Childhood nostalgia poll

[rachelmanija]

Please reminisce, fondly or not, about any of these, or other books read in childhood, especially if they seem to have, deservedly or undeservedly, vanished from the shelves. I'd love to hear about non-US, non-British books, too.

[Poll #1720139]

Comments

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

I never even heard of Blyton until I was an adult on the interwebs. I don't think her books are/were really that common in the US. Did you read them here or in India? I did read quite a few other British children's books (someone above mentioned E. Nesbit), but don't remember ever seeing Blyton on the shelves and I just checked the Santa Monica library website now and all they've got are three from this series of hers.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

OMG, please read and report back!

Warning: Books may contain horrific racism. Or not - depends if non-white characters make an appearance. Avoid Circus of Adventure at all costs - not technically racist but incredibly xenophobic.

I read them in India. They were quite popular there when I was there.

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, I'm sure a lot of them are pretty cringeworthy to read now.

I just thought to look on BookMooch as well, and there's a fair selection, but so far everything I've clicked on is not in the US. (Though I have a ton of unused points, so if someone's in another country and willing to send to me, I might go ahead and get some.)

[jorrie-spencer.livejournal.com]

They've been updated to address some of these issues, apparently. How well that worked, I don't know.