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Book Ideas:  What book influenced you the most growing up?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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USA
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 Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 11:09:54 AM
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I don't think I could narrow it down to just one book, or even one series, but I loved:
The Little House on the Prairie series
My Side of the Mountain
The Giver
Where the Red Fern Grows
Each of these books let me to more and different books. Oh how I love to read!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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jenbove
Moderator
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 11:54:40 AM
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Hmmmm...maybe Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. I was fascinated by the thought of escaping to the back-of-beyond to live among wild creatures!
Jen
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 12:09:11 PM
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Of coarse- mine and Karins Favorite!!! Harriet the Spy!!!!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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sissysquilts
True Blue Farmgirl
368 Posts
sissy
wa
USA
368 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 12:26:01 PM
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Nancy Drew! *~* But also Anne of Green Gables and anything about Hellen Keller :)
Farmgirl Sister #117
"The good stars met in your horoscope. Made you of spirit,fire and dew"
Robert Browning |
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thyme2cook
Farmgirl in Training
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Terri
Derby
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 3:19:42 PM
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All Judy Blume books! Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, SuperFudge, Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
Also...Great Big, Enormous, Gigantic Cardboard Box
by Leeanne Brook, Gaston Vanzet....as well as the others mentioned already in the forum.
 Terri
Farm Girl at Heart! Terri |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 3:28:08 PM
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Where the Red Fern Grows for sure and
Anne of Green Gables
The Secret Garden and
Island of the Blue Dophin
Friday the Arapaho Indian
All the Little House Books
Little Women
I loved to read even as a little kid.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 5:49:57 PM
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| Island of the Blue Dolphin and My Side of the Mountain. I read those books over and over. |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 7:06:28 PM
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Babysitters lub,lol
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 8:50:57 PM
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Girl of the Limberlost, by Jean Stratton Porter
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 06:28:43 AM
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Great thread! Okay, I also absolutely loved the Anne of Green Gables books growing up, and another favorite of mine was A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L'Engle) and subsequent books in that series. The really cool thing about Wrinkle for me now is that I'll be teaching it (for the first time - needed to change things up this year) to my grade 7 ELA students in just a few weeks; I hope they love it as much as I did!
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 07:15:25 AM
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I LOVE this thread so much! Maybe I had too much fruit juice this morning but I got all excited and decided to start a farmgirl Chapter! I am calling us "The Book Worms" for now! Please let me know if you would be interested in joining so we can chat about our favorite books, past present and future!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 07:25:43 AM
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I guess I would have to say Webster's Dictionary, second edition/ My parents always had us look up the words we didn't know and there are lovely color illustrations of gemstones, butterflies, etc. I still have that old dictionary on a stand in my living room. I loved all the
Anne of
Green Gables, Little House, Louisa May Alcott series. My mother made me read a Dickens novel when I was 10. Great Expectations. She gave me her old set of Dickens with the tiniest print for my birthday when I was twelve. A few years before she died she gave me a new set, put out by Oxford Press with print I can read. There's nothing like settling down with a good book, a quilt, a cat or two and a cup of tea. I still really enjoy Dickens, you find yourself sailing along on this wonderful extravaganza of words and names.I think a Bookworm chapter sounds brilliant! Karin |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2008 : 3:55:24 PM
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While I read tons of books when I was a kid, I have to say the following were books I just loved and read over and over: Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, Anne of Green Gable series and Nancy Drew mysteries! Wow, just typing this brings back so many wonderful reading memories for me.
Dawn in IL |
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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 06:04:21 AM
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For me:
The Secert Garden
ALL of the "Anne" Books
Shel Silverstein.. |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 06:09:43 AM
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Ha, Debi!! You beat me to it!! Yes, Harriet the Spy tops my list. :) But I have to say that the Borrowers series cemented whimsy into my brain and now I absolutely believe that all things are possible- even tiny people who live in my walls and take the very thing that I am in need of, to make something useful for themselves. I must have hundreds of them!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 06:12:37 AM
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| Anything by Louisa May Alcott, Jack London, Charles Dickens, LM Montomery or Mark Twain. Also Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin. And of course my favorite of all, Jane Austen. I also loved the Bronte sisters as well. I still go back and re-read them sometimes. Of course I have read Austen's books so many times that I have lost count. Oh, and Trixie Beldon? She was kind of like Nancy Drew. My mom brought me tons of her books home in a box one day and I loved them all. |
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Beverly
Farmgirl at Heart
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IA
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Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 5:35:00 PM
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| I read the Janet Lambert series of books between the ages of 9-12. Now there is an online group to discuss the books, and the books can be found on e-bay for lots of money! |
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2008 : 6:12:19 PM
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I recall reading a passage in school from Thoreau's Walden - Thus began my love affair with nature. Next to that I would have to say that as a young woman I made my way through all the Anne of Green Gables books - Also was influenced (and still am to this very day) very very greatly by author Gladys Taber - Also Anne Morrow Lindbergh (her journals were hauntingly beautiful).
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
Farmgirl Sister #59
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2008 : 7:23:25 PM
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What a great selection of books! I am going to have to read through all of these posts again and make a list of books that I haven't read yet, but should! :D
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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Crafty Chic
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Melissa
West Plains
MO
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 1:35:11 PM
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I read a lot of books growing up and had lots of favorites. As a kid, I read a lot of Disney books. I grew up in a Christian home, so of course I read a lot kids Christian books. My favorite series as a preteen was the Mandie Series. I'm actually looking to buy all of the books to have to read again myself and keep for my daughter for when she's older. They now have where Mandie went to college and I really want to read that too! If you know where I can buy these books-let me know! I also read some of the Little House on the Prairie books, The Boxcar Children series, The Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Kids, High and College Series. I love to read. I'm a HUGE fan of Karen Kingsbury, Janette Oke, Robin Jones Gunn and many more!
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NancyM
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Nancy
Fall City
WA
113 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2008 : 8:33:01 PM
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I loved anything about horses. The Walter Farley Black Stallion series was a fave, as were the Margeurite Henry horse books-Misty of Chincoteage, etc. I always buy those for childrens book drives in hope that some horse crazy girl will love them as much as I did.
I also loved the Little House on the Prairie series, and Judy Blume. There was also a Freddy the Pig series that my dad and I enjoyed together.
Nancy |
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Lovin Life
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
New Hampshire
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Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 04:47:30 AM
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No wonder we all love chatting and sharing so much, we're all like "soul sisters" or something!!
I loved the Little House series, and the TV show too, Judy Blume, Little Women, James Herriot, and as I got a little older, college age, I loved Stephen King, Sidney Sheldon and Maeve Binchy.
Now, I like just about anything that's well written. The Kite Runner was very good, but I haven't read his second book "A thousand splendid suns" yet.
I'd rather live my life with a "full plate" than an empty one. Life is not a rehearsal... eat up! |
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What book influenced you the most growing up?
