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Jul

20

More childhood reading

Filed under: Books & Authors, TV/Movies — Tori @ 12:22 pm
 

So, last night I watched National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Inconsistent hypocrite that I am, I thought it was great fun despite the questionable history and geographical issues. *g*

Tonight, I’ll be watching and/or recording In Plain Sight, Foyle’s War and Greensburg.

I’ve been thinking about other books I enjoyed when I was a kid. I loved to read, so it’s a long list. So, in addition to the ones mentioned yesterday, the ones I remember best are

    The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
    The Doctor Doolittle series by Hugh Lofting
    The Mary Poppins series by P. L. Travers
    The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
    The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
    The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming (yes, the same man who brought us James Bond!!!)
    The Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon
    The Kay Tracey series by Frances K. Judd
    The Bobbsey Twins series by Laura Lee Hope
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton
    The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley
    Misty of Chincoteague (who actually existed!) by Marguerite Henry
    The Oz series by L. Frank Baum
    The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
    A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
    Steel Magic by Andre Norton
    Seven Spells to Sunday by Andre Norton
    Mystery of the Witches’ Bridge by Barbee Oliver Carleton
    The Mysterious Shrinking House by Jane Louise Curry
    The Three Investigators series by various authors
    Clarence the TV Dog by Patricia Lauber
    Clarence Goes to Town by Patricia Lauber
    Phyllis Whitney’s YA books

I always made the Scholastic Book Services people very happy when I was a kid. :rofl:

Reading: Last night I read Elementary, My Dear Watkins by Mindy Starns Clark. Tonight I’ll be starting Goodbye, Ms. Chips by Dorothy Cannell.

6 Comments

  1. I loved Scholastic Book Service. We always had to get one of their books.

    I also remembers some of the books on your list and I thought of Madeline and Babar.

    Comment by Dru — July 20, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

  2. And I thought I was a reader when I was young! *G* Ahhh, fond memories of the Scholastic Books. Some of your titles are familair and others not so much, I skipped alot of kids series for some reason and was reading Agathat Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when I was in 4th, 5th and 6th grades. But, A Wrinkle in Time……I still remember that book and bought Daughter a copy a few years ago.

    Have an enjoyable evening!

    Comment by Brandy — July 20, 2008 @ 5:10 pm

  3. Duh, *head smack*, AGATHA Christie. Jeez!

    Comment by Brandy — July 20, 2008 @ 5:11 pm

  4. Scholastic book club! I’d forgotten about that. They made a fortune off me. I was into Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Trixie Belden books. Oh, I’d forgotten about the Misty book! I keep thinking I’m going to track down some of these books and reread them…

    Comment by Kacey — July 21, 2008 @ 7:13 am

  5. I loved the Phantom Tollbooth. Such a fun play on words! :whoo:

    Comment by Michelle Willingham — July 21, 2008 @ 10:33 am

  6. I read a few of these. I was more into non-fiction when I was a kid. When I hit 12 I went straight to Rosemary Rogers and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss.

    Comment by Rene — July 21, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

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