tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post6163848285187371696..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: Sunday Brunch for a Three-Day WeekendPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-63827169704088864542011-01-24T04:06:46.570-05:002011-01-24T04:06:46.570-05:00The visit was useful. Content was really very info...The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.japanfloristshop.com/Valentines_To_Japan.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-4614710063625051702011-01-23T23:21:18.582-05:002011-01-23T23:21:18.582-05:00Peter, I was in Walnut Grove, MN, this summer, and...Peter, I was in Walnut Grove, MN, this summer, and they had a Laura bobble-head in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum gift shop. I did not buy one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-65152778346253509992011-01-21T01:06:53.341-05:002011-01-21T01:06:53.341-05:00Website is very comprehensive and informative. I h...Website is very comprehensive and informative. I have enjoyed the visit. From www.gifts2spain.com/Valentines_Day.aspRumpa Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167784288961340659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-28819840410089771452011-01-19T13:34:09.766-05:002011-01-19T13:34:09.766-05:00I'm another Plum Creek lover. I adored the Lit...I'm another Plum Creek lover. I adored the Little House books as a child. I could "see" Laura, her family, the Oleson's store and Nellie so clearly, even though I am English and grew up in the north western suburbs of London.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-31393353575385507382011-01-19T02:12:16.850-05:002011-01-19T02:12:16.850-05:00I read Slave Dancer as a kid and found it really i...I read Slave Dancer as a kid and found it really impressive and grim. It's not a book I reread a lot, but I have it around in case I ever get the nerve. I'm interested to see if it still makes a big impression.<br /><br />Anyway, that's one data point for a kid liking it.Bethhttp://libraryfrog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-23143163316548547482011-01-18T20:03:42.671-05:002011-01-18T20:03:42.671-05:00Dear Peter,
Thank you for the congratulations and...Dear Peter,<br /><br />Thank you for the congratulations and commenting on my blog! Philip and I are loyal readers of yours. I visit and visit and visit throughout the week even though I know I usually have to wait until Sunday.<br /><br />The record breaking (can I admit this?) makes me perhaps feel a little sheepish. Which is not to say I'm not honored or surprised! In time, after some years pass, maybe this will all sink in and then I'll let myself be think about the records. But my friends have been very happy to read about it, and I will take their cue. <br /><br />For now, I just hope to work hard and get better. <br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to write your blog. I really enjoy it.<br /><br />Hooray, Michigan!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Erin SteadErin Steadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004912597871732958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-86089554905526104092011-01-18T12:48:09.375-05:002011-01-18T12:48:09.375-05:00I'd say the same about Plum Creek -- maybe it&...I'd say the same about Plum Creek -- maybe it's a girl thing, but it's very easy to identify with Laura in that book. She's about to right age to start to interact with the outside world more,getting to know the neighbors and going to school. Also, leeches.<br />And even today I cry over the scene where Ma makes her give away her only doll to the mean neighbors and later she finds it discarded and frozen in a mud puddle. And I'm not much of a doll person, or a crier.<br />I didn't read Slave Dancer as a child, in fact, I only came to it after reading Fox's adult memoir BORROWED FINERY, which I really liked. Can't say the same for Slave Dancer. I put in the category of one of those books which are "important" but too grim to stir much affection. By the way, Fox wrote another memoir, THE COLDEST WINTER, about her time as a reporter in post-war Europe. Maybe there's a local tv production of it which is causing people from across the pond to look her up?Laura Canonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574566234310522696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-47478273944022974972011-01-17T21:20:00.004-05:002011-01-17T21:20:00.004-05:00Sorry...can't remember my Google acct password...Sorry...can't remember my Google acct password. I, too, love Paula Fox, especially One-Eyed Cat. And I have a bobble-head of the Stinky Cheese Man. If I can figure out how to send a photo I will send it. --skynycAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-52184609653538715472011-01-17T19:15:53.926-05:002011-01-17T19:15:53.926-05:00I LOVE Paula Fox (One-Eyed Cat is one of my all-ti...I LOVE Paula Fox (One-Eyed Cat is one of my all-time favorite books), and am not ashamed to admit it.