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#576
May 30, 2024, 03:14 PM
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my grandma saved all of my mom's and uncles comic books from when they were kids, so i got to read little lulu and other comic books of their era. in addition to my mom's older nancy drew books.
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#577
May 30, 2024, 03:32 PM
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How beautiful is that!
What a gift. 
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#578
May 30, 2024, 03:40 PM
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I remember reading the name Aloysius in a Highlights for Children at the dentist's office and thinking htf do you pronounce that?! Altho i think i had heard the saint's name - i just wasnt putting the two together.
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| LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#579
May 30, 2024, 03:48 PM
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Wasn't there a Bobsey Twins series of books also? I can't remember if they were mystery solvers too or not. Did somebody already mention those?
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| atisketatasket, LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#580
May 30, 2024, 03:53 PM
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Werent they babies?
My favorite book for a while was The Latch Key Club kids, but ive never been able to refind it. Also of course Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy-Tib books. They restored the actual house in Minnesota. |
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#581
May 30, 2024, 04:10 PM
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I was into Beverly Cleary, too, though more the books for younger readers, like the Ramona Quimby ones. However, due to my emetophobia that started at a young age, I hid "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" under my bed because she gets sick in it. Now I'm curious about her books for teens--trying to recall whether I read any of them. |
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#582
May 30, 2024, 04:11 PM
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Yes, I remember those, too, though only read a few. |
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#583
May 30, 2024, 06:21 PM
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I forgot all about them!
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#584
May 30, 2024, 06:24 PM
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A book that really touched me that I remember was called "Mister God, This is Anna" by Fynn. I think it came out in the 1970's. I need to find that again, I have it somewhere in this house.
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| LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#585
May 30, 2024, 07:39 PM
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| unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#586
May 30, 2024, 07:45 PM
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I had Disney Grolier books that came in the post each month and my father would pay £14 for them. Also lots of Enid Blyton and an illustrated Grimme’s fairy tales.
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| unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#587
May 30, 2024, 08:43 PM
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My two most favorite books of all from when I was little-little (and I still have both of them today, raggedy bindings and all!) are Becky Ann Visits Storybook Land (by Alene Dalton), and I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew (Dr Seuss). Both given to me in 1965!
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#588
May 31, 2024, 02:47 AM
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I also loved the original Mary Poppins books. Mary P is nothing like the sugary Disney Mary Poppins. (Who I also enjoyed- but completely different character.) Another favorite series- The Boxcar Children. I was fascinated by them living on their own.
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#589
May 31, 2024, 02:07 PM
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My favorite book as a young child was Harriet The Spy-I thought it was so funny.
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#590
May 31, 2024, 04:30 PM
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Then the Happy Hollisters were five non-twin kids. My mother pointed out to me the similarities of the two series, especially the relegation of Mrs. Bobbsey and Mrs. Hollister to housewife roles while their husbands won the bread. Carolyn Keene was a series of ghostwriters, some of whom also wrote in the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, and Dana Girl series. Quote:
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#591
Jun 01, 2024, 07:54 AM
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What I mostly remember about the creepy mary poppins books was there was something about either mary poppins or some baker who snapped off their fingers and handed them to the children to eat - that was a bit out there for my preschool pedestrian sensibilities. I know the range of my age because of where we lived. We moved to a different state when I was 6 and it was before that.
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#592
Jun 01, 2024, 01:23 PM
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I must not have ever read the Mary Poppins books. Now I am interested.
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#593
Jun 01, 2024, 03:03 PM
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The Mary Poppins books are like Roald Dahl—really creepy if you bother to look hard enough.
Art, maybe you already know about this, but it has “Art” written all over it. Should be a free gift link. How a Self-Published Book, ‘The Shadow Work Journal,’ Became a Best Seller - The New York Times |
| LonesomeTonight, stopdog, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#594
Jun 01, 2024, 05:25 PM
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I thought the mp creepiness was right on the surface. I could handle the Roald Dahl creepiness a lot better - or maybe because I found RD a lot funnier than Travers was - I had no problem with them.
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#595
Jun 01, 2024, 05:38 PM
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Someone should do a Mary Poppins movie that’s the equivalent of the Johnny Depp Charlie. |
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#596
Jun 01, 2024, 05:41 PM
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I like the Depp version better than the Wilder version. I found Dahl so funny as a child that the creepiness was not the same to me. I laugh out loud at Dahl. I didn't really find Mary Poppins funny at all. I liked the disney version because I have always had a crush on Julie Andrews - even in 10 I was for her and not Bo Derek (and why anyone wants Dudley Moore is beyond me -but he is also funny).
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#597
Jun 01, 2024, 05:45 PM
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The opposite happened with Gregory Maguire and Wicked - that book made Frank Baum's version look completely sane (and it wasn't)
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#598
Jun 01, 2024, 08:01 PM
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I read this thread shortly before I went to sleep last night. I dreamt I was in a story similar to The Westing Game.
Another favorite- I think I read it around the same time as Harriet the Spy, which may be why it came up in my dream.
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#599
Jun 01, 2024, 08:02 PM
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I honestly didn’t know about the Mary Poppins books but based off comments here-I’d rather just not explore them and keep the feel good Disney movie with Julie Andrews in my head.
I need something to watch either on Hulu or Netflix tonight. I’m bored. If anyone has any recommendations let me know. Preferably something light hearted. |
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#600
Jun 01, 2024, 08:08 PM
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Oh, I loved the Westing Game! |
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