tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post5540870085099401738..comments2023-11-29T21:26:00.723+11:00Comments on Barefoot Magazine: Influential Books of Our Childhood (and a great giveaway)Barefoot Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047584729065001017noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-19783923329398801002010-10-05T11:19:55.448+11:002010-10-05T11:19:55.448+11:00Oh I forgot - The Faraway Tree and The Wishing Cha...Oh I forgot - The Faraway Tree and The Wishing Chair were BIG favourites - I used to look for wings on chairs too, imagining the places I could go if only I could fly away...Barefoot Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047584729065001017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-30937960537890416482010-10-05T11:18:50.700+11:002010-10-05T11:18:50.700+11:00I loved the Richard Scarry books too - I loved loo...I loved the Richard Scarry books too - I loved looking for little Goldbug! My mum and dad bought me lots of nature books - about trees, butterflies, birds - i've kept them for my kids and they love them just as much.. I also remember any kind of flap books - i used to make my own and think of myself as a famous writer...<br />I've kept my love of picture books too - I can't walk into a bookshop and not buy one..Barefoot Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047584729065001017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-67414034280658281412010-10-05T04:01:21.644+11:002010-10-05T04:01:21.644+11:00you have a nice site..you have a nice site..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12714906682926909343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-83681880244441042102010-10-04T23:58:45.032+11:002010-10-04T23:58:45.032+11:00I would have to agree with "Sherryn"! Th...I would have to agree with "Sherryn"! The Narnia series had left me with a strange love for wardrobes ( and trying desperately to get in & through them... to the other side). So much so that I urged my little sis to lock me in our wardrobe hoping that the "other side" would finally reveal itself to me if only I was locked in... Unfortunately I kicked and pushed the inside but to no avail. CS Lewis was (still is) in my eyes a genius. The books introduced me to the ability to totally lose oneself in a book (... if not in the wardrobe).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520959298770449044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-85395024394197813862010-10-04T23:24:35.153+11:002010-10-04T23:24:35.153+11:00Ah Sherryn - I very nearly put the Narnia series d...Ah Sherryn - I very nearly put the Narnia series down in my list - then remembered I only read it when already an adult. I loved them so much I nearly CREATED a childhood memory of them!<br /><br />-JennyBertha Boldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023578783679677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-38715786637623961572010-10-04T22:26:37.087+11:002010-10-04T22:26:37.087+11:00The most influential books of my own childhood wer...The most influential books of my own childhood were definitely the Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. To this day I get enormous pleasure re-reading them and remembering, somewhat bittersweetly, how vividly they sparked my imagination as a child...it was if I was actually there in the story when reading them. Cupboards and lions reamined slightly magical for years. One of my happiest literary moments was the day my six year old son was ready for me to start reading the series to him...ah, the memories that has evoked.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499931899240279549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-77182008364078851912010-10-04T21:37:33.465+11:002010-10-04T21:37:33.465+11:00the book that i most remember from my childhood is...the book that i most remember from my childhood is "where the wild things are". our library van teacher (miss morton) used to read it to us. i always remember the way that she read it and the feeling that she invoked in us. i have bought it for my kids and love reading it to them :)barebelliedyeohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900028816204789365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-80483967696601814012010-10-04T14:41:28.482+11:002010-10-04T14:41:28.482+11:00Any of the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove a...Any of the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove are great -my particular favorite, Leo the Lop. Each book was its own moral story without being blatant about it, GREAT kids books. <br /><br />xBBiancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541136211139353211noreply@blogger.com