The Ten Books That have stayed with you / Influenced You

[Diane]

Emma wrote: "...They are pickled onion flavoured corn snacks. "
Really? Who could ever dream up such a thing?

[Cathleen]

Declan wrote: "@Cathleen. Not once, in my entire life, have ever heard of a child playing Library. That is incredibly cute. I'd love to see any child playing like that, personally."

And I wondered why my older brothers wouldn't play with me! :)

[Donna]

We also lived in Scotland when I was a child for several years. My father was stationed at Holy Loch and we lived in Dunoon. The library there was a pink castle on a hill that overlooked the sea and there was a statue of Highland Mary waiting for Robbie Burns to return to her. As I recall, I was the only child who ever used that library and the librarians were very fond of me. I had my own adult card (which was also pink) and I still have it, almost thirty four years later.

[Jodell]

Donna that is such a cool story: I wonder if it is still there. The pink castle.

[Donna]

I do too, Jodell. Going back to Dunoon is on my bucket list so eventually I plan to find out.

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@Cathleen. That's terribly sad. You'd think they would have checked out a few books at least once a week.

@Donna. That would make a fabulous kids book.

[Diane]

Declan wrote: "@Donna. That would make a fabulous kids book."

Declan, I so agree with you. A story about a little girl going to a library in a pink castle would be wonderful.

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All it needs is s.omeone to write it

[Diane]

It's Donna's story.

[Donna]

Oh, I have no problem with someone else writing it. I can provide any details you might like for it. Yes, it would be a wonderful children's book, now that I think of it!

[J.]

I asked earlier about Granny's Wonderful Chair, so I broke down and consulted the Great Google. I discovered that it was written by Frances Browne, a 19th century Irish writer from county Donegal. She led an interesting life. She became blind in early childhood, and bribed her brothers to read to her. She published some poetry, but is best known for the Wonderful Chair, a series of stories based on a magical chair that tranported a little girl wherever she wished. I really enjoyed reading the book aloud to my kids, and they were enthralled with it.

[John]

D'you know since this thread started I've actually been racking my brain to remember more books from my childhood that I haven't thought of in years or added to Goodreads.

I think I read a bunch of Famous Five books, or maybe The Secret Seven. Or both.

Then there was Adrian Mole

And then a lot of Horror... in my teenage years. I suppose.

But there seem to be huge gaps. I wonder what I'm forgetting. Surely there were a few other really memorable childhood books like Adrian Mole that I'm somehow forgetting?

Various Google searches haven't given me a single book. Maybe I did go straight from Enid Blyton and Sue Towsend to Clive Barker and Stephen King, hmmm.

Answers on a postcard.

[Paul]

Its great that its made us think anyway .

[Jodell]

John wrote: "D'you know since this thread started I've actually been racking my brain to remember more books from my childhood that I haven't thought of in years or added to Goodreads.

I think I read a bunch o..."John Ive done that to. I cant even possibly begin to remember all the books I read and when and then there were times I would read one book a day then Id go for months without reading. I barley remember all the children's books I did read.