Comments on: Books I have loved http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/ Wed, 16 May 2012 04:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Miscellaneous-Mum http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-442 Miscellaneous-Mum Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:57:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-442 Wow - shishyboo you've given me an idea for a post series "Books I bought for my kids but are really for me". I have tonnes here! Wow – shishyboo you’ve given me an idea for a post series “Books I bought for my kids but are really for me”. I have tonnes here!

]]> By: strauss http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-441 strauss Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:54:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-441 Oh shishyboo. I loved "The Magic Faraway Tree" too. I forgot about that one. Oh shishyboo. I loved “The Magic Faraway Tree” too. I forgot about that one.

]]> By: shishyboo http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-440 shishyboo Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:46:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-440 Wow, I loved both "Country Bunny & the little Golden Shoes" & The Paperbag Princess too, but there's so many more...<br /><br />Who could go past...<br />The Very Hungry Caterpillar<br />The Magic Faraway Tree<br />Tidalick<br />My Cat Likes To Hide In Boxes<br /><br />I still have many of my childhood books and often find myself buying kids books for our daughter (but they're secretly for me!) Wow, I loved both “Country Bunny & the little Golden Shoes” & The Paperbag Princess too, but there’s so many more…

Who could go past…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Magic Faraway Tree
Tidalick
My Cat Likes To Hide In Boxes

I still have many of my childhood books and often find myself buying kids books for our daughter (but they’re secretly for me!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-439 Anonymous Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:51:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-439 The Paperbag Princess-- mainly because it was princess called elizabeth, but I now love it as a 'woman-hear-me-roar-esque' style of literature, turning tradition on its head... The Paperbag Princess– mainly because it was princess called elizabeth, but I now love it as a ‘woman-hear-me-roar-esque’ style of literature, turning tradition on its head…

]]> By: Miscellaneous-Mum http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-438 Miscellaneous-Mum Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:20:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-438 strauss - I'll have to look out for it! I'm intrigued.<br /><br />D.Paul - Be thankful it wasn't called the 500 Ferraris of Bart Cubbins ;) Saved you some money! strauss – I’ll have to look out for it! I’m intrigued.

D.Paul – Be thankful it wasn’t called the 500 Ferraris of Bart Cubbins ;) Saved you some money!

]]> By: D. Paul http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-437 D. Paul Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-437 "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins," by the great Doctor Seuss. I was lucky enough to own a copy as a child, and I read and re-read that sucker until the covers literally fell off. I'm not sure why I was so smitten with that book, but it began a love affair with all things Seussical...and might explain why today, as an adult, I own more hats than any one man can wear. “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins,” by the great Doctor Seuss. I was lucky enough to own a copy as a child, and I read and re-read that sucker until the covers literally fell off. I’m not sure why I was so smitten with that book, but it began a love affair with all things Seussical…and might explain why today, as an adult, I own more hats than any one man can wear.

]]> By: strauss http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-436 strauss Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:40:00 +0000 http://miscmum.com/2007/02/03/books-i-have-loved/#comment-436 "Country Bunny and the little Golden Shoes". If I borrowed that book once frm the library as a child. I borrowed it a million times.<br />For some reason I thought of that book a couple of years ago, but couldn't remember its name, but I remembererd its bright pink cover withthe bunnies on it. I found it, but it wasn't available in Australia anymore. <br />My husband was going to Canada for the job interview he ultimately got, and I asked him to see if he coudl get it there, and low and behold - Yes.<br />I read it immediately when I got home, and was fascinated to discover that it was more than a book about the Easter Bunny, it was about prejudice, and racism and realising your potential despite ones circumstances or heritage or gender. I love that book to this day, not only for its importance to me as a chld, but for what it stands for in its essence. “Country Bunny and the little Golden Shoes”. If I borrowed that book once frm the library as a child. I borrowed it a million times.
For some reason I thought of that book a couple of years ago, but couldn’t remember its name, but I remembererd its bright pink cover withthe bunnies on it. I found it, but it wasn’t available in Australia anymore.
My husband was going to Canada for the job interview he ultimately got, and I asked him to see if he coudl get it there, and low and behold – Yes.
I read it immediately when I got home, and was fascinated to discover that it was more than a book about the Easter Bunny, it was about prejudice, and racism and realising your potential despite ones circumstances or heritage or gender. I love that book to this day, not only for its importance to me as a chld, but for what it stands for in its essence.

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