Little Houses
Dec. 4th, 2009 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiThese were extremely popular amongst girls when I was growing up, but somehow I never managed to read them. Just like I never read Anne of Green Gables or The Secret Garden. What's wrong with me? I was really an avid reader. But I digress.
I have been meaning to read them at some point, easily found at the local library. This post just inspired me to check them out for another reason entirely, which I hadn't thought of before.
I have been meaning to read them at some point, easily found at the local library. This post just inspired me to check them out for another reason entirely, which I hadn't thought of before.
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OOOOOOOOOOOH!
Date: 2009-12-04 06:05 pm (UTC)Sadly, I lost my box set during a move; our U-Haul had a leak, and a box of books got destroyed.
I keep meaning to get the box set again, because I plan on reading them to Martha when she's older. Or if she's like me, she will read them herself!
Re: OOOOOOOOOOOH!
Date: 2009-12-04 06:08 pm (UTC)Nancy Drew is on the list of "books I must share with a child". I loved that series and I totally wanted to be her (I read my Mom's old yellow hardcover ones, that had been abandoned in my grandparent's basement along with old Skipper dolls and records). I've been keeping my eyes open for them at used book stores and such.
Re: OOOOOOOOOOOH!
Date: 2009-12-04 06:10 pm (UTC)Erik & I walked through the B&N children's section awhile back. There was a lot of nostalgia for me, but also some sadness as the YA books look so much more grownup now...
Re: OOOOOOOOOOOH!
Date: 2009-12-04 06:16 pm (UTC)I read and loved the Little House books too, but I preferred Nancy Drew because she was more exciting--although Laura is definitely a strong female character, she was always restrained and pretty well-behaved and stuck to her "place." Nancy was much more brazen and had thrilling adventures--I honestly think my childhood love of Nancy Drew helped steer me toward loving sci-fi/fantasy, in a way.
The Little House books are really good, though, and very interesting from a historical standpoint.
Re: OOOOOOOOOOOH!
Date: 2009-12-04 11:37 pm (UTC)