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-32302194887819253362011-01-17T11:07:09.404-05:002011-01-17T11:07:09.404-05:00Add me to the list of people whose favorite Little...Add me to the list of people whose favorite Little House book has always been <i>Plum Creek</i>! I think everyone else has probably mentioned all the reasons it stands out in my memory -- leeches, Nellie, Pa getting stuck in a blizzard and having to eat all the candy and oysters.... I think I first read it when I was just Laura's age, which made it perfect. Plus I always thought it would be immensely cool to live in a dug-out. (Actually, I still do, though I could do with indoor plumbing.)Lisa Jenn Bigelowhttp://lisajennbigelow.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-80028340172719353132011-01-16T21:52:13.595-05:002011-01-16T21:52:13.595-05:00Plum Creek was one of my favorites when I was youn...Plum Creek was one of my favorites when I was younger because this is the one in which Nellie Oleson and her family are introduced. As an adult, my favorite one is The Long Winter. The "dwarf" I always leave out is Farmer Boy.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-41401205309054026462011-01-16T20:56:12.670-05:002011-01-16T20:56:12.670-05:00Plum Creek is definitely a favorite, memorable Lit...Plum Creek is definitely a favorite, memorable Little House book for me, especially when I was a little girl (as an older girl I preferred Little Town on the Prairie and These Happy Golden Years; as an adult I admire the writing in The Long Winter). Plum Creek is jam-packed with memorable scenes and characters: Ma's new stove, Nellie Oleson, the Olesons' store, Laura's Christmas furs, going to school, going to church, Pa giving the money for his new boots to buy the church bell, moving the woodpile inside the house, LEECHES, the dugout, Reverend Alden, GRASSHOPPERS!!!!<br /><br />(If it turns out that any of the above were only on the TV show and not in the book, I'm going to be mighty embarrassed.LaurieA-Bhttp://sixboxesofbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-56057180828676070282011-01-16T17:25:32.159-05:002011-01-16T17:25:32.159-05:00(uh... and by "in actual fact" I meant &...(uh... and by "in actual fact" I meant "in our biased and unscientific opinion", of course. The irony may not have come across...)Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-4788390774204495082011-01-16T17:21:16.608-05:002011-01-16T17:21:16.608-05:00My sister and I had a conversation about what is a...My sister and I had a conversation about what is actually the most well-known Little House book, after one or two people in a discussion about American Indians in the series claimed it was Little House on the Prairie and everyone knows it. I think we agreed that in actual fact, the most well-known are either the first one or Plum Creek; most non-fan people don't actually know the story of the volume Little House on the Prairie except for the Christmas chapter. Plum Creek has the basis for a lot of the TV show. As for why Vanderpool might like it best... I think it's the most kid-friendly (for all kids, not just bookish ones), because it shows Laura having lots of normal-kid adventures, getting in trouble, being resourceful in a fun way, and so on, plus living underground and Nellie Oleson. The Long Winter is the tour de force, but Plum Creek is a splendid book and so well-suited to its audience.<br /><br />I didn't remember liking The Slave Dancer that much (I only read it as an adult), but I see in my Goodreads review that I complimented it for being succinct, and wondered whether Charlotte Doyle was derivative of Fox's book.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-85211863851470467062011-01-16T16:13:43.112-05:002011-01-16T16:13:43.112-05:00Re: the memorability of Plum Creek, I have one wor...Re: the memorability of Plum Creek, I have one word: LEECHES.<br /><br />(And the picture of Laura clinging to the footbridge, about to get swept away. And the oxen putting its foot through the ceiling of their dugout! But mostly, leeches.)grrlpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755649595417118072noreply@blogger.com