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Ya know Nelly...I didn't know who Laura Angell (sp) was and I thought they WERE talking about you and I was SO confused!
Did she write Little House on the Prarie? Anyone?
Nel....you're famous to me......always remember that!     
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Yep, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote all of the Little House on the Prairie books, and then her daughter Rose wrote some sequels as well. Nelly Olsen was Laura's arch nemesis as a small child, she was rich and blonde and a total snot head.
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I think I will have to check this out!
I know this played this on Nickelodeon when I was a kid but I was never interested in it. And I didn't read it as a kid either. But it wounds like I missed out...I'm def. interested now!
I don't know why...but I'm totaly into children's books. (Maybe b/c I feel like I missed out on having one...) but I love em'! Any others you recommend?? It would be GREAT to have more books to keep me preoccupied as the surgery looms nearer (and for after as well...)
Thanks again *hugs*
P.S. HONEY MIX ! ! ! Thank you for starting this thread!
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are, in my opinion, the 'wrinkle in time' books by madeline l'engle. (a wrinkle in time, a wind in the door, a swiftly tilting planet, many waters.) made me the romantic science geek i am today.
also wonderful: the phantom tollbooth, a wizard of earthsea, the pistachio prescription, julie of the wolves... i read 'clan of the cavebear' when i was twelve, but that's hardly a kids thing. still great - but damn did the rest of the books in that series go downhill from there.
i'll admit i was a big-time baby sitter's club devotee when i was a wee little thing. probably into older than's respectable for that.
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Re: Yes!
#238668 - 01/15/06 10:45 AM
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lalala
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I love the Wrinkle in Time books too! Exellent recommendation!
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Thanks Jaime!!!
The Phantom Toolbooth...what a read! I also like Mrs. Frisby and the Rat's of NIMH (author...don't recall??)
I too was a Babysitter's Club fan that and the twins (what were their names) of Valley High or something?
I will have to check out the ones you mentioned...it's great to have a list when you go to the library! And I know I'll have some time to sit and read...and I am SO looking forward to it! (Not the pain of recovery time but the time to just sit and read...yippee!)
*hugs* super thanks!!
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Re: Yes!
#238671 - 01/15/06 10:49 AM
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they make especially good adult reads & re-reads - i re-read them in high school, and got so much more out of them. they're just so, so good.
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my college proff recommended it but I forgot all about it...he gave me enough books to read! 
Just wondering if I should check it out, thanks!!
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Yep!
#238681 - 01/15/06 11:42 AM
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I really enjoyed Sophie's World... I also liked The Solitaire Mystery and The Christmas Mystery that are by the same author. They're not at all Mysteries like the detective pot boilers, but more philosophical fairy tales. I recommend them.
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I read a book when I was a kid (50 yrs. ago or so) that was called Beautiful Joe. It was a story told in the voice of Joe, a dog, who was the runt of a litter. He was born on a farm and the mean old farmer had just chopped his tail off (I think) and a rich kid took him away from the farmer and gave it a good home.
It must have made quite an impression on me because I can remember that much. I can't even remember the title of the last book I read, let alone what it was about.
I should look for a copy on Ebay. I think I found one once on Amazon or somewhere, but it was a fortune.
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Carol
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