tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post3856449833036059129..comments2024-03-27T17:41:44.339-07:00Comments on A Working Title For a Busy Mom: Bedtime StoriesTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12631590002955012588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-85115766023228304032011-05-03T16:21:05.174-07:002011-05-03T16:21:05.174-07:00Try the classics, especially the ones that you wer...Try the classics, especially the ones that you were forced to read in school and may not have really read due to it being assigned. I have found many great treasures by doing this. <br /><br />Also check out http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page for free books that are no longer copyrighted..instead library at home.Opinionated---Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497435999015945713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-8594136035704774642011-05-02T09:03:47.105-07:002011-05-02T09:03:47.105-07:00Don't forget the Boxcar Children! The series ...Don't forget the Boxcar Children! The series works best when you start at the beginning (and by now it would be charmingly dated too). :-)<br /><br />I have very fond memories of the first dozen or so but have no idea about the zillions of later ones that came out after I grew up and thought I had outgrown them.Adriennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-21264117305988537072011-04-28T23:36:44.533-07:002011-04-28T23:36:44.533-07:00There's a cute series of books about a Jewish ...There's a cute series of books about a Jewish family in NYC at the turn of the 20th century called the "All Of A Kind Family." I really loved these books! As a kid, I always liked reading books about other bygone eras, and that love has continued into adulthood.<br /><br />L.M. Montgomery wrote some other wonderful series and standalone books (some of which I actually prefer over Anne), so consider some of those! The Emily books, the Story Girl books, the Pat books...Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07566955590534664065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-60872190312379098152011-04-28T22:28:49.634-07:002011-04-28T22:28:49.634-07:00Oh, thanks for reminding me about The Secret Garde...Oh, thanks for reminding me about The Secret Garden. We actually read that right before Watership Down. DH hadn't read it at all and it was so fun to read it together. I've never read The Wizard of Oz, but I've heard a ton of good things about it.<br /><br />I also loved Nancy Drew as a kid, but was figuring on waiting on the mysteries until everyone was old enough to really speculate about what might happen. I also remember some parts being really suspenseful and about jumping out of my skin one night when my dad knocked on the door to tell me it was well past my bedtime and to go to bed. Luckily he was pretty understanding and let me get to a better stopping place before lights out :)Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631590002955012588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-86456621315718522012011-04-28T21:40:05.343-07:002011-04-28T21:40:05.343-07:00I've been collecting books to read to Minerva,...I've been collecting books to read to Minerva, but I love the idea of starting now! I loved The Secret Garden and The Wizard of Oz series as a kid.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100095138456213998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446413714704376496.post-86576111059111525362011-04-28T21:22:11.488-07:002011-04-28T21:22:11.488-07:00When I was a kid my mom would read to all three of...When I was a kid my mom would read to all three of us every night. Mostly we got Bobbsey Twins or Nancy Drew, as these were the books that my mom read as a kid, and she got all of them from her folks when she had me. Another book that I loved when I was a kid was a book that belonged to my dad when he was a kid, The Trolley Car Family by Eleanor Clymer. He loved it, so much to the point that when I got it, it was pretty bad shape, and I read it so many times that it is now literally stored in a ziplock bag and sitting on a bookshelf. It's a good family story about a family that decided to go live in a trolley car in the country for the summer. pretty cute. You can usually get it for as low as 5 cents on Amazon, plus shipping :)ralphmyhippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683680742428200476noreply@blogger.com