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'How Many Of You Read This Book As A Child?'
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MaskRider
Tiller of Soil
Yep. Misty of Chincoteague was one we did. Charlottes Web, too.
Brighty of the Grand Canyon is one I remember.
The 21 Balloons was another good one, too.
The Incredible Journey
All books that teachers read to us.
Chris
Brighty of the Grand Canyon is one I remember.
The 21 Balloons was another good one, too.
The Incredible Journey
All books that teachers read to us.
Chris
Not me but then again I grew up on the other side of the pond. 
My author of choice as a child was always Enid Blyton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
The other big read for me at that time were all the Br'er Rabbit books which I just found out were re-worked by Blyton so maybe I read her versions and not the originals I thought I read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br'er_Rabbit
My author of choice as a child was always Enid Blyton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
The other big read for me at that time were all the Br'er Rabbit books which I just found out were re-worked by Blyton so maybe I read her versions and not the originals I thought I read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br'er_Rabbit
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Nope. Never read it. But my wife has. NC
Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
Yup Noddy and later the famous 5Not me but then again I grew up on the other side of the pond.
My author of choice as a child was always Enid Blyton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
The other big read for me at that time were all the Br'er Rabbit books which I just found out were re-worked by Blyton so maybe I read her versions and not the originals I thought I read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br'er_Rabbit
still got those in a box on the other side of the pond
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Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
lifejogger
Lost in Texas
I was reading The Hardy Boys and watching Howdy Doody.
AckAck
Charter Member 2015
It was first published in 1947, so unless you are 98 now, it was out.
I read it long long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, but not for school. Along with a large variety of other horse themed books - The Black Stallion, Black Beauty, etc.
Brian
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Gzr Green Bean
Guest
Sure I did P. Also Sea-Star of Chinquoteague, a follow on book.
GB
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TeaSea
SOH-CM-2014
Panther,
I think you've hit upon something ....
There is a lapse between the first publishing of this book, and the second. So, by generation we are exposed to different things as we move through the educational process.
I was never exposed to this story (born in 1960), and neither was my wife. But my daughter says it was on their list. Yet we know the book was originally published in 1947.
Interesting.
The books I was handed were Charlotte's Web, the Narnia series, and later in High School -- Catcher in the Rye (I still think the Protagonist was a big weenie). In Middle School it was To Kill a Mockingbird (a story I still love -- although I think Aticus one of the most dangerous hero's of American Fiction) and oddly enough -- Catch 22 (I was in and advanced Lit class and we were thought adult enough to read it).
Who knew you were so deep?? :ernae:
I think you've hit upon something ....
There is a lapse between the first publishing of this book, and the second. So, by generation we are exposed to different things as we move through the educational process.
I was never exposed to this story (born in 1960), and neither was my wife. But my daughter says it was on their list. Yet we know the book was originally published in 1947.
Interesting.
The books I was handed were Charlotte's Web, the Narnia series, and later in High School -- Catcher in the Rye (I still think the Protagonist was a big weenie). In Middle School it was To Kill a Mockingbird (a story I still love -- although I think Aticus one of the most dangerous hero's of American Fiction) and oddly enough -- Catch 22 (I was in and advanced Lit class and we were thought adult enough to read it).
Who knew you were so deep?? :ernae: