Favourite children's book

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:38 pm

Just saw this thread, and saw people talking about the Trixie Belden books. Wow, I didn't kinow people still knew they existed!

Catspaw wrote:I loved hearing about Trixie's relationship with Jim! I never got to read the last books, because I couldn't find them back when I was interested in the series, and my public library didn't have nearly all of the books. I always wondered if their relationship got a bit more serious by the end of the series, or if it just stayed the same. Does anybody know?

I have the next to last book, and have read the last, and it pretty much stays the same. It seems that right in the middle of the series is when there was a lot of focus on their relationship!

Of course, there's like, five or six "newer" books out, so I've heard, and it's my wish to get them, and to see them get together!

Post by **Catspaw** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:41 pm

Thanks for the info, Bearliz! I guess that they didn't really want the relationship to go any further, since they are geared towards kids. I haven't seen any of these newer ones, but they probably aren't as good as the old ones - new stuff usually isn't.

I was in a bookstore the other day and saw a new series of Hardy Boys books, and a new one for Nancy Drew as well. They looked kind of dumb - has anybody read them? I can't remember what they were calling the serieses, but it was definitely different from both the originals and the casefiles books.

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:43 pm

Depends on what they're called. My brothers collect every Hardy Boys they can, and have some from every different series, I think....

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:45 pm

Catspaw wrote:Thanks for the info, Bearliz! I guess that they didn't really want the relationship to go any further, since they are geared towards kids. I haven't seen any of these newer ones, but they probably aren't as good as the old ones - new stuff usually isn't.

I was in a bookstore the other day and saw a new series of Hardy Boys books, and a new one for Nancy Drew as well. They looked kind of dumb - has anybody read them? I can't remember what they were calling the serieses, but it was definitely different from both the originals and the casefiles books.

I read a few from the library, and they're ok. Definately not as good as the older ones, but they're new so they have computers and all kinds of cool stuff like that.

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:46 pm

As there's more of them...they all start to sound the same. The same thing happens in every one....they find a mystery, their lives get threatened, they solve the mystery....

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:48 pm

my dad jokes about how they always get knocked out..

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:49 pm

And tied up and gagged, and somehow always manage to get out of it just in time to rush in and save.....some random person.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:49 pm

lol..

Post by **Catspaw** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:52 pm

But somehow, it's still fun and exciting every time! $\:D/$

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:53 pm

Yeah......*sigh* Nancy Drew is the same, but I like her too.

Post by **Catspaw** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:54 pm

Me too!

And I love Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Supermysteries! $\:D/$

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:13 pm

J-man wrote:my dad jokes about how they always get knocked out..

Watson always says that too - they hit their head on the window and BOOM, they're out cold.

Conniepaw · Post by **Conniepaw** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:16 pm

bernstein bear, miss nelson is missing, Beverly Cleary's books, and babysitters club

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:17 pm

Beverly cleary is a good author.. $\:D/$

Dr. Watson · Post by **Dr. Watson** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:10 pm

Laura Ingalls wrote:
J-man wrote:my dad jokes about how they always get knocked out..
Watson always says that too - they hit their head on the window and BOOM, they're out cold.

But then--VOILA!--they are right as rain 10 minutes later! And no concussions!

Carolita · Post by **Carolita** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:24 pm

Ah...children's books.

When I was younger I thoroughly enjoyed:

Berstein Bears (sp?)
Dr. Seuss books
Encyclopedia Brown (the co-olest!

)
Trixie Belden
and...The Good Master.

Those are just a few...

"A book worth reading only during childhood is not worth reading even then." - C. S. Lewis

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:43 pm

MsMaxwell wrote:Encyclopedia Brown (the co-olest! )

I loved Encyclopedia Brown.

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:45 pm

Me too! (Wow, really wish I had been here when this thread was started.) Beverly Cleary too, I ahve almost all her books I think...the Ramona series is too funny!

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:46 pm

Trent DeWhite wrote:
MsMaxwell wrote:Encyclopedia Brown (the co-olest! )
I loved Encyclopedia Brown.

W00t W00t! me too..

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:48 pm

Was anyone able to solve the mysteries without looking in the back of the book? I wasn't.

There was probably like, one in the whole series I figured out on my own.