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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry

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Who knew that adored author Marguerite Henry spent her last 2 decades writing and relaxing in Rancho Santa Fe, a community known for its horse ranches & riding trails—and happens to be in my neighborhood! So off I went to the Historical Society where Henry‘s photo is featured on their wall among RSF‘s most famous residents including Bing Crosby & Howard Hughes! Will be reading this Henry bio next by Susan Friedland.
#BookSpin
@TheAromaofBooks

MemoirsForMe Once again @TheBookHippie and #ChildrensClassicRead made me fall in love with another author and her heartwarming stories. P.S. Loved this book and the precious, adorable and determined Hans. ❤️🐎❤️ 1mo

mrp27 Oh how neat! 1mo

TheBookHippie Oh my word!!! How exciting!!! So lovely!!! I loved our read this month. Just loved it!!! It was such a needed balm. ♥️ 1mo

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TheAromaofBooks Oh wow! That is SO fun!! She was a huge childhood hero for me - I read and reread her books. And Wesley Dennis's illustrations...!!! 1mo

MemoirsForMe @mrp27 I live on author trivia! 😁 1mo

MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie The gentleman at the Historical Society even gave us a book his grandmother wrote about the city‘s rich memories. And boy, we sure do need books like Henry‘s to lift our spirits these days. 1mo

TheBookHippie @MemoirsForMe oh how lovely!!! 1mo

MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks I LOVE learning fun author facts, especially in my neighborhood! I‘m new to Henry, but she‘s becoming a hero for me too! 🙌🏻 1mo

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks the illustrations are just wonderful! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - I have definitely bought books just because Wesley Dennis illustrated them 😂 1mo

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks if I see them in thrift stores I always pick them up!!! 1mo

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks and the little house illustrator Garth Williams! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - Yes!!!! His illustrations are sooo adorable!!! 1mo

tpixie @MemoirsForMe what a great experience!! in that biography was there a photo of Misty in the White House? I remember reading a book about Marguerite Henry and that Misty was actually in the White House. 1mo

MemoirsForMe @tpixie How cool! I haven‘t started the book yet, but I‘ll flip thru it and let you know. 1mo

tpixie @MemoirsForMe ok! 1mo

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DebinHawaii

Aprilly | Jane Abbott

Here is my April TBR list. Lots of #buddyreads for #SundayBuddyRead #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent #ChildrensClassicRead NancyDrewBR (& Trixie Belden too!) #Naturalitsy #SheSaid #Roll100 #SeasonalCozies ##AuldLangSpine #TravelingStars & virtual foodie book club & a few for #SeriesLove2024

Several of these are shorter reads so I think I can make most of it hapoen, however, my reading is moody so you never know what else might come up! 📚🤷🏻‍♀️📚

wanderinglynn, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, TheBookHippie, jenniferw88, Librarybelle, Chrissyreadit, monalyisha, StayCurious, Andrew65, Itchyfeetreader, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair, AllDebooks

Librarybelle Lots of great books!! 12mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 12mo

Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉🎉 12mo

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TheSpineView Lookin' good! 12mo

StayCurious Wow good for you! 12mo

julieclair You have a great reading month ahead! 12mo

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julieclair

Spinning | Tillie Walden

My #BookSpin list for March. I'm excited about every book on it!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Oh I love Heidi, too!! 13mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Would you believe I‘ve never read it? I‘m so glad @TheBookHippie chose it for #ChildrensClassicRead . 13mo

TheAromaofBooks It's very old-fashioned, but I have always loved it. 13mo

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tpixie

The Rescuers | Margery Sharp

What a name for a big scary cat 🐈‍⬛ in a prison!!
We can only hope this cat happens to LIKE mice (as friends! Not food!) or our Miss Bianca is in real trouble!!!
The suspense! 😬 😱 😥
I can‘t read it until tonight! Hold on Miss Bianca!!!
🐈‍⬛ 🐭 🐈‍⬛
#ChildrensClassicRead #ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie 😬😬😬 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie where there‘s mice 🐭 there‘s cats 🐈‍⬛ !! 1y

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dabbe

The Secret of the Old Clock/The Hidden Staircase | Carolyn Keene

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The story that turned me into a fanatic lover of detective fiction. Nancy Drew embodies the kind of girl we all wanted to be: beautiful, beyond clever, adventurous, inquisitive, friendly, I mean she even drives a convertible at 18! The story holds up well, though I found I was quite nostalgic while reading it. The puzzle is easier to solve as an adult (esp. with the title), but it doesn't make it any less fun. #NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle

Librarybelle So true!! 1y

TheBookHippie It was what they call good clean fun- right? 1y

dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩😃🤗 1y

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dabbe @TheBookHippie I admit I was surprised at her being locked in the closet; I thought the thugs were quite rough for an ND mystery! 🤩 (edited) 1y

