I Remember Childhood - Part 5 - Books/Stories/Magazines & Places
August 13th 2010 20:37
I Remember Childhood - Part Five - Books/Stories/Magazines & Places
This is Part Five of an absolutely personal, indulgent & really long list! I have been feeling down lately and compiled these random events & items from my past to cheer myself up. Now, I feel wistful. Like most children, I couldn't wait to grow up and do what I wanted when I wanted and not have anyone tell me what to do all the time! - As grown-up, I realize that idea was highly overrated.
Feel free to share any of your long forgotten favorite memories
Books/Stories/Magazines:
Anything by Dr. Seuss
The Little Red Hen
Are you my Mother?
Clifford, The Big Red Dog
The Little Engine that could
Highlights for Kids
The Monster at the End of this Book - starry loveable furry old Grover
Johnny Appleseed
Pippi Longstocking
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
The Borrowers
Winnie the Pooh
A Bear called Paddington
Corduroy
The Story of Ferdinand
Danny and the Dinosaur
The Wind in the Willows
Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Little Women
The Five Chinese Brothers
The Story of Babar
The Wizard of Oz
The Poky Little Puppy
Amelia Bedelia
Go, Dog, Go!
Curious George
The Saggy Baggy Elephant
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM
Series of books by Judy Blume
Series of books by Beverly Cleary
Where the Red Fern Grows
A Wrinkle in Time
The Little Prince
Mother Goose
Paul Bunyan
Honest Abraham Lincoln’s long walk to return pennies
The Bobbsey Twins with Bert and Nan & Flossie & Freddie
The Happy Hollisters with Pete, Pam Ricky Holly & Sue. Today they could audition for a show on TLC.
Encyclopedia Brown
My children’s Bible complete with color pictures.
The Boxcar children with Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny
Tiger Beat & Teen Beat
Go ask Alice - as I was reading this book I was surprised I was allowed to read this book!
The Lottery - creepy
Nineteen eighty-four - Can you believe the date this “futuristic” novel took place is now 26 years in the past!
Places:
DisneyWorld & Disneyland - The People Mover, The original Submarine ride,
The House of Tomorrow, the monorail that went through the Disneyworld hotel & The Skee-ball game that was broken and we could just keep on playing without putting in coins - a mini miracle
Summer camp - color wars, nature walks, go carts, horseback riding, archery
Grandma’s apartment - watching her take her long hair down from her bun and brush it
Church - looking up at the crucifix and feeling sad for Jesus, being shushed, trying not to chew the communion wafers, trying not to get your Sunday clothes dirty and changing as soon as you got home
Videogame Arcade - playing Pac man and Ms. Pac Man and Galaxia with pocketfuls of quarters
Diners - you could pick a song to play from your table
Roller rink - music, lights & games - I never could skate backwards!
Sagebrush Cantina - live music, chips, salsa & Penafiels
Local Country Club - swimming & frozen Snicker’s bars
My Dad's work - getting to riding on the Hi-Lo with my cousin
The Beach - getting knocked over by waves, sand in your bathing suit, boogie boarding, collecting shells & building sand castles
Getting to go when the small carnivals came to town & begging for a goldfish
Summer Vacation at a hotel/motel with my family - having to put on a swim cap before swimming in the hotel pools, the smell of clorine, suntan lotion, sunburns ( we never remembered to reapply ) & peeling
skin.
Boy in the audience at the circus sending message that he likes me.
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