When my grandson was 5 I was reading him Sam & the Firefly. When Gus calls Sam an "old goose" and an "old hen" he thought that was the absolute funniest thing ever.
Favorite Books from your childhood.
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5 and under is a fun time! I love hearing little ones laugh more than anything else I can think of.
Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson was my favorite childhood book. Pirates and buried treasure. What's not to like. Before I could read at the level of the book, both grandmothers read it to me multiple times.
The original Bond novels by Ian Fleming.
A bit past childhood but just read Jonathon Livingston Seagull again. Sigh.
I didn't start reading those until I was a teen.
I was invited to see Thunderball and You Only Live Twice as a double feature by a friend at 10. Needless to say, mind blown, immediately sought out the novels.
When I was fourteen I read all of the Bond-novels written by Ian Fleming consecutively, one every week. There was a paperback book stall in the cafeteria of my high school where they cost perhaps 50 cents each. The woman always had a nice smile for me.
The other authors who tried to continue the series, for example John Gardner, could never quite make it.
The other authors who tried to continue the series, for example John Gardner, could never quite make it.
I have all my mother's 50 cent Signet paperbacks in the Bond books. Good thing I've got those as they're starting to change those too.
Was it like Moneypenny's smile?
Read over & over
I came across this one recently and I think the story is much better compared to the Shrek we all know.
Ratso
Mr. Obvious
The Sea for Sam
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55 lbs
Release Date: March 1960
I read this on library day (once per week and you could not check books out) in grade school.
There were two other books I enjoyed, but can’t remember the titles. One was a book on dinosaurs and another on weather.
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55 lbs
Release Date: March 1960
I read this on library day (once per week and you could not check books out) in grade school.
There were two other books I enjoyed, but can’t remember the titles. One was a book on dinosaurs and another on weather.
Big fan too. Got to see a cool machine like Homer's in operation in a bakery window in Skaneateles, NY in the 90s - like this: (had a donut hot off the press!!)
Hopalong Cassidy novels by Louis L'Amour, of course.
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