Comments on: Weekly Geeks #3 – Children’s Books

By: Tiny Librarian

Tiny Librarian — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:18:36 +0000

Arg, how could I have forgotten the Borrowers??? I love them! My family still blames them when things go missing, over 20 years later. And also wonderful Harriet – I read that one over and over. I even tried keeping a spy notebook for a while.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:01:13 +0000

Chartroose: I agree – I was again swept away, just like in childhood, when I recently re-read The Borrowers.

By: chartroose

chartroose — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:15:59 +0000

Darn, I forgot all about “The Borrowers” or I would’ve put it in my post! Those books were magical.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:19:45 +0000

Julie: LOL- that Nancy, she was so prepared for ANYTHING, wasn’t she?!?

Ann: No, there is no greater children’s book that Charlotte’s Web – I completely agree!

Kailana: I know what you mean…just writing about these books made me yearn to own them again (and be dismayed that my mom got rid of boxes and boxes of them!)

By: Kailana

Kailana — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:39:03 +0000

It is interesting that this theme for Weekly Geeks coincides with me going through all of my books from when I was younger. I am trying to decide if I want to hold on to all of them (I have four big containers of them) and a lot of people’s favourite books are in them! It is making it hard to get rid of anything, to be honest. People are such bad influences, even if they are not trying to be. haha

By: Ann Darnton (Table Talk)

Ann Darnton (Table Talk) — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:09:54 +0000

OK I have to admit to not having read Nancy Drew, but then she isn’t as well known in the UK as she is in the US. I did love the ‘Harriet’ books, however, and as for ‘Charlotte’s Web’ is there any greater book for children out there? I doubt it.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:49:15 +0000

Certain scenes are still vivid, too. I remember one where Nancy’s trapped in an airplane. Her hands are tied behind her back but she manages to get her lipstick out of her purse. She uses it to write SOS on the window — backwards, no less, so that from the outside it will read properly — and then closes the curtain over it, so that the bad guys won’t see what she did. This is why I always carry lipstick in my purse. Because you never know…

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:51:41 +0000

Julie: LOL – I know what you mean…and I can remember most of the titles too. Just writing about them here has made me want to re-read them!

Kerry: I have really enjoyed reading the Geek posts on childhood books – so much fun!

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:31:33 +0000

Oh, Barbar the Elephant. I’d forgotten all about him, but now I remember frequently bringing Barbar books home fromt he library. This has been such a great meme this week, with everyone’s posts bringing back so many memories.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:23 +0000

I loved Nancy Drew too (I’m 41). I was given a big box of them by our babysitter and they were the first chapter books I ever read. Certain words & phrases to this day remind me of Nancy Drew. I mean, who else in the world has titian colored hair?