I also read all the Black Stallion and Marguerite Henry books.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 8:51:28 am PDT #7103 of 28547
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Kathy A - Aug 28, 2008 8:53:49 am PDT #7104 of 28547
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember liking Watership Down when I read it for 8th grade Language Arts class, but when I reread it a few years ago, I really loved it! I got so much more out of it this time around. IIRC, back in 1979/80, I thought Hazel was a stuffy hero-type, but on my reread, he turned out to be my favorite character. (But Bigwig totally rocks.)
Kathy A - Aug 28, 2008 8:55:04 am PDT #7105 of 28547
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Marguerite Henry was my favorite author from about 4th to 7th grade. I read all of her books, and my favorite was Born to Trot, about harness racing.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:02:04 am PDT #7106 of 28547
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think I liked King of the Wind best. I'm not sure which I read more, that one or White Stallion of Lipizza.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:06:23 am PDT #7107 of 28547
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oh I can't believe I forgot Brighty! And San Domingo was responsible for my girlhood crush on Leif Garrett. I've read 18 of these.
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 9:10:37 am PDT #7108 of 28547
brillig
Oh, Marguerite Henry, is there a girl who hasn't devoured those books?
Yeah, King of the Wind, with the happy ending after all that grief.
sumi - Aug 28, 2008 9:16:49 am PDT #7109 of 28547
Art Crawl!!!
I loved Marguerite Henry books! And the Black Stallion books - also books by Patsy Gray. There were a number of dog stories that I loved to: Jim Kjelgaard, Albert Payson Terhune.
Oh, Kavik the Wolf-Dog. Snow Chief about a sled dog.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:26:13 am PDT #7110 of 28547
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Albert Payson Terhune
oh yeah! Lad and Lady! I am so loving this trip down literary memory lane.
Strega - Aug 28, 2008 9:31:03 am PDT #7111 of 28547
I definitely had a big "horse books & dog books" phase in elementary school. I loved Farley's books. Now I love how they got crazier and crazier, with aliens and voodoo gods and the apocalypse. In retrospect, I worry about him a little.
I remember Kavik the Wolf-Dog. Dimly, but I definitely read it a few times. Was it sort of The Incredible Journey, with a little Jack London thrown in?
Well, and I still love White Fang.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:33:20 am PDT #7112 of 28547
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aliens and voodoo gods
clearly I shouldn't have stopped at The Black Stallion and the Girl. That seemed like the logical end of the story. I didn't realize they kept going after that.