That is classic Nancy Drew on the right. I adored her and read every one I could get my hands on. Formulaic, but still so desirable. And a Boxcar Children book on the left. Also a huge fan of those.
What fabulous (or not so fabulous) books or series were you addicted to as a child?
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Ah, Nancy Drew. Yep, read lots and lots of those. Boxcar Children too.
ReplyDeleteBy the time I was about 11 or 12 though, I was reading Terry Brooks, Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy. So nostalgia's a whole different thing for me. ;)
I loved both those series as a kid. The cool thing is that my 7 y/o daughter discovered them this year as well. She loves them, and it brings back such memories to see her reading the old, yellow-covered Nancy Drews.
ReplyDeleteI also loved LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, Amelia Bedelia, Encyclopedia Brown, and so many others.
This will sound awful, but I really didn't read much at all growing up. It wasn't until I was an adult, taking a children's lit. class for my teaching degree that I became hooked on reading. The only books that I remember reading were those stupid teen romance ones only because all my friends were reading them. Geez...how embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteI read and loved Nancy and the Boxcar children as well. I'm pretty sure I've read over 100 Nancy Drews (in various forms) before I reached high school. I didn't read much variety in those days :)
ReplyDeleteBritt, wow! I don't think I got to any serious adult books or classics until at least 8th grade!
ReplyDeleteSusan, oh how I love Amelia Bedelia! I can't wait to have my own kids reading what I loved - that must be such a great feeling!
Deanna, it doesn't sound awful - I know lots of kids who didn't like reading and grew up to love it. Plus, I didn't mention all my other awesome book choices - Sweet Valley High and Babysitter's club. It wasn't exactly high class reading.
KT, I wasn't much into variety either - pretty much I stuck with the familiar series. Thank heavens for those teachers who introduced us to other kinds of good lit (I still remember a teacher introducing me to The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I still love it!)
Melissa- there were actually rules in my school library about what you could/could not check out in certain grades. I was reading well above grade level but only allowed to check out picture books until about third grade!
ReplyDeleteBy 5th grade I was just desperate for anything that would be challenging. Sadly, though, it meant I missed out on a lot of great stuff written for that age group. I started going back and reading a lot of it in high school!
Britt, that is so sad! I'm so glad librarians now don't have as many restrictions! I bet you were dying for something other than picture books by third grade!!!
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