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| the top three books are old children's readers |
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| they have bright pretty pages and old fashioned scenes....so fun to look at! |
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| Sometimes books contain little surprises....like this old newspaper article |
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| I remember reading this book when I was in 6th grade |
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| Mysteries were super popular! Look at these girls on the cover of "Claudia"--in their Marcia Brady hairstyles, mini dresses, Mary-Jane shoes, and knee socks! LOL |
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| I loved the "Ginnie" books and read them all, I think. I also loved the "Magic Elizabeth" book |
Have any of you read any of these old Blythe Girls novels? Somehow I missed these. I am not sure if these are young adult or teen novels or what. Anyone know? I'm going to have to check into these.
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| Some of these books have beautiful and colorful covers! |
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| I read Little Women so many times! |
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| This was one of my favorite books! |
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| As we got older, we started reading teen romance novels. They were so sweet and so entertaining! Those three above are Whitman teen novels, I think they were called. They were nice little hardback books with hard shiny covers. I bought them with my babysitting money! Is it just me?--or does the cover on the first one look like Sandra Dee and the middle book looks like Patty Duke and the one on the right looks like Marlo Thomas in "That Girl". ? I LOVED watching the Patty Duke show, and "That Girl". |
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| I just loved Beverly Clearly and Rosamond du Jardin!! |
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| By sixth and seventh grade, we were devouring the "malt shop novels". I read them all, over and over. |
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| Most of us read Seventeenth Summer in 7th or 8th grade. It was a good book! |
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| Anyone else read Betty Cavanna books? |
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| Everybody read "Sunshine". It was a tv movie as well |
Also I didn't know this until recently, but the child actor who played the little girl (Jill) in the movie was Lindsay/Sidney Greenbush (twins) who later on became Mary and Laura Ingalls little baby sister, Carrie...on "Little House on the Prairie"!
And then there was "Ode to Billy Joe".
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| Robby Benson and Glynnis O Conner starred...wonder what happened to them? Everybody sang along to the old 1967 Bobbie Gentry song about Choctaw Ridge. I think Robby Benson was later on in a movie called "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" or something like that?--anyone remember? |
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| We sure loved Teen magazine! |
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| this is Colleen Corby, right? |
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| I dont think any of these magazines exist anymore.... |
Did you love the library and the bookmobile?
Did you buy the Scholastic books in school?
Did you keep any of your old books and magazines?
What a collection! I missed the traditional reading of youth but I did love to read and still do.
ReplyDeleteYou must have had a wonderful childhood and I loved reading about your reading memories!
I remember reading so many of these - thanks for the trip down memory lane, Debbi!!
ReplyDeleteWow -- all these can't possibly be yours are they? I remember so many of the titles you showed here and probably even have some of them. Scholastic books -- I did that too and loved them. The Candy Striper book inspired me to be our hospital's equivalent (Bluebirds!) and I remember (and still have) the Janet Lambert teen books. I had all the mysteries -- Kay Tracy, Trixie Belden, Donna Parker, Cherry Ames -- so many others. What a totally fun post!
ReplyDeleteI am SO excited to see your post and read about these amazing old books. Many I remember...some I do NOT! The Ginnie books? I'm going to have to find those! In fact I'll look for several you mentioned, probably in Open Library online. They have lots of books that are out of print. My favs that you have are the old readers. I have a few in my collection and I think I'll get a couple out today and read them. I love the illustrations and happy stories. I always loved the Summer Weekly Reader. I looked forward to it coming in the mail every week. I haven't been able to find any of those to collect though. There are a few good articles about them online. Enjoy your day sweet friend. Hugs and hugs!
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