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Oil Impressionist

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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Didn't we all have these? For some reason, I especially recall staring
at the pictures outlining the backcover.

A couple years ago, Life Savers made tiny replicas of the books which
they gave away with their Christmas LS "books."

Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books? Or any
other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like
Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino? The I CAN READ books?

Anyone?

DLN Oil Impressionist
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Oil Impressionist <oil_impr...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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Oil Impressionist knows my favorite, but the rest of you don't so I guess I
can play here. My favorite is Mike Mulligan. I loved it, even though I
hated the part where they turned him into a furnace. I mean, who wants to
be a furnace? Maybe I kept reading it because I secretly hoped they would
change the ending. I mean, well, they never did, but . . . well, I never
claimed I was a normal little kid.

Larry

The Oldies/Rocker

MartiDave

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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In article <815ibt$13r$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, Oil Impressionist
<oil_impr...@my-deja.com> writes:

>Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books?

The Pokey Little Puppy!

Or any
>other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like
>Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino?

Dave read Mike Mulligan to our oldest so many times he knew it by heart. It was
their favorite. That and "Lentil" with Old Sneep, sucking on a lemon. That
one's so old my dad had it when he was little.


> The I CAN READ books?

They all had the Cat in the Hat on the spine and said "I can read this by
myself." My parents had me in a book club, so I had lots of those.

What about Arch Books? They were little paperback Bible stories. I had a bunch
of those too.

Marti

Rachel Cree

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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I still have all my golden books, I can read books and my Dr. Suess... they
make them differently now, so its not the same... my most treasured golden
book is one my grandfather gave me called "Where did the Baby Go?" It's
about a little girl that finds a picture of a baby and goes looking for her
in the house. She finds the hat the baby is wearing in her mother's closet
but not the baby... turns out to be her of course. If I may,I'd like to show
you why this book is so dear to me... my Grandfather wrote in it:

1 June 1975
To Rachel- For the past three years during the month of June, I have come to
see my grand-daughter, whom I love to call "our transplant" for without
doubt you were transplanted from heaven to us. This year I find my baby
transplant a beautiful little girl-not a baby anymore, a beautiful,
understanding and intelligent girl. Of course we will always love you but
we will never forget you as a beautiful baby for it was during your babyhood
you stole our hearts. God bless you - Popa-

So there is sits on my bookshelf, between a book about Dali and my Thomas
King. Likely the one thing, besides my cat, I'd risk my life to save from a
fire.

Oil Impressionist <oil_impr...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Didn't we all have these? For some reason, I especially recall staring
> at the pictures outlining the backcover.
>
> A couple years ago, Life Savers made tiny replicas of the books which
> they gave away with their Christmas LS "books."
>

> Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books? Or any


> other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like

> Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino? The I CAN READ books?
>
> Anyone?
>
> DLN Oil Impressionist
> 9-61
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Still rockin' - with Classic Rocker - after twenty years!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>

Dixon Hayes

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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Oil Impressionist wrote:

>Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books? Or any
>other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like
>Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino? The I CAN READ books?

Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel was the very first book I ever had in my
life. I remember we lost my copy when we moved to a new house when I was
three. I got really upset, wanting to go back to the old house to get it, but
I never did...

Dixon

"If there's anything that upsets me, it's having people say I'm sensitive!"
--Barney Fife

LizzieZ

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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>Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books? Or any
>other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like
>Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino? The I CAN READ books?

I have always had a special fondness for the I CAN READ books. I remember my
excitement as they would arrive in the mail in their cardboard mailers, and can
still conjure up the weight and texture of the books clearly in my mind. I
loved Frog and Toad, the story about the boys buying the turtles from the pet
shop (blanking on the name), a book about exploring the world through library
books (blanking on that one too), Harry the Dirty Dog, the Frances books --
even had that exact blue printed tea set described in the book! Can I tell you
how excited I was as I read her description for the first time and realized I
had that same set?? I must be forgetting some other great ones from that
set... Other favorites of mine: "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" and "In the Night
Kitchen!"

