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Book Ideas:  What book influenced you the most growing up?  |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 8:04:45 PM
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Ronia the Robbers Daughter
Pippi Longstocking
Little House
Anne of Green Gables
Trolls!
Encyclopedia of Gnomes (I think this is what it was called, by Rien Poortvleit)
Pony Club Manual
Loved Nancy Drew too
Oh Mr Darcy!
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sue5901
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Sue
Wellingborough
United Kingdom
122 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 10:48:29 PM
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I also loved all the Little House Books - these are definately coming out tops on here.
I also loved all the Enid Blyton books - the idea of going off and having adventures was something I was always trying to copy - but there were never any adults around in her books - they kept stopping me!!!
Also
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Heidi
The Moomins
The very first book I can remember reading myself was about a group of Teddies in a nursery who came to life when the children went to bed - I can still see the pictures from it in my mind but have no idea what it was called. I remember I got it out of the library several times but have never been able to find it since.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4737 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 3:12:49 PM
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I would have to say the very first "Boxcar Children" book. I really liked how the kids were adult free and independent taking care of themselves and each other.
Dawn in IL |
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Jennifer Q.
Farmgirl in Training
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Jennifer
Irmo
SC
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2010 : 5:23:31 PM
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I had to think real hard about this one, but I finally came up with my most influential book growing up:
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck...
I read it over and over, each time crying and trying to keep the pages together (it was a very old and tattered book).
However, The Very Hungry Caterpillar book helped me to learn and talk in preschool! |
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Yart
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
MI
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2010 : 7:30:34 PM
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The Little House Series
Anne of Green Gables
Nancy Drew
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Jim Davis
http://urban-eco.blogspot.com/ |
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2010 : 10:46:00 AM
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i have to agree with so many of the above responses! We were all quite the little readers weren't we!!
Little House
then Nancy Drew
Third, Anne of Green Gables
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cheriemazzella
Farmgirl at Heart
1 Posts
Cherie
Saint Petersburg
Florida
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2010 : 11:36:05 PM
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| A Taste of Blackberries... made me realize how special life is. There are so many others but that always stuck out... |
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Lida
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Lida
Rochester
NY
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2010 : 1:44:11 PM
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I have loved to read since I was a little gorl. I read all of the classics but in praticular I remember Black beauty, Freckles (by Gene Stratton Porter), Christy (by Catherine Marshall), Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon mysteries. But I think the book that most shaped me was Pollyanna.
The books I enjoyed reading to my children were the Little House books and Horton hears a Hoo/Horton Hatches an Egg.
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Jennie
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Jennifer Robin
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
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Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 6:36:50 PM
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I read copiously as a child, but the ones that got read more times than I can count were Peter Pan ( the old, unabridged version), Elsie Dinsmore, by Martha Finley, and my number one favorite, George MacDonald's "The Princess and the Goblin". I wanted to fly with Peter and have a fairy for a friend, be virtuous like Elsie, and follow that magical thread with little Princess Irene!
Jennifer Robin
http://robinswoods.blogspot.com/ |
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Leilaht
True Blue Farmgirl
155 Posts
Elizabeth
Highland
MI
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2010 : 4:43:34 PM
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I had "How Fletcher Was Hatched" for years! My favorites were the Babar books and Freckles. For a long time I forgot the title to Freckles, but remembered the story. The ones that influenced me the most would have to be the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
Liz
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:25 |
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Leilaht
True Blue Farmgirl
155 Posts
Elizabeth
Highland
MI
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2010 : 4:50:02 PM
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Yes! I am not the only one who has read and re-read "Back to Basics"! I used to browse this frequently in high school. I still have a copy.
Liz
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:25 |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2010 : 06:31:06 AM
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I am just like so many of you. The Little House series really impacted me. I would read them as a child, when I was up at my parent's ranch in the hill country, and loved to pretend I was Laura! I remember not being able to put down Little Women as a second grader. Rabbit Hill was another favorite in third grade. Anyone else remember that one? Wonder if it is still in print. I just bought my daughter her first Beverly Cleary book. Loved those. In junior high, it was The Outsiders, which led me to devour anything else S.E. Hinton wrote. As an adult, I read alot, but one book that affected me is "The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom". Remember them? They were the two women, sisters, over 100 ears of age who lived in NYC until their deaths. They also wrote "Having Our Say, the First Hundred Years". But the little book of everyday wisdom is just that. Out of print now, I reread it every summer because it is a reminder to live simply. Everything they say there is so smart. Another one that has truly affected me is MaryJanes Idea/Life book!
