It opened whole new adventures for me. The majority of the books on this list I read to and with my children. I started acquiring children's books in my twenties, and LOVE THEM still.
MY BOOK HOUSE, especially the first three volumes.WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE Why? Because it was there.
Re Black Beauty, the first one listed is the full length version. The second one is abridged for younger readers. That's why they can't be combined.
Thom wrote: "Hansel and Gretel
The Little Engine That Could"
Oh, Hansel and Gretel......BIG fav of mine. Also, the Big Bad Wolf? is that the title? I did a painting of that one in college. Oh, its Little Red Riding Hood.
Lobstergirl wrote: "Re Black Beauty, the first one listed is the full length version. The second one is abridged for younger readers. That's why they can't be combined."
OH! wonder which one I read? duh....
Thom wrote: "MY BOOK HOUSE, especially the first three volumes.
WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE Why? Because it was there."
Good Answer. I hear that's why people climb Mt Everest!
Carol wrote: "Thom wrote: "MY BOOK HOUSE, especially the first three volumes.WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE Why? Because it was there."
Good Answer. I hear that's why people climb Mt Everest!
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We also had bound volumes of Woman's Day magazine in our house because my Dad was an exec with the A&P, I don't remember being fascinated by those.
THE STORY OF MANKIND: inside front cover where "Man" gets less hairy, more upright as he treads back and forth up this incline. Stared at it for hours. Hours.
THE STORY OF MANKIND: inside front cover where "Man" gets less hairy, more upright as he treads back and forth up this incline. Stared at it for hours. Hours.
Why did it fascinate you so???? My sister and I were mesmerized by our childcraft books and colored in them and cut them up....sigh!
Don't know, maybe the ape-to-man thing. I remember a Sunday cartoon feature called "Denny Dimwit" with a main character who smiled a lot, had a good heart and his head came to a point. The premise of most weekly stories was he could see the nakedness of Emperors or come up with answers which were the right ones even as he misunderstood the questions. Denny Dimwit. Pinhead. 1949, thereabouts. Imagine !
Bill O'Reilly calls people pinheads but I haven't heard Denny Dimwit. There is probably a club of Dimwits who would want equal rights for Dimwits.
There is at Bowling Green an archive of Popular Culture which will have all Denny Dimwit cartoons, I'm sure. They ran in all the major Sunday cartoon sections of major papers.
Thom wrote: "Add bound volumes, I guess if you can find them, of Terry and the Pirates, and Gasoline Alley."
Made an attempt on Gasoline Allery but
it doesn't appear to be the right one.
Does anyone remember a book called The Pink Dress.
This book really got me started reading. I wish I
knew the author or if it is still our there. Anyone
know?
Wow Carol that is the book. I looked it up on Amazon and the starting price is $450.00. I loved that book. It really changed my life when it comes to reading. Thanks
Carla wrote: "Since when is Jane Eyre a children's book?"
The list is favorite books "from my childhood." A lot of people read adult books during childhood.
Lobstergirl wrote: "Carla wrote: "Since when is Jane Eyre a children's book?"
The list is favorite books "from my childhood." A lot of people read adult books during childhood."
I certainly did and have read many children's books as an adult. For instance my sister sent me a boxed set of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe which I had never seen as a child.
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