tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5404237970425283082..comments2024-03-29T07:25:11.925-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Remembrance and ThankfulnessJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-86941880649079714412012-11-13T18:52:11.560-05:002012-11-13T18:52:11.560-05:00Only with Kitty and Turtle's permission, Paula...Only with Kitty and Turtle's permission, Paula, and Turtle is now on his honeymoon! It will have to wait. We had many adventures. If only I had an illustrator! E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-18421811580583629432012-11-13T18:39:48.188-05:002012-11-13T18:39:48.188-05:00What wonderful comments! I remember a few years ag...What wonderful comments! I remember a few years ago a video of a child throwing a tantrum because he was given a book instead of a toy. I was so glad the children I gave books to sat beneath the Christmas tree and read them! Thank you for sharing your memories here. E.B., I want to hear about Kitty and Turtle.<br />Paula Gail Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843350597811462936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-76882228718622477252012-11-13T18:18:22.904-05:002012-11-13T18:18:22.904-05:00I was 15 before we got a TV. Books were always imp...I was 15 before we got a TV. Books were always important in our house. Even though my parents struggled raising five kids (a 6th was born after I got married) they belonged to a book club and bought books. It was considered a necessity almost as much as food. <br />My favorite books I got at Christmas were Thunderhead, My Friend Flicka and Lad a Dog.<br /><br />When I was teaching 3rd grade I saved the bonus points I got from the book clubs like Scholastic News and before Christmas, I got a large amount of books and let my students pick out a book as their Christmas gift from me. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-84421886988964500362012-11-13T18:04:07.609-05:002012-11-13T18:04:07.609-05:00There's no finer gift than a book. That's ...There's no finer gift than a book. That's a wonderful tradition to carry on!C. R. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627499155109943973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-12284415783039984672012-11-13T15:47:20.404-05:002012-11-13T15:47:20.404-05:00I have wonderful memories of being read to as a ch...I have wonderful memories of being read to as a child. When I was older I read some of the same books to the children in my life. I think that sharing memories based on the same book is pretty special!Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-89533314542428356172012-11-13T12:03:58.489-05:002012-11-13T12:03:58.489-05:00My "Charlotte's Web" is A Child'...My "Charlotte's Web" is A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. My original version from the 1950s has scenes from Edwardian England illustrated beside all the poems. As a child, I could relate, but it also gave me insight to how those children in my grandparents' generation grew up. I felt linked to them. It will always be my all-time childhood favorite. I wish my children were more literary bent. However, what I think they will remember are all the stories I created for them, and we acted them out together--The Adventures of Kitty and Turtle. I was sort of the narrator. Yeah, being a story teller requires you to be a child. Let's pretend!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-180131239680702272012-11-13T10:52:51.121-05:002012-11-13T10:52:51.121-05:00Books are a part of some of my best memories. I re...Books are a part of some of my best memories. I remember reading Wind in the Willows at my grandparents house.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-80055015677728213542012-11-13T08:09:56.856-05:002012-11-13T08:09:56.856-05:00Isn't it interesting what memories stick with ...Isn't it interesting what memories stick with us and how they affect us decades after the event.<br /><br />Each year for the holidays I give my three grammar school aged grandchildren a stack of books. All three are readers, which I think is great.<br /><br />I was once introduced by one of the grandkids to her friend as, "This is Jim. He's the one who gives me books."Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-66139105830877440082012-11-13T07:59:41.816-05:002012-11-13T07:59:41.816-05:00Important theme here. I love it that you give chil...Important theme here. I love it that you give children hardbound books--what a great tradition.carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985823239660829148noreply@blogger.com