tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post4099790667938603081..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: Assorted TreatsPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-92081622847564091162009-10-28T03:52:39.074-04:002009-10-28T03:52:39.074-04:00You brought back some memories for me too. There w...You brought back some memories for me too. There was an old copy of Adventures in Reading at our house -- I think it had belonged to my mother and I just about memorized it. A newer edition was assigned to me at some point in late grade school (late 1960's) but it had lost some of its magic by then though it was much less moralistic. One of my favorites was missing: Inside a Kid's Head which was a play. I had visions of staging it. I may have to find a copy...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762112656371400005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-67454291357160615102009-09-21T13:35:06.707-04:002009-09-21T13:35:06.707-04:00One of my grandmothers was a teacher, and every no...One of my grandmothers was a teacher, and every now and then she'd send me discarded readers from the 50's and 60's. I used to love those books--they were smaller than my own texts and maybe a bit simplistic but at the time I thought the references were quaint rather than racist. Every family had a stay-at-home mom, breadwinner dad, brother, sister, and cute but mischievous family dog.<br /><br />My very favorite, however, was in my third grade class--she had a set of Childcraft books from the 50's (I had a 70's-80's version at home, which I still have) and it was there that I read the most wonderful stories. My favorite of the set was "People to Know," full of tales of the childhoods of Gandhi, Mozart, Elizabeth Blackwell, Clara Barton, Florence Nightengale, Betsy Ross--all as prose rather than straight-out biography. My own version of "People to Know" came much later as an 'annual,' and not part of the numbered set.<br /><br />Again, you've brought back wonderful memories of my childhood reading! =DMelissa (& Billy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183754075992969795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-67204366767888374902009-09-18T11:25:25.817-04:002009-09-18T11:25:25.817-04:00I first read The Phantom Tollbooth -- or at least ...I first read <i>The Phantom Tollbooth</i> -- or at least "The Royal Banquet" -- as a story in my fifth grade Scott, Foresman reader. I snatched up the book when I saw it at a local bookstore a couple of years later. We have two copies in the house, my husband and I each having come into the marriage with one, and I still recommend it as something every child should read. (Although I was just thinking the other day that I don't know any children these days who would "get" the Dreadful Raauw.)Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-72185413379979259382009-09-17T21:28:42.558-04:002009-09-17T21:28:42.558-04:00I always liked shoon.I always liked shoon.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-51212935078111853322009-09-17T15:14:10.483-04:002009-09-17T15:14:10.483-04:00Treat shop passed me by, but it excellent that you...Treat shop passed me by, but it excellent that you had the book, and a dad that created your very own sweet shop. Thanks for sharing those memories.Ian @ Tidy Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939358466551798109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-39974798989703192682009-09-17T08:09:20.671-04:002009-09-17T08:09:20.671-04:00Once we were past the dull "Dick and Jane&quo...Once we were past the dull "Dick and Jane" stage, I remember some really great stories in my school readers. One I particularly recall was about a boy who lived in China or India who had a pet red panda. I'd love to find out what that story was called and if it was a chapter from a longer book. (As a kid I always thought red pandas were so cute and couldn't figure out why people were so ga-ga over the black-and-white ones.) We also read the original short stories of "My Friend Flicka" and "Lassie Come Home" in our school readers. Another story I remember particularly was about a pony named Skylark who became an astronaut and went into space. I found out much later, when a friend was cleaning out her books, that it was a chapter from <i>Ponies Plot</i> by C. Northcote Parkinson. She didn't want the book, so I have it now. :-)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-72112708945765402402009-09-16T16:05:37.670-04:002009-09-16T16:05:37.670-04:00*waves* glad to have jogged your memory! I grew up...*waves* glad to have jogged your memory! I grew up with Treat Shop too - no idea where it came from, probably a garage sale or something. I never realized it was a reading textbook either!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.com