Comments on: Childhood books

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:33:16 +0000

I loved Trixie Belden books so much I practically knew them by heart. I wanted to BE Trixie Belden. I also loved a lot of the books that came from the Scholastic weekly reader that we could order from at school. A few that come to mind are “A Horse of Her Own”, “Mystery on Shadow Pond” and “Mystery on Nine Mile Marsh”.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:43:01 +0000

I loved to read as a child, still do, but sadly have no memory of ever having been read to. I remember a day when I rode my bicycle to the library (it was about 1 mile from home), checked out my limit of books (5), hurried home to read them and then pedaled back to get more. The librarian wouldn’t let me check out any more books as I had already checked out my limit for that day. I was one sad (and mad) little girl!
The books I dearly loved were “Black Beauty”, “Anne of Green Gables”, “Heidi” and everything Nancy Drew!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:41:04 +0000

Well, since you read many of those stories to your children, some of the ones you mentioned above are my favorites as well. I read every single Beverly Cleary book, and I have vivid memories of reading “Dear Mr. Henshaw” aloud to Grandma Sooter. Other than that, I loved, loved, loved- “Among the Dolls” by William Sleator and “Behind the Attic Walls” by Sylvia Cassidy, both of which are kind of chilling for youth fiction.