tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post3447275582366794353..comments2023-08-09T04:20:25.620-05:00Comments on NYC Book Girl: ProcrastinationAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978371169108528359noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-81523415684025558012008-10-16T13:09:00.000-05:002008-10-16T13:09:00.000-05:00wow--this is like taking a trip down memory lane. ...wow--this is like taking a trip down memory lane. I remember really liking My Side of the Mountain but I don't remember much about the follow-up. Like some of the others, I loved Mixed-Up Files as well! Thanks for the procrastination fun. :)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-74989092301370080802008-10-10T08:30:00.000-05:002008-10-10T08:30:00.000-05:00I was a big fan of the L'Engle books, especially "...I was a big fan of the L'Engle books, especially "A Wrinkle in Time". I drew a lot of tesseracts (or rather, their shadows) in my notebooks way back when. I can't remember how many times I read "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Last Unicorn", and "Watership Down" (not really children's books, I guess, except for "The Hobbit"). I also liked an obscure book called "The Hero from Otherwhere".The Oceanside Animalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894063884048051561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-85209578962859722782008-10-09T14:37:00.000-05:002008-10-09T14:37:00.000-05:00I read The Odyssey dozens of times as a kid. Also ...I read The Odyssey dozens of times as a kid. Also loved Don Quixote. Neither is a typical YA book, but they are both completely fascinating for a child.<BR/>On the kiddie side, The Wizard of Oz and Perrault's fairytales were favorites. The Grimm Brothers were a bit too gory for my taste.<BR/>I am with Andi: never read any of the books you listed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-86915047337750705982008-10-09T10:50:00.000-05:002008-10-09T10:50:00.000-05:00"From the Mixed-Up Files..." was one of my very fa..."From the Mixed-Up Files..." was one of my very favorite books when I was younger. Our library had an audio tape version, with a great narrator, and I listened to it many times. It wasn't until college when I took a Kid's Lit course that I actually *read* the book for myself, instead of listening to the wonderful audio version. <BR/><BR/>I also read and loved the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. <BR/><BR/>I loved all of Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary's books as well. <BR/><BR/>The "Anastasia Books" by Lois Lowry were also particular favorites....oh and the Sideways Story books by Louis Sachar. <BR/><BR/>I read so many wonderful books when I was younger, and I still have a passion for Kid's literature today. I still own my copies of all of these books, and revisit them often. <BR/><BR/>There's also a number of children's books that I never read when I was young, but read and loved as an adult. Those include The Phantom Tollbooth and A Wrinkle in Time, and a number of Newbery Winner/Honor books. (My goal is to someday have read all the Newbery Winners.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-13293821742471382142008-10-08T16:59:00.000-05:002008-10-08T16:59:00.000-05:00I have a shocking admission: I've never read ANY o...I have a shocking admission: I've never read ANY of the children's books you listed!<BR/><BR/>I don't know how I missed out on them either. Especially with a specialty in children's/ya lit when I got my MA. Who knows!Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-46955732918590021252008-10-08T14:58:00.000-05:002008-10-08T14:58:00.000-05:00I forgot how much I loved Indian in the Cupboard! ...I forgot how much I loved Indian in the Cupboard! <BR/>PS - is that Clay Aiken on the cover of the first book? I feel that it is.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939250412823477518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-62112395350327770352008-10-08T14:29:00.000-05:002008-10-08T14:29:00.000-05:00Love all those books!!! I can't wait to hear wher...Love all those books!!! I can't wait to hear where you're going this weekend and I'm excited for your book tour!!!a real librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124377786730247794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-19522042234183575332008-10-08T13:55:00.000-05:002008-10-08T13:55:00.000-05:00When i was little my dad used to read me Heidi (Yo...When i was little my dad used to read me Heidi (Yohanna Spyri)and Pipi Longstocking and Emil of Lonneberga (Astrid Lindgren)... I still love the magical, happy atmosphere of this world!Plamena Markova-Kolevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672285282562210790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-5680357076581084272008-10-08T13:29:00.000-05:002008-10-08T13:29:00.000-05:00I LOVED Island of the Blue Dolphins too!And do you...I LOVED Island of the Blue Dolphins too!<BR/><BR/>And do you think Mrs. Basil would be interesting to my son? He loves history and museums, but it is a "girly" book?Heather J. @ TLC Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474181812740579350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-60313363631075245952008-10-08T12:58:00.000-05:002008-10-08T12:58:00.000-05:00I haven't read the last one, and liked but didn't ...I haven't read the last one, and liked but didn't love the Lynne Reid Banks books, but you basically already posted my list of childhood favorites! I'd add <I>The Phantom Tollbooth</I> by Norman Juster, <I>The Voyage of the Dawn Treader</I> by C. S. Lewis, <I>A Little Princess</I> by Francis Hodgson Burnett, and <I>A Swiftly Tilting Planet</I> by Madeleine L'EngleFyreflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10267651786697866292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345341059185062738.post-42375637342423025502008-10-08T12:51:00.000-05:002008-10-08T12:51:00.000-05:00Some of these were among my favorites growing up! ...Some of these were among my favorites growing up! I loved From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler, but I also loved A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver. Other favorites include The Egypt Game; Gone-Away Lake; and Catherine, Called Birdy.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108897586586146730noreply@blogger.com