tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711813936917120369.post2769920823505118974..comments2023-05-04T05:51:02.255-07:00Comments on The Giggling Gull: Books I Loved as a ChildThe Giggling Gullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963985583783381283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711813936917120369.post-9844070212053080712012-01-03T15:00:56.577-08:002012-01-03T15:00:56.577-08:00Vanessa, I didn't care for reading about horse...Vanessa, I didn't care for reading about horses! It seems to be a passion common to young girls, but somehow I escaped it. I do remember reading Black Beauty, but I looked on that as a chore. I have read some Marguerite Henry book to the girls and enjoyed them.<br /><br />The Martian series doesn't strike a bell with me. Nor have I read Harriet the Spy, but I'm always on the lookout for books either to read to my girls or to provide for them to read.<br /><br />I can remember reading Call of the Wild with my mom, but I'm pretty sure I never read White Fang. My oldest has read White Fang, but not Call of the Wild.The Giggling Gullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963985583783381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711813936917120369.post-20889008642182699342011-12-31T13:17:46.465-08:002011-12-31T13:17:46.465-08:00What drew me into reading (around the 2nd grade) w...What drew me into reading (around the 2nd grade) was that I loved anything about horses. <br /><br />I still remember one of the books I initially read: My Sister the Horse. I also read Black Beauty, My Friend Flicka and the 2 sequels to Flicka. Old Bones the Wonder Horse was very enjoyable, too. <br /><br />There was this silly martian series of books that I read around the 3rd grade that I WISH I could remember even one of the titles, but the theme was that martians lived among us and one way to tell a martian was by his extremely messy handwriting. That, of course, means I might be a martian, too. <br /><br />Hands down my favorite children's book (under that age of 13 say) was Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzgerald. It was about a girl around 9 who used to keep a journal and spy on people. I also read Call of the Wild by Jack London and the one no one talks about by him (but is better IMO) White Fang.vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271015991345874291noreply@blogger.com