Originally Posted by Lisanne
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?
Sue Barton, yes! I got all those from the library. I must have bought or been given a few Trixie Belden and Cherry Ames books, but the rest came from the library. (Was it Cherry Ames who was accidentally the last one in her class to receive her cap? I miss nurses' caps. Now you can't tell them apart from nurses' aides or techs.)
Both Cherry Ames' and Sue Barton's first books were set during WWII. The Bobbsey Twins books were set even earlier, although they were so generic it didn't seem to make any difference. My daughter just cautioned me not to get rid of them (since we're moving soon) because my DGD's would probably want to read them, but I have a feeling they won't be interested. I know they don't care about paper dolls. Why play with paper dolls when you have fairy and princess outfits of your own and a gazillion dolls to play with?
I don't remember the Donna Parker series. It wasn't the one set on Lookout Mountain, was it? I remember one of the girls in that series had a blond ponytail and was named Bitsy, I think. I don't remember the Happy Hollister series, either.
I just thought of something. I loved reading the Boy's Life magazine. My brother got it and I always snuck it out of his room so I could read it. I was a fast reader and always got it back to him before he missed it.
I did have a Shirley Temple doll. I don't remember when I got her, but I know I still had her when I was in third or fourth grade, which would have been 1959-1960. I wish I knew what happened to her. I always kept all my toys and books, but she disappeared. I may have thrown her away, now that I think about it more. I think I got tired of her curls and decided to give her a short haircut. Did you know the hair on dolls doesn't grow back? :cry: I may have thrown her away so I wouldn't get in trouble. :oops:
Someone mentioned the Little House on the Prairie series. I loved those, too. I couldn't pace myself either and always zipped right through them. I still read the same way.