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Post by Don Quixote on Apr 17, 2010 5:16:45 GMT -5
Did anyone else read Sideways Stories From Wayside School? I think my sister had a bunch of those. Were those the books that had titles like "Genies don't ride bicycles" and crap like that? That being said, I still love the Magic School Bus books. I think I still have them at my Dad's too. |
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Post by Blue Raja on Apr 17, 2010 6:31:22 GMT -5
Did anyone else read Sideways Stories From Wayside School? OH yes. Loved those too - thanks for reminding me. I had a lot of Louis Sachar's stuff. |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Apr 17, 2010 9:01:55 GMT -5
I've been reading those to my son for the last year. I think my favorite is when one of the girls brings a Hobo to school for show and tell. He doesn't wear socks. And he loses it when they keep insisting that he tell them why he doesn't wear socks.
They made a cartoon of it. It's fun, but not as good.
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Post by The Mad Plumber on Apr 17, 2010 13:01:36 GMT -5
I have a fair collection of childhood books put away in storage. So, to list their exact titles in rather difficult and I'm not willing to do the research right now. I'm glad we did keep them, at least. I had a collection of letter-sized Sesame Street books based on a variety of activities. Of the top of my head: - Bert and Ernie go to the grocery store
- The Sesame Street gang construct a building
- Several Sesame Street friends are in a play about shirking responsibility
- One of the Sesame Street friends (probably Bert) brings a pet to show and tell (probably a pigeon)
- A Grover animal book (and I recall that there is some graffiti in the book that might have been my fault, and I had since upheld a policy of utmost care to books)
- Bert and Ernie make vegetable stew for Cookie Monster
A smaller-sized book whose title I did manage to look up was called "My Doll is Lost". It is a sad story of how Herry Monster loses his doll and is unable to find it. It does have a happy ending, though. I also did indeed have a collection of books in the Dr. Seuss / Berenstein Bears line. I figure they all must be from the same publisher because of the dimensions and conformity of the books. Of the top of my head (just a few): - The Cat in the Hat
- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
- Dr. Seuss' ABC
- And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- Fox in Socks (and this book had a humorous warning in it that I think I took seriously, interpreting that if I was careless with the book, it might explode)
- There's a Wocket in My Pocket
There was a collection of books that were sized a little larger than the Sesame Street book, and thicker, called "ValueTales". These were dumbed-down biographies of famous historical persons, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, and Louis Pasteur. Each book was given a title regarding a certain virtue. I managed to find this Wikipedia page. I might have the complete collection. |
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Apr 17, 2010 13:12:48 GMT -5
One awesome book I read over and over was The Phantom Tollbooth, about a bored boy who takes a trip into the "Lands Beyond" and meets all sorts of odd characters. It's very much in the vein of "Alice in Wonderland." Essentially everything in the book is a pun or reference to something involving math, language, etc, and although I found it very amusing when I was younger, a lot of the wordplay and references went over my head. Great stuff. |
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Post by Bix Dugan on Apr 17, 2010 16:29:05 GMT -5
Danny Dunn books I was mad for, just crazed over. Danny and his pals Irene (a girl who was good in science! In the 1960's! Amazing!) and Joe got into accidental science adventures of various sorts. Ha, cool. I randomly found these when I was younger and loved them as well. I grew up on books decades older than myself. Thanks for mentioning Danny Dunn. I could never remember the name of this series. I just checked wikipedia and two titles popped up that I know I read, around the 4th or 5th grade. Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
Danny Dunn and the Smallifying MachineI also read The Three Investigators. In fact, my brother saved a box of my youthful belongings. Along with pictures and report cards were 4 books: The Mystery of the Screaming Clock
The Secret of the Crooked Cat
The Mystery of the Singing Serpent
The Mystery of the Laughing ShadowAll are Three Investigators books. I also read Babar and Encyclopedia Brown books. And Gulliver's Travels... |
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Post by siamesesin on Apr 17, 2010 17:01:06 GMT -5
Sideways Stories was an odd collection. I remember the boy named Nancy and the girl named Mac trading names, for instance.
I never got much into Nancy Drew, but I really liked Encyclopedia Brown.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Apr 17, 2010 17:51:25 GMT -5
Sideways Stories was an odd collection. I remember the boy named Nancy and the girl named Mac trading names, for instance. I never got much into Nancy Drew, but I really liked Encyclopedia Brown. Sharie brought a hobo to school for show and tell. They stood side by side at the front of the room. "This is a hobo," said Sharie. "I found him on the way to school." "Ooh, neat," said Maurecia. "Tell the class something about your hobo," said Mrs. Jewls. "His name is Bob," said Sharie... Love that stuff. |
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Post by mccloud on Apr 18, 2010 17:49:04 GMT -5
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Apr 18, 2010 22:41:21 GMT -5
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Post by Ratso on Apr 19, 2010 16:49:27 GMT -5
Did anyone else read Sideways Stories From Wayside School? I used to read those in third grade all the time but I can only remember three stories. The story that was told backwards, the story where the kid got a tattoo of an orange, and the story where the kids went to this classroom and then it disappeared or something. Good stuff. |
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Post by mccloud on Apr 19, 2010 17:02:47 GMT -5
I have to see that. The illustrations pull at my sentimentality. I remember reading these over and over again, but it's the illustrations that made me go back to do that. |
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Post by Ratso on Apr 19, 2010 19:54:52 GMT -5
When I was in third grade I used to read The Stinky Cheese Man a lot as well, I used to read it so much in fact that my teacher stopped letting me take it during reading time because I knew the damn thing by heart. I actually wrote the author a letter that year asking if the Sticky Cheese man lived and he wrote back saying "Stinky's eyes and mouth are just floating down the river who knows? He may return."
That was cool of him to write back to me I'll always keep that letter.
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Post by mccloud on Apr 19, 2010 20:53:52 GMT -5
I actually wrote the author a letter that year asking if the Sticky Cheese man lived and he wrote back saying "Stinky's eyes and mouth are just floating down the river who knows? He may return."That is cool! |
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Post by hsauertieg on Jun 4, 2010 21:42:45 GMT -5
As a kid reading "kid" books, I most enjoyed The Phantom Tollbooth. It seemed really clever and cool, too! If I picked it up today I'd probably still feel the same way. Another favorite was H.A. Rey's book about the constellations. (I think he's the author of the Curious George series.)
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