Reminds me of that great thread from earlier this year about a baby shower with
children's books as the theme. As always, thanks for the memories!

Liz

Dixon Hayes

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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Liz wrote:

>Other favorites of mine: "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" and "In the Night
>Kitchen!"

"In the Night Kitchen"--now that one was really cool! Only thing is, in the
elementary school library in my little Southern town, the pictures of the naked
boy were censored. Someone, I guess the librarian, altered them with a magic
marker. Anyone else experience this?

Sandyfour

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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> 1 June 1975
>To Rachel- For the past three years during the month of June, I have come to
>see my grand-daughter, whom I love to call "our transplant" for without
>doubt you were transplanted from heaven to us. This year I find my baby
>transplant a beautiful little girl-not a baby anymore, a beautiful,
>understanding and intelligent girl. Of course we will always love you but
>we will never forget you as a beautiful baby for it was during your babyhood
>you stole our hearts. God bless you - Popa-
>
>So there is sits on my bookshelf, between a book about Dali and my Thomas
>King. Likely the one thing, besides my cat, I'd risk my life to save from a
>fire.

That is such a special treasure to have, Rachel : )

Sandyfour

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Nov 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/20/99
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>> Didn't we all have these? For some reason, I especially recall staring
>> at the pictures outlining the backcover.
>>
>> A couple years ago, Life Savers made tiny replicas of the books which
>> they gave away with their Christmas LS "books."
>>
>> Does anyone remember any of the stories from the Golden Books? Or any
>> other special books, other than the BEST of all time--Dr. Seuss? Like
>> Mike Mulligan/steam shovel and Danny the Dino? The I CAN READ books?
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> DLN Oil Impressionist
>> 9-61
>> --
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Still rockin' - with Classic Rocker - after twenty years!
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>
>Oil Impressionist knows my favorite, but the rest of you don't so I guess I
>can play here. My favorite is Mike Mulligan. I loved it, even though I
>hated the part where they turned him into a furnace. I mean, who wants to
>be a furnace? Maybe I kept reading it because I secretly hoped they would
>change the ending. I mean, well, they never did, but . . . well, I never
>claimed I was a normal little kid.
>
>Larry
>
>The Oldies/Rocker

I didn't have the book, but I did have the album way back when. I LOVED
it....all day all night Maryann....down by the seashore sifting
sand....Everybody knows that Maryann....down by the seashore sifting sand...
That was a song on the album. Then one day it got left on the radiator and,
well, we all KNOW what happens to vinyl when left there. My brother and sister
then proceeded to play "frizbee" with it, and smashed to to smithereens!! I was
NOT very happy that day....
I really didn't have too many books as a child. But I did have a Golden Book
which was Casper the Friendly Ghost, and I do remember as Oil Impressionist
said, staring at the back cover forever. Something about all those little
characters. I still have that book and a Wonder Book, too which is Mrs. Bunny's
Surprise. (and I got those little ornament books! They're cool! )

Sandy

Oil Impressionist

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Nov 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/21/99
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In article <19991120165614...@ng-bd1.aol.com>,

sand...@aol.com (Sandyfour) wrote:
>
> I didn't have the book, but I did have the album way back when. I
LOVED
> it....all day all night Maryann....down by the seashore sifting
> sand....Everybody knows that Maryann....down by the seashore sifting
sand...
> That was a song on the album. Then one day it got left on the
radiator and,
> well, we all KNOW what happens to vinyl when left there. My brother
and sister
> then proceeded to play "frizbee" with it, and smashed to to
smithereens!! I was
> NOT very happy that day....
> I really didn't have too many books as a child. But I did have a
Golden Book
> which was Casper the Friendly Ghost, and I do remember as Oil
Impressionist
> said, staring at the back cover forever. Something about all those
little
> characters. I still have that book and a Wonder Book, too which is
Mrs. Bunny's
> Surprise. (and I got those little ornament books! They're cool! )
>
> Sandy
>
>

My mom gave me a Life Savers book waaaaaaaay back when for Christmas,
and I always loved them. Well, I'm 38, and she STILL gives me one
every Christmas. So that's how I got the little LS ornament books. :-)

Sometimes it's neat when your parents still treat you like a kid.

