Posted by Racer on March 10, 2006, at 2:19:14
In reply to ooh, ooh look what I found :-), posted by sleepygirl on March 9, 2006, at 20:57:42
You see, in an old house in Paris, that was covered in vines...
WAIT! No, that was in an old flat in San Francisco, and there were no vines, although there was honeysuckle wrapped around the back staircase...
"Madeline" was one of my very favorites, and I could recite most of it. But the one that was most special to me was "Curious George." He was in a car accident and broke his leg, and it was put in a cast, and he got to ride in a go-cart. And then I was hit by a car, shortly before my fifth birthday, and I broke my leg, and they put it in a cast (eventually -- after a month in traction) and they let me ride in a go-cart. I wanted to roll the wheels, just like Curious George, but they wouldn't let me. I had to let them push me. But I got a green lollipop, so it was OK. (Mostly -- I wanted to Do It Myself, and I wanted to go really fast like Curious George.)
So, "Curious George" was special to me, but I loved "Madeline" a lot, too. And later, "A Wrinkle in Time," and a bunch of horse books, and "Paddington," and the John Christopher books, like "The White Mountains," and oh so many others! The bookcase in our guest room is filled with my children's books. And my mother has others, like "Broccoli," which is about an old stag...
OH! How could I forget! "The Nutshell Library!" With "One Was Johnny," who lived by himself, and "Chicken Soup With Rice" -- In January it's so nice, while slipping on the sliding ice, to sip hot chicken soup with rice; sipping once, sipping twice, sipping chicken soup with rice. Those were some of my very favorites. As was the book that tells about the night Max's mother called him Wild Thing and sent him to bed without his supper...
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