What books or authors did you love growing up?

Beingreal

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 5:59 pm

Right the Bobsey twins, pipi longstocking, harry potter...so many thongs I forgot! My mind is full of cobwebs! Did anyone read the seven keys?

Raisin

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:04 pm

Fox wrote:

The one I remember best was James Herriot. I still remember some of those stories, particularly the ones about Mrs. Pumphrey and her dog, Tricki Woo.

Tristan and the sausages and mash.

The picalilli and the slab of fat.

Delivering a cow at night in the freezing cold.

Those were not really kids books but I also read them as a child/teen.

I knew my husband was a good shidduch when we could both quote James Herriot.

Fox

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:15 pm

BetsyTacy wrote:

I love James Herriot but I only found out about him as an adult. Way too much animal-gyn for a kid. I would have freaked. Granted, if I had grown up on a farm, I guess it would all have seemed normal to me, but reading about bovine uterine prolapses would have been way too much.

Lol! I recall reading them as a pre-teen, maybe 12 or so. Around the time I'd outgrown Nancy Drew, et. al. I do remember skimming through things that began to get a big grisly.

However, vindication came in high school. I was part of a Knowledge Bowl kind of competition against another school, and we were asked to use the verb "farrow" in a sentence. I confidently pressed the buzzer and said, "The sow farrowed a litter of piglets." The FFA (Future Farmers of America) kids were a lot nicer to me after that. Thank you, Mr. Herriot!

Fox

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:16 pm

Raisin wrote:

Tristan and the sausages and mash.

I hadn't thought of Tristan and Siegried in years! I should really re-read them.

Mommyg8

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:20 pm

BetsyTacy wrote:

I loved reading the James Herriot books, even when I was a kid. But I have to admit that I enjoyed them a lot more as I grownup!

BetsyTacy

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:29 pm

Another favorite that no one has mentioned is Cheaper by the Dozen and it's sequel Belles on their Toes.

I can't tell you the number of times I have reread them and they are still funny.

amother

Powderblue

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:37 pm

Some favorites from elementary/ younger teens:

Paddington Bear series
Everything by Beverly Cleary
Betsy Tacy series
Chronicles of Narnia series
James Herriot series
Girl of the Limberlost
Johnny Tremaine
Anne of Green Gables series
Emily of New Moon series
All short stories by L.M. Montgomery
A Little Princess
Little House on the Prairie series
Little Women and other books by L.M. Alcott
Strawberry Girl
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Some favorites as Older teen:

All for the Boss
A Tzadik in Our Times
A Separate Peace
Jacob Have I Loved
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird

Of course I read a lot more books than this list, but these stand out. If I think of more, I'll post...

mommy3b2c

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:38 pm

Fox wrote:

The one I remember best was James Herriot. I still remember some of those stories, particularly the ones about Mrs. Pumphrey and her dog, Tricki Woo.

I love James Herriot! I definitely remember tricki woo. And I had a crush on tristan😀

mommy3b2c

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:39 pm

SixOfWands wrote:

Yes.

And I'll admit to reading the Bobsey Twins and Nancy Drew. And Cherry Ames, although those were hard to find. Pippi Longstocking. The B is for Betsy books.

The ultimate slacker girl reading list, I guess.

My favorite though was probably The Phantom Tollbooth.

There was also a series of historical fiction books at the school library. The only one I remember is Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, but there were maybe a dozen, and they were good.

All of a Kind Family.

My first chapter book was b is for Betsy 😀

Mommyg8

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:40 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

I love James Herriot! I definitely remember tricki woo. And I had a crush on tristan😀

Wasn't tristan the best? I read a biography on the real James Herriot - Alfred Wight - and they interviewed some of the neighbors for the book... one of the neighbors said about Tristan - "and only SLIGHTLY insane" lol.

mommy3b2c

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:41 pm

BetsyTacy wrote:

A crush on Tristan? He was such a slacker! And a smoker!!
I like James myself.

But he was so exciting!

I also love Betsy tacy!

And had a huge crush on joe Willard.

BetsyTacy

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:41 pm

My first chapter book was B is for Betsy too.
My first Jewish chapter book was What the Moon Brought.
Our edition was so old it referred to Israel as Palestine.

mommy3b2c

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:43 pm

Mommyg8 wrote:

James Herriot was a pen name?

I would love to read his biography. He was such a special person.

Mommyg8

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:44 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

James Herriot was a pen name?

I would love to read his biography. He was such a special person.

Yes, it was a pen name. There are two biographies - the one you want to read was written by his son. Really nice. Very impressive person, to be honest.

mommy3b2c

Tue, Nov 14 2017, 6:44 pm

BetsyTacy wrote:

Another favorite that no one has mentioned is Cheaper by the Dozen and it's sequel Belles on their Toes.

I can't tell you the number of times I have reread them and they are still funny.

Loved them! We def have the same taste.