A tricky question/Childhood books
SSJedi
Wow, Hal -- "Green Eggs and Ham" is the first book I can remember, too. It's a
very special book to me because it was the book that my kindergarten teacher
read to me on my first day of school, when I was hysterically crying because my
mom left. I remember it pretty clearly -- I can never forget it.
I own the book now, and I've started collecting old books that I used to have.
Some of my favorites were (and tell me if anyone used to read them, too):
The Amelia Bedelia series
Francis the Badger series (I used to fight with my mom that it was a bear, not
a badger. What the heck did I know of badgers?)
Snip, Snap, and Sner (about triplets)
The Little Monster series (I think they were called that. They came in english
and spanish and were about a purple dinosaurish looking monster)
Anything by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume (best books ever were Superfudge and
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing)
Oh, and btw, has anyone ever heard of a choose your own path book called
Nightmare Store? I'm looking to get a copy -- it was this great, scary little
pick-a-path type book about getting locked in a dept. store overnight. Spooky
cover art and even spookier stories!
Syndi
hal wrote:
> I've loved books since the age of four when I read my first book -- "Green
>Eggs<BR>
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Hal Rand
In article <199806170522...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
ssj...@aol.com (SSJedi) wrote:
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> Wow, Hal -- "Green Eggs and Ham" is the first book I can remember, too. It's
a
> very special book to me because it was the book that my kindergarten teacher
> read to me on my first day of school, when I was hysterically crying because
my
> mom left. I remember it pretty clearly -- I can never forget it.
I clearly remember my first day in first grade, and a lot of kids were crying
for the same reason. Eerie.
I still have my collection of "The Hardy Boys" and "Tom Swift". Anyone read
those or "Nancy Drew"?
Hal
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Darke Fire
SSJedi wrote:
<snipping long list of classic childhood storybooks>
DUDE! HOW can you forget the "My Teacher is an Alien" series?! That was
like the first time I was ever entranced by a book and wouldn't put it
down... and here you insult me by "failing" to list it. Gee, thanks.
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"her knees thrust in one direction like a symbol of math, the symbol
meaning 'greater-than'..."
ty...@my-dejanews.com
Among my favorite childhood books:
"Parsley" by Ludwig Bemmelmans--a wonderful cautionary tale of a stag, a pine
tree, and a hunter, featuring beautiful illustrations by the author.
"My Father's Dragon" (and the other two dragons books) by Ruth Stiles
Gannett--book me on a ship to Tangerina tonight!
"The Castle of Llyr", by Lloyd Alexander--After all these years, I managed to
find a copy of it last fall in a used bookstore in Flagstaff, Arizona.
"The Swiss Family Robinson"
"The Boxcar Children"
"Wait Til the Moon is Full"
The "Mother West Wind" series
The Mr. Bass series: "Voyage to the Mushroom Planet", etc.
Anything by Dr. Seuss, but most especially "If I Ran the Circus" and "On
Beyond Zebra"
--Tony
Tony Hoffman ty...@my-dejanews.com
"...and a fluff-muffled truffle will ride on a huffle
and next in the line a fine flummox will shuffle
the flummox will carry a lurch in a pail
and a fibble will carry the flummox's tail
while on top of the flummox three harp-twanging snarp
will twang mighty twangs with their three-snarper harp
while a bolster blows bloops on a three-nozzled bloozer
a nolster blows floops on a one-nozzled noozer
and then comes a lion who's partly a trout
and more stuff, for forty-five minutes, about..."
--Dr. Seuss, "If I Ran the Circus"
Darke Fire
ty...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> "...and a fluff-muffled truffle will ride on a huffle
> and next in the line a fine flummox will shuffle
> the flummox will carry a lurch in a pail
> and a fibble will carry the flummox's tail
> while on top of the flummox three harp-twanging snarp
> will twang mighty twangs with their three-snarper harp
> while a bolster blows bloops on a three-nozzled bloozer
> a nolster blows floops on a one-nozzled noozer
> and then comes a lion who's partly a trout
> and more stuff, for forty-five minutes, about..."
> --Dr. Seuss, "If I Ran the Circus"
Seuss was definetly a friggin genius.
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Hal Rand
In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617...@naughty.monkey.org>,
sumei <su...@monkey.org> wrote:
>
> Frog and Toad Forever!!
>
>
I was wondering: what do you think of that Slice commercial where the guy in
the lab goes, "Mmmm -- can I have another?"
Hal
Jesse C. Chang
Favorite childhood books? Man, too many to keep track of. Here are a
few...
