tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post885292710292529670..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Books I've Saved From ChildhoodMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-25955601447616816472007-10-08T13:06:00.000-04:002007-10-08T13:06:00.000-04:00This summer, I visited the parents of a child who ...This summer, I visited the parents of a child who goes to school with my daughter. I saw The Witch Next Door on their table, and <I>kvelled</I>. I told the mom that when I was a little girl, I was really, really into witches a la The Witch Next Door, The Witch Family, the one where the little witch doesn't want to be a witch's child and then it turns out she's the daughter of a nymph, etc. The mom said, "Really? We're witches!" i.e. Wiccans. I couldn't help it-- I glanced over at her spice rack. In Joss Whedon's universe, witches do lots of things with spices.;)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-44543498652575752192007-10-08T12:53:00.000-04:002007-10-08T12:53:00.000-04:00You made me have a glad day, especially since I no...You made me have a glad day, especially since I now realize that all I ever really wanted to be when I grew up was The Witch Next Door.<BR/><BR/>So many great books that are now out of print...glad they are still in our hearts!Esme Raji Codellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517767178981635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-72222390033759178792007-10-06T13:47:00.000-04:002007-10-06T13:47:00.000-04:00I love reading about people's favorite childhood b...I love reading about people's favorite childhood books--most especially when they've kept them! (Or are trying to find them.) I've kept a lot of my favorites, too--so many of them. Down A Dark Hall (and most of Lois Duncan's other books); Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery; The Magic Grandfather by Jay Williams; the whole The Littles series by John Peterson, and so many more. I reread them every few years and still feel that same joy and satisfaction that comes from a well-loved book. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, too, for sharing that site where you can find out-of-print books. Another great source, if you didn't know about it, is www.abebooks.com I've purchased so many out-of-print books there at reasonable prices.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942773546991195462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-72600012922640850892007-10-05T22:57:00.000-04:002007-10-05T22:57:00.000-04:00I remember a book me and my siblings read a lot wh...I remember a book me and my siblings read a lot when we were young, and I think it was titled The Nothing? I'm going to have to go look it up. We also read lots of Dr. Seuss, and not the limited vocab ones. We read Horton Hears A Who and The Butter Battle Book... (I still have these). There are others too; these are just the ones that immediately pop into my head.Amy @ Literacy Launchpadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739013673083340984noreply@blogger.com