Hugs!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 8:40:15 PM
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/when I was a kid in the 50s, The Watkins man came around selling their vanilla and other spices. My mom got enough stuff that she got this cookbook with a pretty blue cover. She gave it to me. (I was about 5) Eventually I made every recipe in that book. Being an only child was very lonely. I never had anyone to do stuff with. I fell in love with baking. I still love to bake. Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 8:45:58 PM
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Yep, me too... for me it was the Little House series. I loved those books so much! I wanted to be Laura Ingalls so badly, my Grandma made me a bonnet to wear when it was on t.v. :) I didn't discover "Little Women" until I was an adult... I would love to be one of the March's, too! What would we do without good books to take us away to wonderful worlds we never otherwise could have imagined? - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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boxermama
Farmgirl at Heart
1 Posts
Lolita
Carrollton
OH
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2010 : 4:09:06 PM
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Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Eight Cousins, The Five Little Peppers,All Creatures Great and Small, The Hobbit, anything by Dickens, Myths and Legends...
I only NEED 4 chickens,But I love all 32 of them! |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2010 : 6:33:12 PM
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I loved anything by Margarite Henry; Lad: A Dog; The Black Stallion;Rascal, by Sterling North; Julie of the Wolves; Bless the Beasts and Children; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn;Summer of My German Soldier; The Member of the Wedding...the list is endless.
Cindy
"There is more to life than increasing its speed". Mahatma Gandhi
Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/ |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 10:29:04 AM
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All the books about the Melendy's by Eliza Enright and Island of the Blue Dolphins, that one taught me about how to survive.
Merry
Farmgirl #536
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
Your life is an occasion, rise to it. Mr. Magorium |
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urban chickie
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Catherine
Niles
IL
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 1:30:36 PM
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Green Eggs and Ham. Seriously, I still go to that when life gets rough LOL
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 5:03:26 PM
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The Little House on the Prairie books...totally! I spent a better portion of my childhood pretending to be Laura Ingalls.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 5:14:27 PM
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I think that the Little House books had some of the strongest influence on me...always wanted to live like the Ingalls family and I've even sewn a Prairie dress for myself as part of the living history program through 4H.
As far as my spiritual walk, Corrie Ten Boom's "The Hiding Place" was a book that I read over and over as a teen. I always hoped that my life in Christ would give me the strength to do what her family did, and then to give forgiveness to those that hurt them. She is an amazing woman. And I loved her stories about her father. He was so wise and such a great father and example of Christ to his family. I remember stuff from that book to this day and it keeps me inspired.
Love you all my farmgirl sisters out there!
Carrie
www.apronsoftheadirondacks.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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canyonwren
Farmgirl in Training
19 Posts
Alisha
Reno
NV
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 09:49:31 AM
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| Definitely _Anne of Green Gables_, then later, around sixteen, LOTR. Like so many of you, I also enjoyed Little House books too. My mother got my name from a little girl named Alisha on the Little House tv series! |
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
1183 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 12:08:48 PM
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I loved the Williamsbur Novels by Elswyth Thane. It is a series of novels starting with families before the Revolutionary War up to england in I believe WW2. I read them when I was 10 or 11 and gave me a love of history and the past that I had not experienced. I realized these were real people, afraid, hungry, hating and loving, much as we do today. I checked with Amazon to see if the first book was available. It can be purchased in prices ranging from $22-$64. Too bad it isn't still in print. Loved them.
Buffypuff/ Claudia
Farmgirl & Sister #870
"Half of success is the assurance of support along the way." cr
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missusprim
True Blue Farmgirl
400 Posts
Karen
Fostoria
Ohio
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 3:31:40 PM
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Beatrix Potter! Oh, I can close my eyes and still see the section in my elementary school library that housed those adorable small books no bigger than a child's hand. The illustrations, the adorable clothing......
And the example they would unknowingly set for younguns: To be kind, kind and kind. |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1497 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1497 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 10:33:50 PM
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T.A. for Tots, Green Eggs and Ham, Mine for Keeps, Jamie and the Dump Truck and the Lazy Automobile were my childhood favorites. The latter two belonged to my dad first. now we have them patched together and my niece and nephew are also enjoying them. I still think of Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies and Frozzes when I ponder life's ups and downs. And when things get tough, who else but Dr. Seuss can remind you about what really matters most? Sam I am!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Feythe
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Jana
Decatur
GA
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2010 : 6:42:30 PM
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Hi there,
I think the teddy books you're remembering just might be the series by Jane Hissey. I didn't discover them until I was an adult, but they are precious: Old Bear, Little Bear Lost, and Little Bear's Trousers. The drawings are so charming as are the story lines. I hope these are the stories you remember and that you can find them.
Feythe
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Originally posted by sue5901
I also loved all the Little House Books - these are definately coming out tops on here.
I also loved all the Enid Blyton books - the idea of going off and having adventures was something I was always trying to copy - but there were never any adults around in her books - they kept stopping me!!!
Also
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Heidi
The Moomins
The very first book I can remember reading myself was about a group of Teddies in a nursery who came to life when the children went to bed - I can still see the pictures from it in my mind but have no idea what it was called. I remember I got it out of the library several times but have never been able to find it since.
Dance like nobody's watching!
Farmgirl Sister #67
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Book Ideas: What book influenced you the most growing up? |
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What book influenced you the most growing up?
