So, do we mention Dick and Dora? That was the first dreadful reading book I got to plough my way through. Most of the books in infant classes were "dead boring!"
Well, I do remember Caravan Holiday and I also read a book called the Adventures of Prince Jan which I won in a writing competition (for the first and last time!) and had I not been given it, would possibly never have read it. But I did like the books because they were small and, when yu first got them, smelt really nice!! Am I weird or what? I love going into book shops because of the smell of the pages!!
I remember the Look and Learn book and was delighted when I received it for Christmas when I was about 9 years' old. We were also lucky because the library at Wavertree had an encyclopedia. I can't remember how many volumes but it seemed a lot to me as a child. Another book I received as a Christmas present was "people in history" and it was this book and the enthusiasm of my teacher that fired my interest in history.
Does anyone remember the Childrens Braille Annual. Some years they were really quite interesting and others could best be described as awful.
I read one Bob Morris book. I think it was something like "Bob Morris and the missing diary". I don't remember much about the story apart from him grovelling his way to the park and then, when imprisoned in a cellar, managing to attack his captor! As if! But perhaps it was the Hidden Cellar tital Ian referred to.
My Aunty bought me "The Secret Garden" for Christmas and had taken the volumes out of their box they had been posted in and wrapped them up. Well, what an advantage to discover several days before Christmas what book you would be getting because one could read the title through the wrapping paper. I never did confess (well until now that is).
The best books always seemed to be the ones not in braille and we were lucky that we had a couple of teachers at primary school who read quite a few to us and one teacher in particular was brilliant an using different voices.
Struggling to provide a list of my favourite books - well too long! Enough of my rambling. Linda-----Original Message----- From: Voldi Gailans
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 11:10 AM To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Going back to children's books. Hi Pele, Treasure in the Ruins was another one we had. I remember reading it late at night in bed and finding it very exciting at the time. I think I do remember seeing the capital sign at quite an early age. I also remember at an early age coming across a pocket-size reader, presumably part of a series, called "Truce of Eight", involving an encounter between I think British and German soldiers and struggling to read out loud to a teacher, I think it may have been Miss Slater for those who remember her, constructions like "Ve vill," and not understanding until it was explained. Best wishes, Voldi At 10:10 03/07/2013, you wrote:
Hi Steve Peter and I were talking about "The Gay Way Series" and other children's books the other day. I remember being so excited when I was allowed to read "The Tin Pot House", which was the first book in Stage 1. I used to love the G R Crosher books, my favourite was "Treasure in the Ruins". My parents bought some of them for me. My father had to visit Edinburgh and the people at the Scottish Braille Press were rather surprised when he came in and bought them. Does anyone remember the Beacon Readers? I have a vague memory that some of them were produced in American braille. I remember the Dot 6 capital sign, but Peter does not remember this. Pele