_Bridge to Terabithia_ by Katherine Patterson? I forget; I lent my copy
to a friend several years ago, and he lent it to his girlfriend, now
ex-, whom he does not speak to anymore. :P
Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain
various books by Roald Dahl and E. B. White (even his book on writing,
_Elements of Style_ :) )
anything by J. R. R. Tolkien
a whole bunch of other Newberry award winners that were required reading
when I was in elementary school, but I ended up loving
C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia
_The Phantom Tollbooth_ by Norton Juster (illustrations by Jules Feiffer)
and of course, _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ and _Through the Looking
Glass_ by Lewis Carroll (illustrations by John Tenniel)
Jesse
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SSJedi
My parents used to collect all the NAncy Drew books for me. And a lot of Hardy
Boy/Bobsey Twins, too. I hated them all. I read like, one. We finally got
rid of them. They were so boring.
Syndi
Hal wrote:
>Anyone readthose or "Nancy Drew"?
SSJedi
Oh, another kindergarten story, sumei! When I was in Kindergarten my teacher
made me read one of those Frog/Toad books to the class. LOL. I was so shy,
but I had to do it.
Syndi
sumei wrote:
>Frog and Toad Forever!!
SSJedi
Anyone ever hear of Graeme Base? He's Austrailian, I believe, and is an
absolutely brilliant illustrator and author of children's books. You should
check out his book, "The Eleventh Hour"... the illustrations are gorgeous and
the entire book is filled with hidden puzzles and really hard clues, all in an
effort to figure out what happened to the Elephant's birthday cake. The answer
is even kept in a sealed page at the end of the book. Great for kids and even
better for adults!
Another book by Base that is really worth taking a look at just for the sheer
beauty of his artwork is:
"Animalia"
Syndi
SSJedi
Oh my God -- how could I have forgotten to add "Charlotte's Web", by E.B. White
to my list?
Blasphemy!
Hal Rand
In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618...@naughty.monkey.org>,
sumei <su...@monkey.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Hal Rand wrote:
>
> > > Frog and Toad Forever!!
> >
> > the lab goes, "Mmmm -- can I have another?"
>
>
>
Oh Sumei, you have to see the commercial -- it's pretty funny. But, it *is*
kinda gross; even TV Guide gave it a Jeer.
It's about a biology teacher giving his lab students intructions on how to
dissect a frog. The only problem is, they're not paying attention. Instead,
they're all looking at this student at the end of the table. After the
teacher's finished, he asks: "Any questions?" And the student at the end
answers: "Mmmm -- can I have another?"
Check it out (MTV's Jesse is here, too with a Jeer):
http://www.tvgen.com/tv/magazine/980511/cheers.htm
Brian John Wright
Jesse C. Chang (dru...@netcom.com) wrote:
: _Bridge to Terabithia_ by Katherine Patterson? I forget; I lent my copy
: to a friend several years ago, and he lent it to his girlfriend, now
: ex-, whom he does not speak to anymore. :P
And this is why I don't lend out books unless they can tell
me when they'll be returned.
I remember this book vaguely - something about a bridge
across a river that ultimately collapses?
: Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain
Ooh! Ooh! I gush. Absolutely loved these. For that matter,
these are the books that made me want to read for fun in the
first place.
--
-Brian J. Wright
"There's a fine line between clever and stupid."
-Spinal Tap
Darke Fire
Hal Rand wrote:
It's about a biology teacher giving his lab students intructions on how
to
> dissect a frog. The only problem is, they're not paying attention. Instead,
> they're all looking at this student at the end of the table. After the
> teacher's finished, he asks: "Any questions?" And the student at the end
> answers: "Mmmm -- can I have another?"
Be SURE not to rupture the spleen. If you notice a clear, yellow
discharge, you've ruptured the spleen.
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Mr. Pink: You kill anybody?
Mr. White: A few cops.
Mr. Pink: No real people?
Mr. White: Just cops.
Hal Rand
In article <358D7B...@geocities.com>,
dark...@geocities.com wrote:
>
> Hal Rand wrote:
> It's about a biology teacher giving his lab students intructions on how
> to
> > dissect a frog. The only problem is, they're not paying attention. Instead,
> > they're all looking at this student at the end of the table. After the
> > teacher's finished, he asks: "Any questions?" And the student at the end
> > answers: "Mmmm -- can I have another?"
>
> "Be SURE not to rupture the spleen. If you notice a clear, yellow
> discharge, you've ruptured the spleen."
I'm so glad somebody has seen the commercial. Isn't it hysterical?
>
> (\ /| /\ |\ /)
>
> Mr. Pink: You kill anybody?
> Mr. White: A few cops.
> Mr. Pink: No real people?
> Mr. White: Just cops.
>
Hal