[bksvol-discuss] good but old children's books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:54:49 -0700 (PDT)
We have 11 books in English by Louisa May Alcott (4
Spanish translations). Another I'd like to see is Jack
and Jill. I read it as a youngster and loved it. Jack
and Jill do go up a hill to and do fall down--but one
badly injures his/her back and the other also has a
bad injury and both are bedridden for months, if I
remember correctly. They set up a string-and-cup
telephone line between their bedrooms. I don't
remember the details, but it was one of my favorite
stories.
Another favorite of mine was Dinah Craik Mulock. We
have The Little Lame Prince in the collection, but
this is, as I remember, a much more enjoyable book
because brownies are mischievous.
Both books have been republished in the past few
years. If anyone can find them in their libraries, I'm
pretty sure youngsters of today would enjoy them and
would, I hope, enjoy reading writing as it was written
"in the old days." When my children were young they
enjoyed reading my copies of The Bobbsey Twins,
written in the 30's or 40's, and one ofmy daughters,
in 7th grade, read the original Jane Eyre, not a
"modernized" or abstracted version and like it. She
also enjoyed the Agatha Christie mysteries which had
an unforseen effect: she wanted to take French in jr.
high and high school instead of Spanish--not so
practical for one living in California. smile
Cindy
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