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]

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The ones I read over and over...

[gelasius.livejournal.com]

Other series: Babysitter's Club (Jessi!), Encyclopedia Brown, Edward Eager's Magic series (I think I read Half Magic and Knight's Castle at least fifty times each), Lloyd Alexander's books (Prydain Chronicles and the Vesper Holly series), Swallows & Amazons series (Titty!). Books: The Girl With The Silver Eyes (misfit telekinetic girl!), Follow My Leader (recently-blind boy and his guide dog!), Wren to the Rescue (which I somehow didn't realize was a series until I was a grownup), Songmaster (which got me started on Orson Scott Card when I was about nine). And probably a bunch more I'm forgetting. :)

Re: The ones I read over and over...

[gelasius.livejournal.com]

Aw, and I just remembered, The People in Pineapple Place (http://www.amazon.com/People-Pineapple-Place-Anne-Lindbergh/dp/1567924115/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300666590&sr=1-1)! Which was apparently such an important part of my childhood that I couldn't look at posters/ads for Pineapple Express (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_Express_(film)) without thinking of it. Which is... different.