other childrens literature

[Beth]

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wrote:
> 
>       I had never heard of Bunter or Enid Blyton until this 
thread. 
> As an American, I started with the Bobsey Twins, progressed to the 
> Trixie Belden Series(Anybody else remember those?), then moved on 
to 
> Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. These were my *just for the fun of 
it 
> reading*. I also spent a lot of time reading and re-reading the 
> Chronicals of Narnia etc. before I started moving on to the 
> *clasics*. 

Trixie Belden! I owned the series through 30-something until my 
oldest decided she wasn't interested and the only place to store 
them was in the garage and... well, you know. Even before they were 
giveaways at my garage sale (sniff!), the school librarian refused 
them.  "They're kind of... dated, aren't they?"

Yeah, and Nancy Drew with her page boy haircut driving her jalopy is 
fresh.

In sixth grade, I too read and re-read the Chronicles of Narnia, but 
you know, when I started reading them aloud to my girls I realized 
how much I've forgotten. 

Beth, who read anything her mom would bring home from garage sales, 
but never heard of Bunter or Blyton, either!