tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post3803337691622778687..comments2024-01-03T09:14:36.282+00:00Comments on Reading in Reykjavík: List Love 7.1: Children’s books I have fond memories of, part I of IIBibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-62835098196131538402011-01-28T16:20:16.111+00:002011-01-28T16:20:16.111+00:00I started reading those TOM SWIFT books in the 195...I started reading those TOM SWIFT books in the 1950s (I was about 7 or 8 years old). Years later, I found some TOM SWIFT books that were written decades earlier. One concerned a "run" on a bank (obviously a Great Depression novel). Still later, I found out there was no single writer of the TOM SWIFT books. The publisher had a stable of writers who churned the books out. That Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-53529582426924302212011-01-28T09:08:57.718+00:002011-01-28T09:08:57.718+00:00I also liked the Tom Swift books, but the ones I r...I also liked the Tom Swift books, but the ones I read were translated in the 1950's, and the translator had clearly had some problems with the sci-fi stuff, so some of that completely went over my head. However, I still remember them fondly.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-58744217916879488542011-01-27T16:57:23.299+00:002011-01-27T16:57:23.299+00:00I'm a huge Dr. Seuss fan. THE CAT IN THE HAT ...I'm a huge Dr. Seuss fan. THE CAT IN THE HAT is probably my favorite kid's book. In Third Grade I started reading TOM SWIFT and THE HARDY BOY series. I even read some NANCY DREW.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com