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What books do you remember reading as a youngster, soon after you learned to read?
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Was the girl called Violet Elizabeth Bott?
I recall that name from a tv programme on Sundays that my son used to watch.
Was that the one that threatened to "Squeam and squeam and squeam until I’m thick"?
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Books? Didn't have any of those.
My brother had comics. Tiger, Hurricane. I liked the drawings - nice colours, I noticed how some of the inks worked better than others.
The English Master in 2ndry school, 12 I suppose, made us read a book for homework over a hol so we could report on it.
I got hold of an Agatha Christie and my "report" was Who Dun It and how. I'd only read the last few pages, to find out.
Why would anyone bother to read the rest?
I've read a few fiction books since, I'll get round to Shakespear one day.
Maybe.
My brother had comics. Tiger, Hurricane. I liked the drawings - nice colours, I noticed how some of the inks worked better than others.
The English Master in 2ndry school, 12 I suppose, made us read a book for homework over a hol so we could report on it.
I got hold of an Agatha Christie and my "report" was Who Dun It and how. I'd only read the last few pages, to find out.
Why would anyone bother to read the rest?
I've read a few fiction books since, I'll get round to Shakespear one day.
Maybe.
Violet Elizabeth, yes - but not sure of the Bott. I used to read as Violent Elizabeth ???
I really can't remember the first books I read, but I was well into my dads Alistair MacLean novels from an early age.
From a slightly different perspective, the first book my four year old can properly read is:
...I wonder if he'll remember it, when he comes across a random question in a DIY forum, several decades from now???
From a slightly different perspective, the first book my four year old can properly read is:
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 1 (CBH Children / Picture Books) : Rosen, Michael, Oxenbury, Helen: Amazon.co.uk: Books
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 1 (CBH Children / Picture Books) : Rosen, Michael, Oxenbury, Helen: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
...I wonder if he'll remember it, when he comes across a random question in a DIY forum, several decades from now???
Oh, that explains a lot
He wrote 61 edge books
Think I read about 25 / 30 of em
Author was terry harknet or Harket (?)
Grandma owned a paper shop so it was, Dandy, Beano, Beezer,Wizard, Victor,Judy,Bunty and a few others that I can't remember
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Think it was a Rupert annual. But the book I remember the most was wildlife/nature book. Today would be A4 size, full colour printing. Not sure if it's still at the parents house.
The wordy book was Zoo Quest for a Dragon.
The wordy book was Zoo Quest for a Dragon.
Haynes manual.
Does he do the actions as he is reading it, or even worse, get you to do them with him?I really can't remember the first books I read, but I was well into my dads Alistair MacLean novels from an early age.
From a slightly different perspective, the first book my four year old can properly read is:
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 1 (CBH Children / Picture Books) : Rosen, Michael, Oxenbury, Helen: Amazon.co.uk: Books
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: 1 (CBH Children / Picture Books) : Rosen, Michael, Oxenbury, Helen: Amazon.co.uk: Bookswww.amazon.co.uk
...I wonder if he'll remember it, when he comes across a random question in a DIY forum, several decades from now???
When my granddaughter learnt to read that one, (and when I used to read it to her), we had to do the actions of each thing 'we' came across.
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