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.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
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."
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 9:10:37 am PDT #7108 of 28396
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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.
sumi - Aug 28, 2008 9:35:58 am PDT #7113 of 28396
Art Crawl!!!
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?
Yes, I believe so.
Black Stallion and the Girl was one the later books. The aliens were part of the short "Island Stallion" books.
DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 9:38:16 am PDT #7114 of 28396
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I read the Island Stallion first and was a little bummed when it lost to the Black in the match race.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 9:38:34 am PDT #7115 of 28396
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hmm how did I miss them? I was kind of irrationally scared of aliens as a kid. I shouldn't have read Whitley Streiber so soon. It's possible I read one one of the Island Stallion books and forgot about it on purpose. On the other hand I was very focused on The Black so if he wasn't in them I might never have bought one.
Barb - Aug 28, 2008 9:41:26 am PDT #7116 of 28396
“Not dead yet!”
Heh. I was reading Roots in fifth grade and Rosemary Rogers' bodice rippers in sixth, and I'm not damaged! (Much.)
I read The Thorn Birds I think when I was in sixth grade. I still remember my mom asking me what it was about and I answered, "a priest in Australia."
sumi - Aug 28, 2008 9:45:49 am PDT #7117 of 28396
Art Crawl!!!
Walter Farley also wrote a nice biography of Man O'War (well, I remember it as nice - I haven't read it in years.)