Comments on: Library Magic http://www.reschoolyourself.com/library-magic Reliving my schooling. Rebooting my life. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Alicia C. http://www.reschoolyourself.com/library-magic#comment-1097 Alicia C. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:26:32 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1226#comment-1097 I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one guilty of reading ahead in Choose Your Own Adventure stories! I remember that we went to the library a lot but don't remember having a regular day that we visited. When I was little I went from row to row in the Children's section reading the titles and checking out the display books to narrow down which books I then pulled off the shelf to further investigate before narrowing the search to what I could actually take home. As I got older I read everything by Beverly Cleary (except for the Ralph S. Mouse series), every Babysitters Club book, and tons of Christopher Pike, Agatha Christie, and Victoria Holt. My grandparents had copies of "Madeline" and "The Nutshell Library" by Maurice Sendak that I read over and over and over again any time I visited. I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only one guilty of reading ahead in Choose Your Own Adventure stories! I remember that we went to the library a lot but don’t remember having a regular day that we visited. When I was little I went from row to row in the Children’s section reading the titles and checking out the display books to narrow down which books I then pulled off the shelf to further investigate before narrowing the search to what I could actually take home. As I got older I read everything by Beverly Cleary (except for the Ralph S. Mouse series), every Babysitters Club book, and tons of Christopher Pike, Agatha Christie, and Victoria Holt. My grandparents had copies of “Madeline” and “The Nutshell Library” by Maurice Sendak that I read over and over and over again any time I visited.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.reschoolyourself.com/library-magic#comment-1055 Margaret Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:58:53 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1226#comment-1055 YES! READING ROCKS! I remember going to the library and having Mz. Krieger read to us there, as only a middle-aged, married, children's librarian could, in the most theatrical voice possible. But I don't remember which stories. At most, I can remember certain lyrics in her voice, but the only thing I remember from the actual visits was that Garfield was always the most popular series. ugh. Boxcar Children series was pretty good, but I think I outgrew the goody-two-shoes-ness of them pretty quickly (and that is saying something, as I was a goody-two-shoes myself!) I also remember reading Matilda. Loved it. Didn't care for the movie. Perhaps because the actress playing Matilda didn't look like ME. I thought I honestly might have the unused brainpower problem as well, and spent a lot of time shooting rays out of my eyes, ending up with sore eyes and a headache! *sigh* Sometimes the world of science can be simply disappointing. YES! READING ROCKS! I remember going to the library and having Mz. Krieger read to us there, as only a middle-aged, married, children’s librarian could, in the most theatrical voice possible. But I don’t remember which stories. At most, I can remember certain lyrics in her voice, but the only thing I remember from the actual visits was that Garfield was always the most popular series. ugh. Boxcar Children series was pretty good, but I think I outgrew the goody-two-shoes-ness of them pretty quickly (and that is saying something, as I was a goody-two-shoes myself!)
I also remember reading Matilda. Loved it. Didn’t care for the movie. Perhaps because the actress playing Matilda didn’t look like ME. I thought I honestly might have the unused brainpower problem as well, and spent a lot of time shooting rays out of my eyes, ending up with sore eyes and a headache! *sigh* Sometimes the world of science can be simply disappointing.

]]> By: lynnie http://www.reschoolyourself.com/library-magic#comment-1054 lynnie Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1226#comment-1054 I loved Babysitter's club too as well as A Birthday For Frances, Madeline and The Rainbow Fish (it was the sparkly scales. Couldn't get enough of it). I hated when I got to the bad parts of 'Choose Your Own Adventure'; I always had to put it down after I ended up not going back to my time or falling off a cliff. I also enjoyed Encyclopedia Brown although I could never figure out whodunnit at the end... I miss those days! I loved Babysitter’s club too as well as A Birthday For Frances, Madeline and The Rainbow Fish (it was the sparkly scales. Couldn’t get enough of it). I hated when I got to the bad parts of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’; I always had to put it down after I ended up not going back to my time or falling off a cliff.

I also enjoyed Encyclopedia Brown although I could never figure out whodunnit at the end… I miss those days!

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