TheBookHippie @dabbe well I mean …. 👀🤣 they did it to children as punishment around these parts - the “Christians” 1y

dabbe @TheBookHippie Why am I not surprised? Now that you mention it, my mom did try and lock my sister in her bedroom to “keep her out of trouble.“ She just escaped through the window--until they put locks on that as well. #sucharebel #thosewerenotthegoodoldays (edited) 1y

tpixie @dabbe the locked closet was a little tense 😬 1y

dabbe @tpixie It was, wasn't it? I kept thinking how I didn't remember such a tense seen in a Nancy Drew book, but boy, was I wrong! 🤣 1y

tpixie @dabbe 👍🏻. BTW- I love that photo!! 1y

dabbe @tpixie I thought it was kinda cool! 🤩🤗😘 1y

tpixie @dabbe 👍🏻 1y

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Read4life

The Secret of the Old Clock | Carolyn Keene

Here‘s my pick for #TBRtarot this month.

#TBRtarot #NancyDrewBR #childrensclassicread
@CBee @Librarybelle @TheBookHippie

CBee Nancy Drew rocks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y

Librarybelle Yay!!! 1y

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kspenmoll

The Secret of the Old Clock | Carolyn Keene

Afternoon tea with Nancy. #childrensclassicread #buddyread #NancyDrewBR

The pace is fast- I feel like I am zipping around with Nancy in her new dark blue convertible! I have not read this series since 1st, 2nd grade- such fun!
Thanks to. @TheBookHippie @Librarybelle

Librarybelle That looks like a very cozy afternoon! 1y

kspenmoll @Librarybelle It is! Rain has been pouring down all day, so there is a chill to the air. What is not pictured is the cat on my lap! 1y

Librarybelle 😊 1y

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TheBookHippie Oh how very lovely! 1y

LeahBergen This looks like a lovely afternoon! 1y

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1y

tpixie Live this photo! Plan to start Nancy tonight or tomorrow. I‘m finally finishing up a good but long book on my kindle

The Embroidered Book

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sblbooks

Hansel and Gretel (First Edition): The Original Brothers Grimm Fairytale | Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Rachel Louise Lawrence

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#childrensclassicread
#childrensclassicread2023
@TheBookHippie
This was an interesting pair that I read back to back.
I never realized the mom was the villain the first edition.
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel was a unique retelling set during World War II. It was dark, twisted, and disturbing. I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

TheBookHippie It‘s all fascinating to me. Look how differently it is portrayed as hundreds of years go by. 1y

tpixie Oh! Thanks! I forgot I had this book on my shelf. I‘ll have to read it!!! 1y

tpixie Yes. So do you think the mother was the mean lady in the house that they killed? And that‘s why the mother was dead when they returned home??? that‘s what I was interpreting it as I read it this time and I thought maybe I was making it up. .. 1y

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TheBookHippie @tpixie oh I‘m so glad you said that. I had the same thought!!!! I don‘t know either but it is how I interpreted it!! 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie lol well we must be right! 1y

sblbooks @tpixie @TheBookHippie could be🤔 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie @sblbooks someone else has the same question. I think we will never know.. https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6630/were-the-witch-and-the-stepmother... and https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/harris/StudentProjects/Student_FairyTales/WebProjec.... (edited) 1y

TheBookHippie @tpixie Oh how interesting!!! I was going to look it up when I got home parent teacher conferences tonight! So we will just go with we are probably correct!! LOL 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie lol Yes!!! 1y

IndoorDame @tpixie @TheBookHippie I saw that connection too this time, and I think I remember reading that connection in the intro commentary in a previous version I‘ve read. But I also wondered if the writer doesn‘t feel the need to punish the mother as part of the moral. Like letting her live after she tries to kill the children wouldn‘t be socially acceptable? 1y

tpixie @IndoorDame that‘s a great point! 1y

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sblbooks

Thimble Summer | Elizabeth Enright

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Thimble Summer pub.1938 was a wholesome, sweet read 4.5⭐#childrensclassicread @TheBookHippie
Three Strike Summer 3.5⭐ pub 2022 #MiddleGradeMarchBuddyRead on YouTube; enjoyable, but so many heavy adult themes and topics were in this book.

It was interesting to read these back to back. Both were about young, head strong girls set in the Depression era. Yet, they were so different because of when they were published.

TheBookHippie I really have enjoyed the sweetness of our read this month. It was needed. 2y

sblbooks @TheBookHippie me too! I really think you would like Three Strike Summer, as well. 2y

TheBookHippie @sblbooks I‘ll add it to the list! 2y

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