OT: Favorite kids books

I loved Misty! Two other authors I discovered when I was teaching were Kit Pearson and Janet Lunn. They've both written great historical fiction trilogies for tween and young teen girls.

Louisa

I just looked in my bookcase and I still have my copy of "The Forgotten Door" !! I loved that book! As a young adult I also liked the "Wrinkle In Time" as well as the books by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - "The Velvet Room" and "The Egypt Game" were my favorites. I really like "The Railway Children" by E. Nesbit - and the film that was made of it as well. I remember reading the Bobbsey Twins books and the 5 Little Peppers books too. I currently have an almost complete collection of old children's books by Lucy Fitch Perkins - circa 1910 or so - all about twins - The Dutch Twins, The Irish Twins, The Italian Twins - very interesting to read as a child! I did go through my horse phase and remember reading "Misty" and "King of the Wind" too! For fun I also enjoyed the Mrs. PiggleWiggle books and I read all the Little House on the Prairie books as well. And yes, these are all in my bookcase which is why I remember them so well - I even enjoy reading them today.

Today I mostly read mysteries when I get a chance to relax and look at a book - both of my teenagers love to read too which I'm glad of...I think on our recent vacation to Washington state the enjoyed the stop at Powell's Books in Portland the best! We all walked out of there with armfuls!

MelissaD

I don't have any kids, but I had some favourites myself. The two first books I remember reading or having read to me, were Apple Pigs by Ruth Orbach, and The Boy who was Followed Home by Margaret Mahy. (I read them in translation.)

The books I have most enjoyed reading to children are the ones by Dr.Seuss, and the Berenstain Bears.

Arnhild

My favorites were the William Farley books (Black Beauty, etc), The Bobbsey Twins, and early Heinlien and Norton. My sons were the Dinotopia books - amazing series about humans and dinosaurs living and working together, and the Narnia books.

Dee

Yes, but in this case, I is the subject because there is an implied verb. She is older than I (am). You would use me if you said "I'm gald she's picking on you rather than (on) me" for example.

Elizabeth

Bring it on, ladies! Shall I set the tea water boiling?

Elizabeth

Ok, Prof, I concede.....but I still will not use "gotten, or a double negativE LOL

No, uncork a bottle !

As well as gotten, add 'in back of' and 'off of' - drives me crazy everytime they say it.

The other thing that consistently comes up here in April is when they refer to the sinking of the Titanic, a least one radio voice will say "Fairview Cemetery is where some of the survivors are buried" - aaah poor souls !

Yup, we were taken there, and it totally cracked me up!!

There are so many lttle things I see that absolutely infuriate me. Oh well, it is better to be feisty, that just another vegetable!

And it's coffee for me. Or, if that's not an option hot chocolate will do.

Hasn't anyone ever told them the joke about burying survivors? You would think someone would have said something. I know I've heard a gazillion of them.

I used to call the radio stations when something stupid was said but I can't be bothered anymore. Maybe I am mellowing, or something lol

Back in the day I used to call, now I give up and maybe because the people one is communicating with are so much younger and you can tell they are thinking "Stupid old bat, what does she know ?" So there's a strike against you before you start. Ageism is alive and well.

Mellowing, you ??? More likely it's the something !!!

Those are midwestisms. I've finally broken DH of "in back of." Drives me nuts, too. But the worst is "If I would of known, I would of went."

Elizabeth

It's a good thing you don't live here in the South where you go "acrost" the street.

One of my least favorite Kansas City-isms is "Forty Highway", "Seven Highway" etc. You would never say "70 Interstate" would you?

You did not RDH in time !