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gerund
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Children's Books
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May 7 06:56 UTC 1994 |
This item is for the discussion of favorite "Children's" books.
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gerund
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response 1 of 30:
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May 7 07:13 UTC 1994 |
My favorite books at about age twelve or thirteen were by Natalie Babbitt.
She is probably best known for her book, _Tuck Everlasting_.
That book left a strong impression on me that shaped how I to this day
think about death and dying.
Other books which she wrote, and that have been ingrained into me are:
_The Eyes of the Amaryllis_
A wonderful story about the power of love.
It's also a story about the sea, but not so much.
A book I still come back to.
_Goody Hall_
A kind of 'mystery' story that'll leave you guessing right up to the end.
It also has Hercules Feltwright, who might have been my favorite
childhood character ever. Who else could misquote Shakespeare so well:
"To thine own self renew, and it must follow,
as the knight the doe, thou canst not then
befall to any man."
Definitely a favorite.
_Knee-Knock Rise_
A story about the need to have something to believe in.
I remember getting this book from the library and reading it straight through
in one setting. I thought that was quite an accomplishment at thirteen.
What memories of favorite childhood books do you have?
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davel
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response 2 of 30:
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May 7 12:29 UTC 1994 |
If I really get started I could spend hours entering a list here. So I'll
mention one batch (this counts as an entry in the "unexpected pleasure" item
one, too): all but a couple I've read by Eloise Jarvis McGraw are really
outstanding. They're for older kids (most of my favorites are, at that).
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anne
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response 3 of 30:
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May 7 22:53 UTC 1994 |
for some reason one of my favorite children's books is _Harold and the Purple
Crayon_ . I think it is because he uses his imagination- that's the whole
story. I just really love that book. Of course when I was little my
favorite's were Curious George! I loved him.
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gerund
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response 4 of 30:
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May 7 23:38 UTC 1994 |
Curious George! I'd forgotten all about him! shame on me!
I wonder if I can still get those books?
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anne
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response 5 of 30:
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May 8 01:15 UTC 1994 |
Oh yeah, try Barnes and noble in AA- I know they have him tehre!!!!
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alfee
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response 6 of 30:
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May 14 01:57 UTC 1994 |
One of my all-time favorites was Katherine Paterson's "The Bridge to
Terabithia." It's a wonderful book about children and relationships
and the true nature of death--random and inexplicable, but one of life's
greatest teachings. It certainly helped my philosophies of death along
at a young age. Has anyone else read it??
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kami
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response 7 of 30:
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May 17 18:56 UTC 1994 |
I just read it. I cried.
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gerund
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response 8 of 30:
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May 17 20:19 UTC 1994 |
A tear jerker? Hmm.... maybe I should.... Nah....Not now....
Maybe later.
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sun
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response 9 of 30:
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May 17 21:45 UTC 1994 |
I read that in 6th grade. I cried so hard!!! That book and "Where the Red
Fern Grows" <sun sobs>
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alfee
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response 10 of 30:
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May 18 01:45 UTC 1994 |
Oh, I had almost forgotten about "Where The Red Fern Grows!" I remember,
I think I read them about the same time and they are both SO SAD :(::::
<sniff>
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sun
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response 11 of 30:
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May 18 13:08 UTC 1994 |
I KNOW!!! :~(
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grimace
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response 12 of 30:
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May 26 20:26 UTC 1994 |
How about the Frog and Toad books? I remember loving them as a kid,
along with Babar and the Frances series- the hedgehog that eats
Chompo bars on her sister's birthday...
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sun
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response 13 of 30:
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May 27 02:35 UTC 1994 |
Anne and I went to Barnes and Nobel, and we looked at the Frog and Toad books
and we remembered fondly....I was looing for a book in my mother's collection
(she was a children's lbrarian, and has a Master's in Children's Literature)
and saw "Bedtime for Frances" and I read it...it was SO COOL!
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jeannie
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response 14 of 30:
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Jul 30 16:25 UTC 1994 |
Try reading this year's Newberry award winnder "The Giveer" by Lois Lowry.
It's a fabulous book....much more meaning for adults than for children. She
also wrote another award winner, "Number the Stars"
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angie
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response 15 of 30:
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Aug 20 16:08 UTC 1994 |
I liked A Wrinkle in Time the best. It's one of my favorite books.
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brighn
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response 16 of 30:
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Aug 20 17:18 UTC 1994 |
Me too. I read it about ten times.
That and Brave New World (which is irrelevant to this item).
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arwen
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response 17 of 30:
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Aug 21 17:20 UTC 1994 |
Tesseract? Did you by any chance read "Many Waters"? A fourht in
the series and IMO, not nearly as good and waaaay to moralistic.
My favorite books were C.S.Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R.Tolkein
Lord of the Rings. Big surprise if you know where I got my
name from.
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brighn
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response 18 of 30:
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Aug 21 17:36 UTC 1994 |
I though Many Waters was fifth, but I might be wrong. Never read it.
Got possessed with the name in the bookstore, bought it, took it home
and read the back of the book, and freaked.
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arwen
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response 19 of 30:
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Aug 22 01:45 UTC 1994 |
You may be right bro...it might be fifth. Yep.....it uses the 2x4
method of morality. WHAM!
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davel
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response 20 of 30:
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Aug 22 10:57 UTC 1994 |
Then what was #4?
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arwen
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response 21 of 30:
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Aug 22 13:52 UTC 1994 |
Good question...anybody?
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nicely
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response 22 of 30:
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Dec 9 07:18 UTC 1994 |
I liked C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" especially THE LION
THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Also, any of L. Frank Baums's
Oz books...
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lilmo
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response 23 of 30:
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Sep 20 02:14 UTC 1995 |
The Harper Hall trilogy is a good intro for older kids to the world of Anne
McCaffrey's Pern.
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anne
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response 24 of 30:
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Sep 21 15:31 UTC 1995 |
I agree- I really liked those books, I think I was in seventh grade
when I read them for the first time (I read them over and over again...)
For me it kinda showed me that if I tried hard enough, and wanted
something enough- with a little luck it could happen... I mean it
happened to Menolly... (That's not the only place I got that idea
from, but it did help to re-inforce the notion at a time when I was
just entering the teen years and wasn't feeling very confident...)
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