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03-21-2004, 11:23 AM | #32 | |
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03-21-2004, 11:29 AM | #33 |
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I did the same thing. My aunt's family had a set of World Books, and when I'd get dumped off over there for a weekend with my cousins, and boredom set in, I was amused for endless hours reading them. It was like an analogue version of the Internet.
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Funny you should mention the Babysitter's Club, tho.. my daughter became obsessed with it recently (why I'm not sure), but she wanted to buy a couple of em and we could only find one at Border's. So we asked a clerk, and she said they didn't carry them... "it's all Mark Kate and Ashley and Lizzie McGuire now." |
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03-22-2004, 10:28 AM | #35 | |
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03-22-2004, 10:21 PM | #36 |
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Or here. [edit] I used to read this at my grandmother's house. There's another great one about a snow plow. But I can't seem to locate it at the moment. [/edit] Quzah. Last edited by quzah; 03-22-2004 at 10:25 PM. |
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03-23-2004, 09:44 AM | #39 |
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It's a picture book but it's not really aimed at kids:
When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs. It's utterly chilling, it's about nuclear war. This juxtoposition of this ordinary couple as all hell breaks loose. You have to read it to get what I mean.
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03-23-2004, 10:24 AM | #40 |
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I saw the animated presentation many years ago.
Very, very sad indeed.
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03-23-2004, 10:38 AM | #41 |
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I cannot believe that this thread's on the third page and nobody's mentioned The Phantom Tollbooth.
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03-23-2004, 11:27 AM | #43 | |
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03-23-2004, 11:42 AM | #44 | |
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How about the Hardy Boys, those are classics, I think I read them all during 2nd and 3rd grade. I remember loving Amelia Bedelia . Funny stuff
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03-23-2004, 12:02 PM | #45 |
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The computer lab that I work at happens to sit next to the children’s book section of our library. This thread brought back a lot of memories and I started browsing. I found a few books that I had forgotten about
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit All of Gary Paulson’s Books Beatrix Potter's Books (The Tale of Peter Rabbit etc.) Shiloh Johnny Tremain was a classic I remember reading for school Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , definitely a classic I think my all time favorite children’s books has to be The BFG by Robert Dahl, then again I liked all of his books, that that stands out as one I read about 4 times.
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