tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post6076176627614001389..comments2024-01-02T02:32:33.534-05:00Comments on The Magpie's Fancy: Princesses, Secrets, Poems, and PiratesGigi Thibodeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15326335927273800932noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-19100428633980090642009-07-23T02:56:27.494-04:002009-07-23T02:56:27.494-04:00I knew it! We are long-lost cousins. Fore me, bo...I knew it! We <i>are</i> long-lost cousins. Fore me, books have always equalled bliss. My parents gave me the same gifdts yours did, and now I pass them along to Sloane. In fact, as I write this, we're all curled up in the living room, doing our own reading. I think you'll like my recent post - a peek into another reading family. Anyway, I am intrigued by the class you teach. I have often dreamt of being an adjunct prof at a local university and teaching just that class. I'd also love to teach a young adult lit class aimed at would-be teachers. A big focus for me would be how to do book blessings and book commericals. Anyway, I could obviously talk to you about this for hours. <br /><br />I have so, so, so many favorites, but I will try to limit myself. Here are (just a few) of the books I adored as a child and still love. <br /><br /><i>The Lonely Doll</i> by Dare Wright<br /><i>All-of-a-Kind Family</i> series by Sydney Taylor<br /><i>Daddy Long Legs</i> by Jean Webster<br /><i>Trixie Belden </i> and Meg Mystery series<br />the <i>Babar</i> books - especially the ones with the cursive<br /><i>Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters</i><br />the rainbow fairy books by Andrew Lang<br />ANYTHING by Frances Hodgeson Burnett<br /><br />Well, there's a start.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-46392042740231562732009-07-20T09:47:25.197-04:002009-07-20T09:47:25.197-04:00I adored the Little House books!I adored the Little House books!BonBon Rose Girls Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699626979106427874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-47493613294791282022009-07-19T15:48:27.216-04:002009-07-19T15:48:27.216-04:00So many books to mention that I loved! I was a vo...So many books to mention that I loved! I was a voracious reader as a child...then discovered even more books when reading to my own children:)...Little Women and every book by Louisa May Alcott has to be at the top of the list, many Weekly Reader Book Club book selections like The Silver Sword and The Secret of Crossbone Hill and The Pink Hotel, the Trixie Belden series was a favorite, The Secret Garden, an old book titled The Haunted Hound...My mind is swirling with many more. <br /><br />My oldest daughter became a children's librarian and introduces me to still more children's books that I now read to my grandchildren:)GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-49383084176957082302009-07-17T22:24:33.644-04:002009-07-17T22:24:33.644-04:00m. heart: Oh, Trixie Belden! Those were so much f...m. heart: Oh, Trixie Belden! Those were so much fun. I think Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia books make for great grown-up re-reads, too.<br />DJA: I'd love to see your book collection. I collect books, too. The JM Barrie book is mine, but I don't own that copy of Secret Garden. Wish i did!<br />Tracy: Anne of Green Gables is a beautiful series!<br />Jonathan: I HAVE seen the trailer, and I'm waiting very impatiently for the opening, which is scheduled for a certain someone's birthday!!! Hooray!Gigi Thibodeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326335927273800932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-21354165017676994482009-07-17T12:47:20.929-04:002009-07-17T12:47:20.929-04:00Well, I have to say that Curious George and Where ...Well, I have to say that Curious George and Where the Wild Things Are did it for me when I was very small. Speaking of the latter, have you seen this movie trailer? <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOkQ4dYVaM<br /><br />What a risk! And it looks as though it could turn out to be a wonderful thing in its own right. I hope so.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657326965491389493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-51221772535281334592009-07-17T07:39:18.737-04:002009-07-17T07:39:18.737-04:00A magical, fun post, Gigi! I just love children...A magical, fun post, Gigi! I just love children's story books. Peter Rabbit & all of B. Potter's sweet tales are still great favorites. And everything my L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder too. Oh, and can't forget The Secret Garden! :o) Thanks so much for the birthday wishes for my hubby... We ate more than too much of that cake! ;o) Happy weekend ((HUGS))Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-61067763786626952992009-07-16T23:27:38.566-04:002009-07-16T23:27:38.566-04:00Great post, I'm a hugh collector and reader of...Great post, I'm a hugh collector and reader of books, just loved those two books pictured ... hmmm would like those.<br /><br />My dad used to read Rudyard Kipling to me, which I loved. My elder sister would read Flicka, Green Grass of Wyoming, Thunderhead to me (hmm I was a little spoilt i guess). I would read famous five a lot when I was quite young. I just loved mysteries and I still do! I just adored Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, grew up reading them and looking at those pictures which just stay with you. Anyway I'd better stop, could rave on for a while.xxxxdebra@dustjackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397055465607649038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-5364019838481353722009-07-16T22:27:03.419-04:002009-07-16T22:27:03.419-04:00Oh, great post! I've always wanted to work for...Oh, great post! I've always wanted to work for a children's (fiction) book publisher and have made many career choices based specifically on that goal. I like where I am now, but maybe someday...<br /><br />As for books I loved as a child, Peter Rabbit was one of my favorites and I still have my old copy, one of my prized possessions. Definitely the entire Little House series as well as all of the Black Stallion books and all of the Trixie Belden mystery books. And The Chronicles of Narnia, which I recently reread. Alice in Wonderland, Jacob Have I Loved, The Secret Garden...I even loved writing book reports all summer. <br /><br />And I love reading just as much now as I did then!Umāhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680155603317072829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-77778696833515161952009-07-16T22:05:09.541-04:002009-07-16T22:05:09.541-04:00Wow, Christina, that Golden Book of "Little B...Wow, Christina, that Golden Book of "Little Black Sambo" is a rare treasure, indeed, especially since your grandmother left it to you. How magical that you imagined yourself as the princess sleeping on a pea. A princess who wears Chucks, of course!<br />Marlowe, why am I not surprised that 9-year-old you would call up a relative of Laura Ingalls Wilder to chat about the books? This is why you rock my world.Gigi Thibodeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326335927273800932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-64008409880744120262009-07-16T20:44:45.845-04:002009-07-16T20:44:45.845-04:00Thank you for the question, Gigi! It sent me on a...Thank you for the question, Gigi! It sent me on a lovely trip into my reading past. So, as a younger reader, I loved "Where the Wild Things Are" -- I thought Max was so cool! Then there were the Little House years -- I even called a relative of Wilder who lived in the area and chatted with her about the books (at 8 or 9!). The other that I remember a bit later was Old Yeller -- so sad, but so powerful for me.<br />kisses!marlowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411101474956102690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968803817110676732.post-46484924852651785882009-07-16T20:40:47.207-04:002009-07-16T20:40:47.207-04:00Oh I am wishing to take one of you classes as I re...Oh I am wishing to take one of you classes as I read this. <br /><br />I absolutely loved "the princess and the pea". I used to have a hard time sleeping and I truly believed I might have a garden pea underneath my mattress. <br />Would you believe I have a golden book "little black sambo" My grandmother left it to me. <br />Bliss! <br />PS: Why is it again, we live so far away from one another? lolchristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541888793748453425noreply@blogger.com