tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post4482571032471578873..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: Sunday Brunch for August 2, 2009Peter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-39527155638555834032010-10-08T19:39:43.987-04:002010-10-08T19:39:43.987-04:00I just found your blog while searching (in vain) f...I just found your blog while searching (in vain) for references to Twinkle. I didn't remember the name but remembered the character. It popped into my mind the other day when one of my Grade 1 students drew a star with a face on it. I wish I could find more information about this old comic strip but like you I haven't been successful.immsmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082024915070669618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-43586139214348583182009-08-03T16:22:09.020-04:002009-08-03T16:22:09.020-04:00Thanks for more on Zilpha and also on Alton Raible...Thanks for more on Zilpha and also on Alton Raible. Another favorite of mine from their combined work is <i>Eyes in the Fishbowl</i> -- a surreal tale!<br /><br />And also, thanks for sharing our fondness for Dell Yearlings. I also owned a lot of these, and often find myself replacing them these days with used hardcovers. Sometimes I keep the daylight-yellowed Dells just for old times' sake.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-3479092763299072562009-08-02T18:55:33.485-04:002009-08-02T18:55:33.485-04:00I love Joan Sandin's illustrations - and, as a...I love Joan Sandin's illustrations - and, as anyone who knows me and my blog can say, I am a HUGE fan of Jean Little. I've actually got an autographed copy of Hey World she sent me. It was the first time I'd ever tried writing to an author - I asked if I could name my library after her and she wrote me a letter and sent me a book! Look Through My Window was the first Jean Little book I ever read and had a huge impact on me.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-8794898771609987922009-08-02T17:40:51.951-04:002009-08-02T17:40:51.951-04:00Kate Bloomfield was my favorite Jean Little charac...Kate Bloomfield was my favorite Jean Little character, and I was envious that she had a bookstore in the family. As I mentioned to someone recently, Kate was one of the first Jewish characters I remember from childhood - not counting those in Holocaust books or All of a Kind Family or historical fiction by Gladys Malvern (much of what I know about Judaism came from AOKF).<br /><br />Ellen Conford also wrote about ordinary Jewish teens or pre-teens in the suburbs. I loved Conford's books but as an adult once rushed to a booksigning to meet her, bearing a hardcover or two, and told her how much my sisters and I enjoyed them. "Aren't you a little old for my books?" she asked me. True, but I was surprised she wasn't more appreciative!<br /><br />I am trying to remember other heroines whose families owned bookstores but right now the only one I can think of is Penny Morchard in No Boats on Bannermere (Geoffrey Trease). She is more sophisticated than her friends because of hanging out at her father's shop and because of a disability she fears may limit her acting career. His bookstore always seemed very appealing to me. Those who never read this series would enjoy it.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.com