Mr. Popper's Penguins
We did a play of this at my town library when I was in, like, 3rd grade!
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Nov 18, 2008 8:12:46 am PST #2097 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
megan walker - Nov 18, 2008 8:18:55 am PST #2098 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I also have a number of my favorites from the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club ( Bear Circus, Christina Katerina and the Box, etc.).
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2008 8:19:39 am PST #2099 of 10002
brillig
Oh, yeah, the Partridge Family books! And the Snow Treasure book.
I adored Scholastic Book ordering day.
Theodosia - Nov 18, 2008 8:22:59 am PST #2100 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Snow Treasure is the one where the Norwegians are smuggling gold bullion past the Nazis in their sleds, right?
tommyrot - Nov 18, 2008 8:28:16 am PST #2101 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep.
That's pretty much the extent of what I remember. And that it was told from a kid's POV.
beekaytee - Nov 18, 2008 8:38:47 am PST #2102 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Encyclopedia Brown!
And I'm still searching for a copy of Sinbad & Me. Where I learned about codes and cyphers, the pineapple in architecture and doubloons. Plus, the first disabled kid I ever read about.
I did so love that book. But...I can still smell the Scholastic printing materials. PeeYupee.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:42:54 am PST #2103 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know I had The Partridge Family #2: The Haunted Hall but I gave it away at some point.
You can probably get it at Kayo Books. I made Dana Gould laugh when I pointed out Keith Partridge, Master Spy to him and his wife.
tommyrot - Nov 18, 2008 8:43:52 am PST #2104 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I loved Encyclopedia Brown. I wanted to be him. And have what's-her-name for a girlfriend....
I think my fave was when he had a submarine! Yep, he bought a captured Japanese midget sub at an auction. (Although I remember thinking at the time that his method of winning the auction would never work.)
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:43:53 am PST #2105 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm also a big Sinbad and Me fan. One of the select books I reread constantly in my childhood.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:44:32 am PST #2106 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think my fave was when he had a submarine! Yep, he bought a captured Japanese midget sub at an auction.
You're confusing him with Danny Dunn.