But in the meantime, here are some of the books I can remember loving as a kid...
Sometimes on kids' birthdays the parents would rent the projector from the library and show this one! Along with Bad Bad Leroy Brown...
Other library faves...
My dad was the great reciter for this one:
From my mum--for my blossoming feminism:
Monkeys drumming
Drumming on drums!
Loved. Animals.
Marmaduke was my fave comic.
Monkeys!
Animals!
And to the tiger in the zoo
Madeline said: Poo poo!
From the Serendipity series of books, that all had a little moral. I think my mum bought them.
Had some books on record, this was one.
A classic.
Had a book of Ukrainian folk tales from a grade 1 teacher, including Baba Yaga.
Actually I think I read a few of the originals in early junior high. Can't remember if someone read this to me as a child. So good.
Record of A Christmas Carol recited by Ronald Colman.
LOVED
LOVED
LOVED these books!
LOVED
LOVED these books!
My dad bought me these and we'd read them together. I still have them.
Still have the Father Christmas books my dad bought me too. So funny too!
My brother got a magazine subscription (Owl maybe?) and I was jealous, and remember my mother saying next year when you're old enough you'll get one too. And this was it! I loved it.
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I remember some of these. My favorite was a collection of stories my parents got for me. Some of the stories I'd never heard of before and some were old stand bys but with a twist. It had Ashputtle rather than Cinderella. There were stories from all different cultures, it was awesome.
I'd forgotten about it until you started me thinking about books I loved as a child.
Nice to see the books that made you. I was familiar with almost all of them.
Ahhh - the joys of editing/rewriting.
Those books look like fun. I'm always impressed with folk who have that much memorabilia from their childhood, and memories as well.
FASCINATING how seeing some of those covers again after almost 40 years evoked strong EMOTIONS.
Wow.
I feel a little unsettled now.
@Simone - I know what you mean. Once in awhile working at Chapters I'd suddenly come across a book I'd forgotten about, and it would evoke a physical reaction in me.
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