Originally Posted by Sandy1951
I loved to read. I remember the Christmas I received my first Bobbsey Twins book. After that I was often given Bobbsey Twins books for Christmas or birthdays or I saved my own money to buy them. I ended up with the entire collection and still have them. When I was a little older I became fascinated with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. And Trixie Belden. And a series about kids who lived on or near Lookout Mountain and rode horses. It seems like that series was a little darker than the others. I also really liked Cherry Ames, Student Nurse, and what was the other nurse series? Something Barton?
It was Sue Barton - I loved those books! But they were from an older generation, so I only had hand-me-down copies or those I could find in the library. Same with Trixie Belden & Cherry Ames. Do you also remember the Donna Parker series?
I had a Bobbsey Twins book or two. My mother said they'd been childhood favorites of
hers. (She also mentioned having a Shirley Temple doll - didn't you post that you'd had one? How long were they around? My mother was a child during the Depression.)
One set I didn't have that other kids had was the Happy Hollister stories. Anyone remember them?
Originally Posted by Bevanger
I had all the Dawn dolls. Remember them? Kinda like a Barbie, just smaller.
I vaguely remember Dawn. I may have had one. Did her clothes fit Barbie? I had one of the silvery go-go outfits for my Barbie. It might have been a Dawn outfit. That was a Christmas gift from a neighbor, who'd bought a pile of the dolls and clothes for all her various nieces and let me choose an outfit from the lot before she wrapped the rest up for the nieces.
Originally Posted by gaigai
Fuzzy Wuzzys (Animal shaped soap that grew "fur" when you took it out of the package)
I don't remember these at all, but I have to ask, did a rhyme go with them? I do remember my cousins reciting
"Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair..."
and there were a couple more lines after that. Do you know what they are?
Originally Posted by amma
Yes!!! Creepy Crawlers!!! I had the flower maker...but preferred the bugs
Oh, I had both of these. I far preferred the flowers. I can't imagine why I had the creepy crawlers at all.