As I sit to write this I am surprised that I can’t think of a single book that I absolutely LOVED as a child. Can you believe that? Me? The one who learned to read at three and hasn’t put a book down since? Oh, there are books I remember reading like Little Bear, Dr. Seuss books, Curious George and the like.
Maybe I am limiting myself by thinking of just “picture books.” Hmm…chapter books?
Ah, that’s better! My sister received a copy of A Little Princess for her 3rd (or was it 4th) birthday. I remember being VERY jealous that she had her own chapter book to read. I enjoyed reading all about Ramona in the Beverly Cleary books. And the adventures of the Boxcar Children.
But the books I liked the most I think were the old Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books. It was just fun to be spooked by the mysteries.
A couple of years ago I was browsing through an antique shop looking for an old trunk (which I found) and came upon a set of forty old hardcover Hardy Boys books. I dickered with the salesperson and was able to purchase the forty books for only $60, that’s $1.50 per book! My children have enjoyed reading them just as I did as a child and now my nephews come to my house and borrow a couple of books a week. They enjoy listening to their dad read them aloud. So fun to see the love of these old treasures spreading!
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Oooo I liked those too!!
Wahoo! It’s WW days again. 🙂
Great topic! I love to get new ideas of books to read!
I too loved reading Nancy Drew mysteries. I can still remember where they were in our middle school library. I think I read through the whole series that sixth grade year. What a great collection you have in your home! Whenever I see them at yard sales or thrift stores I pick them up.
You know, I never even THOUGHT of picture books! I was thinking of myself around 9 or 10 years old. Odd. Anyway, if I were to choose a picture book, it would be Stop That Ball! by Mike McClintock. I have a picture of me fallen asleep with it in my dad’s big chair. Apparently I had been pestering him all afternoon to read it to me to no avail. 🙂
I loved those Nancy Drew books as well. My grandmother had the collection and would let us borrow a few each time we came to visit.
I have been collecting those old Hardy Boys (I don’t have quite as many, but close…and for almost the same price) and Nancy Drew. My boys love them, and I love that the objectional content is gone.
I posted one that I did in October, as I didn’t want to post it twice. 🙂 Seriously I have read my book at least 100 times and it never gets old! 🙂
My mom had the whole collection of Nancy Drew books but she loaned a whole stack of them to a friend and that friends house burned down. 🙁 I did love the few she had left in her collection though.
Must admit I never did read many Hardy Boys.
Thanks for hosting Wordfull Wednesday. This is my first time participating. You do call it wordfull for a reason, right? My post is a little long. 🙂
I remember reading Encyclopedia Brown a lot!! 🙂 My sister loved the Baby Sitter Club books…like with a passion.
I LOVED Nancy Drew growing up, I read them all. And the Babysitter’s Collection. I also had a few authors I really liked. Some of my favorites were the books where you would read some type of scenario and then you had to guess what really happened. Now I am slowly collecting all the Nancy Drew books, partly in hope that my children would love to read. But I seem to only have boys – would they like Nancy Drew? Perhaps I should be collecting the Hardy Boys instead!
I didn’t write a separate post, but I LOVED the book “A Room for Cathy”.
I have never read the Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books. But now I’m curious!
I didn’t ever read Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys growing up, but now I LOVE them….it’s like pushing the easy button for getting my kids reading.