Today I requested from the library... - Page 2

[kirstenb]

Originally Posted by Vermillion

Hmm… what are some books I loved as a kid that I want to get around to reading again? Island of the Blue Dolphins (or any Scott O'Dell really…) comes to mind, as well as Where the Red Fern Grows... I also LOVED the Boxcar Children series and still have all my old copies of them!

Love all these too. I just love books for kids and young adults.

[laohaire]

Originally Posted by MysteryMama

My Side of the Mountain

I keep thinking about that book!

Plus the one about a boy with a pet racoon.

Also the one about a boy with the hunting dogs who hunted racoons.

I guess I'm missing the back to nature type books

[rootzdawta]

LoL . . . great thread. I loved the Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley High series as a child too. Loved Ramona Quimby! I own Tuck Everlasting, which I loved and still love.

[bajamergrrl]

Originally Posted by just_lily

I really liked Gordon Korman, who is a Canadian author. I have found some of his more recent work in my library, but nothing that I read as a kid. I loved his Bruno and Boots series, and would read The Zucchini Warriors again if I could find it.

I think you're the only other adult I've come across that knows about Bruno and Boots! Be still my heart!

[MusicianDad]

About a year ago DD got a huge box of babysitter club and saddle club books (about 100 saddle club and 50 babysitter club books, so 150 books in all...) and I have borrowed a few of them to read at different times.

[hdeering]

Originally Posted by bajamergrrl

I think you're the only other adult I've come across that knows about Bruno and Boots! Be still my heart!

Gordon Korman fans unite...

I just finished the second Bugs Potter. My collection is now complete.

[MusicianDad]

Originally Posted by hdeering

Gordon Korman fans unite...

I have read I Want to go Home so many times it's falling apart. I don't think I've read any of his other books though.

[hdeering]

Originally Posted by MusicianDad

I have read I Want to go Home so many times it's falling apart. I don't think I've read any of his other books though.

That's awesome! You should have your kids read them. Others that are similar to that one are "Who is Bugs Potter?", "No Coins Please", "The Twinkie Squad", "Losing Joe's Place", and he has some new ones that are pretty good too. "No More Dead Dogs" was ok, but not quite as good as the classics.

[fruitfulmomma]

Also the one about a boy with the hunting dogs who hunted raccoons.

Where the Red Fern Grows - Good book but the end was so

I loved BSC when I was younger, especially the special adventure ones. My favorite SVT book was The Magic Christmas.

I read very little fiction myself but when I do I always prefer children's lit.

[~pi]

Another Gordon Korman fan here. In fact, I still OWN some Gordon Korman books -- there are a lot of things that I will declutter happily, but I hang onto my books! I think I still have No Coins Please, I Want to Go Home, Son of Interflux, Don't Care High, and the original MacDonald Hall.

And I re-read L. M. Montgomery books any time I feel sick.

[Justmee]

Originally Posted by MysteryMama

My Side of the Mountain

LOVE that book. I have a copy of it somewhere. I have to go through all my books to see what I need to get for my kids. They are getting into more and more stories.

[hdeering]

Originally Posted by ~pi

Another Gordon Korman fan here. In fact, I still OWN some Gordon Korman books -- there are a lot of things that I will declutter happily, but I hang onto my books! I think I still have No Coins Please, I Want to Go Home, Son of Interflux, Don't Care High, and the original MacDonald Hall.

And I re-read L. M. Montgomery books any time I feel sick.

I love your username! That's awesome.

Yes, I own quite a few Gordon Korman books and hit the jackpot at thrift stores last time I was visiting home and found "Our Man Weston", "Radio Fifth Grade" and maybe one other....

Those are added to my collection now. I haven't read "Son of Interflux", I'll have to get on that. Bookmooch.com is great for finding some of the old ones.

[miss_sonja]

I re-read The Blue Sword every other year or so.

Trixie Belden mysteries! I still have my vintage ones.

[Owen'nZoe]

Originally Posted by MysteryMama

My Side of the Mountain

This was one of my absolute favorites, too! I'd love to reread it. Also, the Darkness is Rising series by Susan Cooper (I've taken a couple of them out to reread in the past year) and Trixie Belden.

I've been enjoying re-reading the Little House, Pipi Longstocking, and E.B.White books with the kids, too.