I also read all the Black Stallion and Marguerite Henry books.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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 28396
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Kathy A - Aug 28, 2008 8:53:49 am PDT #7104 of 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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 28396
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.