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It's D.E.A.R. day in honor of Beverly Cleary's birthday! I remember the Ramona books fondly, and I'm a little sad that I never could get LilGirl interested in them, but she was much more into the Magic Tree House books and books about dragons. Maybe I should have convinced her Picky-picky was really a tiny dragon?
What were your favorite books as a kid?
Treasure Island made a lasting impression. In Michigan as a youth, I longed for non-motor sailing the great lakes. Even in my 75th year, Long John Silver's fish and chips are an emotional as well as physical joy.
ReplyDeleteU-Boat was the first book I read in which the hero died. I cried for a German who had been the enemy of my nation. I realized he was fictional, but realized universal humanity. Later, I read All Quiet on the Western Front, and solidified my perspective on war and humanity.
ReplyDeleteTreasure Island is a book I've always meant to read and haven't for some reason. And I have no excuse, because I've had one copy or another lying around for as long as I can remember. I even have a copy on my Kindle. I just need to sit down and finally read it, I guess.
ReplyDeleteTwo favorites come to mind. 1. Queen Esther. a novelized version of the autobiography of the famous biblical queen who stood up to the King to save her people. Loved that even as a sixth grader. Book two was Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott. I must have reread that book 12 times. It's the first book I ever purchased for myself with my own money. I still have it, and I can see now that my hubby is the living model of the hero in that book. It affected me much more than I realized.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what didn't I like to read when I was a kid...Swiss Family Robinson instead of Treasure Island, the Little House books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, plenty of Louisa May Alcott, including An Old Fashioned Girl, lol. I also read a series called Wonder Books, I think, that were non fiction, and covered subjects from horses to coins to magnetism. And Nancy Drew. I loved ND. Ned was around enough to provide muscle when she needed it, but she, Bess & George solved most of their own problems.
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