Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 21, 2006 15:48:50 GMT -5
I still love "If you give a mouse a cookie"
all time fabourite book as a child!!! |
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zeldafitzgerald
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
ancora imparo
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Oct 24, 2006 11:03:36 GMT -5
I took a children's lit class too, and loved it. It gave me a huge appreciation for kid's books. My mom just went back to school to get her masters in lib science so that she can be a children's librarian, so we talk about kid's lit all the time. We also had a goal this summer to each read all the caldecott winners, which was very fun. (and a little nerdy too, I'll admit!)
My favorites:
picture books: zen shorts, one fish two fish red fish blue fist, sector 7, where the wild things are, eloise (all of them), and the lonely doll.
chapter books: the phantom tollbooth, from the mixed up file of mrs. basil e. frankweiler, the ramona books, the wayside school books, bud not buddy, criss cross, the giver, and a wrinkle in time,
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Paige
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by Paige on Oct 24, 2006 11:41:39 GMT -5
a couple of people have mentioned the book the phantom tollbooth and that book sounds soooo familiar but i cannot for the life of me remember what it's about so care to help me out?
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zeldafitzgerald
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Oct 24, 2006 12:00:29 GMT -5
It's VERY good, I definitely recommend it...a very fast read too. It's about a boy named Milo who is very listless and unhappy. He doesn't want to learn anything because he thinks there's no point. One day a tollbooth shows up in his room and he's transported to a world of crazy things and characters. The book is full of humor, lessons, and symbols. It's very original. Here's a link to a fan page, if you click on Excerpts on the left menu bar, you can read some portions of the book. www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/ |
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jen4219
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by jen4219 on Oct 24, 2006 13:36:49 GMT -5
What's Wishborn? I've never heard of it. I will always love the Velveteen Rabbit. I need to find my copy of that; I think it's out of print.  I hate when they do that. When I got older I used to read the Babysitter's Club and the Thoroughbred series. |
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czarval
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by czarval on Oct 24, 2006 13:37:43 GMT -5
I used to love the Babysitters club.
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 24, 2006 15:57:13 GMT -5
Wishbone was a little Jack Russell dog, who got into character and went into imaginary worlds (book settings). He brought you through all these classic stories. It was great!
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 24, 2006 16:16:09 GMT -5
lol that was a typo sorry...
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 24, 2006 16:21:41 GMT -5
I figured it was, but the person who didn't know what it was called it Wishborn, so I figured I'd set her straight lol I have typos all the time because I go too fast
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jen4219
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by jen4219 on Oct 24, 2006 16:49:48 GMT -5
I only thought it was "Wishborn" because that's what someone on the first page called it.  |
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 25, 2006 13:57:09 GMT -5
haha okay
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Post by belle on Nov 3, 2006 2:34:40 GMT -5
I liked (and still like) Charlie and the chocolate factory, all novels by Astrid Lindgren (they are very popular in Germany), Heidi. My grandmother and I used to read "Dick und Dalli und die Ponys", it's great, but I really don't know the english name.
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bornn1977
First poem written for Mother’s Day
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Post by bornn1977 on Nov 3, 2006 10:26:31 GMT -5
Anne (with an e  ) of Green Gables actually the whole series. I still read it today. |
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czarval
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by czarval on Nov 8, 2006 16:24:43 GMT -5
I liked the first few books, and the last one, but the middle ones just didn't do it for me.
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I hate when they do that. When I got older I used to read the Babysitter's Club and the Thoroughbred series.
How awesome is that? I bought the childrens book, at age 18, because not myself personally, but my band and people I know were in it. And it's a very cool book too.
