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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I guess your child is small , so anything Robert Louis Stevenson or Lewis 
Carroll would be my favorites that I can remember reading as a small child( 
L.C., to be re-read as adult) ....bobford

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--- On Sun, 10/26/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in the country
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 2:41 PM
> There are great used book stores on the web. Abe books is
> one I use if  
> I want to pay for something but there's also paper back
> book swap....I  
> love that place cause more people get rid of good hardback
> cook books  
> and other goodies than you can shake a stick at. I am
> thrilled there  
> are also two used books stores in town.
> 
> I just picked up about 30 used kids CLASSICS....and I do
> mean old  
> classics, from the Tompkins County Library Used book
> store....The  
> Bobbseys, a bunch of Alcotts, not just Little Women but the
> Eight  
> Cousins series I loved, a Little Prince with glorious
> illustrations,  
> ditto a whole Narnia series, the Five Little Peppers, just
> amazing old  
> books. We just finished Pinnochio...holy cats was it
> different than  
> the disneyfied version I remember. The Secret Garden was
> the one  
> previous to that, she was enthralled. Most of today's
> childrens' books  
> are so dumbed down, these are so nice to read aloud. Real
> words!
> 
> 
> If anyone would like to recommend their childhood favs,
> I'd be grateful!
> 
> 
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