dryad
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Reged: 11/02/2008
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Thanks, lizalou and billie!
I like the sound of Milly Molly Mandy - I love reading books written in a different era. Amazon, here I come!
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Ginnie
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Gosh didn't realise my mention of MMM would arouse such interest.
My grandma bought mine in 1950s and I loved her adventures with Little Friend susan and billy Blunt. I read the stories to my two Ds.
Her full name was Millicent Margaret Amanda and I remember I used to think how lovely it must be to have such a wonderful name.
My copy is one of my treasured possessions.
Ginnie
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dryad
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Thanks to you too, Ginnie!
I envy anyone who has a first edition. I have just ordered from Amazon The Big Milly Molly Mandy Storybook 'a special anniversary collection to celebrate 75 years of a much-loved classic character'.
PS
In case any of you think I am losing the plot, I shall also be reading The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine - a very ADULT novel!
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billie
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Hi Dryad
If you are losing the plot we're all losing it with you! I've just finished "The Little Princess" by Francess Hodgson Burnett another children's classic and throughly enjoyed it. Billie
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dryad
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The Big Milly Molly Mandy Storybook has arrived from Amazon! This 75th anniversary edition is beautiful - big maps, glossy pages and coloured illustrations. Now I can understand why Milly Molly Mandy became such a firm favourite with children. Reading the stories as an adult, I felt nostalgic for the simple pleasures of childhood: an errand at the local shop, helping in the garden, a trip to the seaside, sledging in the snow, a new dress for a party. I could go on and on! Thanks again for the recommendation!
Edited by dryad (16/01/2009 17:15)
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billie
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Soooooo! glad you've enjoyed reaing MMM Dryad. Please try Daddy long Legs by Jean Webster if you get the chance. Anyone else read this book. I have to say it is one of my absolute favourites. It's written in letter form so very easy to read. Billie
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bevvywevvy
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Hi Dryad,
Have just responded to your post about Twighlight and came on here to find something else to respond to. I loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a child. I remember a teacher reading it to us in primary school. i found myself completely caught up in the magic and particularly loved the idea of walking through a wardrobe full of fur coats and out into a snow filled world. The image of Lucy, stood underneath the lamp is one of my favourites from childhood.
To Billie,
Many years ago 'Testament of Youth' was on the TV as a serial. Again I found myself so caught up in the story that I went out and bought the book. It sits on my bookshelf now still unfinished. I managed to get about two thirds of the way through but was so saddened by everything that i ended up in tears more often than not. In the end I had to stop reading it. I was very young and impressionable, so maybe it is time to try it again through my much more mature eyes?
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Jenniferpl
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Loc: South East London
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When I was a kid I read I am david, it was the first book that made me cry, made me laugh - it was the first time that I realised that as well as being entertaining that some books had a powerfull message, I forgot all about it until I saw it next to the boy in the striped pyjamas in waterstones, I must buy a copy and re read it, I wonder if it will move me as much 30 years later
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 Jennifer
Edited by Jenniferpl (05/02/2009 13:32)
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