DLN Oil Impressionist
9-61
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Still rockin' - with Classic Rocker - after twenty years!
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Oil Impressionist

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Nov 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/21/99
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Boy, you have the gift for either making me laugh uproariously or
moving me to tears. I guess you got it from your Popa. Yes, keep that
book FOREVER!!

DLN Oil Impressionist
9-61

In article <19991120170005...@ng-bd1.aol.com>,

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Sandyfour

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Nov 21, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/21/99
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>My mom gave me a Life Savers book waaaaaaaay back when for Christmas,
>and I always loved them. Well, I'm 38, and she STILL gives me one
>every Christmas. So that's how I got the little LS ornament books. :-)
>
>Sometimes it's neat when your parents still treat you like a kid.
>
>DLN Oil Impressionist
>9-61
>--

That's exactly how I got mine, too! Yes, it is neat : )


Sandy
2-27-60

Oil Impressionist

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Nov 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/22/99
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In article <19991121162613...@ng-ck1.aol.com>,
Do you have the plastic "glass" ornaments too? They're cute! Wonder
what we'll get this year? I saw a Life Savers *tiny* lunchbox at
Target. :-)

DLN Oil Impressionist
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Sparki

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Nov 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/22/99
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I had the Golden Books as a young'un! Also the Wonder books, the
Easy-Reader books, paperback READ ALOUD books, and remember the little Whitman
Tell-A-Tale books? Ohhhh, MEMORIES!!!!!!!
***SPARKI***
"By the way, I'm real, and I'm SPARK-tacular!"

Sandyfour

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Nov 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/23/99
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>> >My mom gave me a Life Savers book waaaaaaaay back when for Christmas,
>> >and I always loved them. Well, I'm 38, and she STILL gives me one
>> >every Christmas. So that's how I got the little LS ornament books.
>:-)
>> >
>> >Sometimes it's neat when your parents still treat you like a kid.
>> >
>> >DLN Oil Impressionist
>> >9-61
>> >--
>>
>> That's exactly how I got mine, too! Yes, it is neat : )
>>
>> Sandy
>> 2-27-60
>>
>Do you have the plastic "glass" ornaments too? They're cute! Wonder
>what we'll get this year? I saw a Life Savers *tiny* lunchbox at
>Target. :-)
>
>DLN Oil Impressionist
>9-61
>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Still rockin' - with Classic Rocker - after twenty years!
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yep, have them too! Last year they didn't give anything, did they?? I LOVE
those tiny little lunch boxes! I've been collecting the games that are miniture
games we all grew up with. They are key chains, actually. They're so cool! I'll
have to put that lunch box on my list, Oil Impressionist,
thanks!

Sandy

Sparki

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Nov 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/25/99
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> Tip-Top Elf Book

Oooh, I remember those! Oh, MAN, thanks for making me feel old! J/k! I love
memories

S.J.Carras

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Nov 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/25/99
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>
>
>x-no-archive: yes
>
>I collect and sell Little Golden Books, so you've hit on a topic near and
>dear to my heart. :-) There is a GREAT book called Collecting Little
>Golden Books by Steve Santi. It has every Little Golden Book, Wonder Book
>(I love those too), Tip-Top Elf Book, and Whitman Tell-A-Tale ever written,
>with pictures, author/illustrator, etc. A wonderful trip down memory lane,
>and so much fun to browse through. There are a few good Little Golden Book
>sites too -- I have them linked with my retro sites, at my home page below.
>***************************************************************************
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