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Did you know. . .
These Disney movies were based on books. And I’m not talking about the classic fairytale princesses but. . . Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten The Rescuers by Margery Sharp (this was actually a series) 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (also has a sequel) Just a fun thing that I discovered at…
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Antique Reads: A Hermit’s Wild Friends
Or Eighteen Years in the Wilderness by Mason A. Walton is a perfect book for those who enjoy Wild Animals I Have Known, Walden or any nature books. It’s pretty self-explanatory as Mason writes in his intro that he went out to a log cabin in the country for stress relief from city life much…
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Antique Books: Shirley Temple’s Heidi
Well to continue from yesterday’s question on movie novelizations, I introduce the novelization of the Shirely Temple movie, Heidi. Obviously based on the original Heidi books, it is a decent retelling keeping the major plot points in utilizing language that 9-12 year olds would easily understand. The highlight of the book, of course, is the…
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Movie Novelizations
What is the point of them? To read them before the movie? But what if you don’t want to get spoiled? To read them after the movie to. . . relive it? But you can just rewatch it. So really, does anyone know the point of them? I mean I know the company’s point is…
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Antique Books: Work
Little Women has been long held as one of Louisa May Alcott’s best works. Under the Lilacs and Eight Cousins being well-known seconds I believe, though don’t quote me on that. However, I picked up her novel, Work: A Story of Experience which was surprisingly not as preachy as the title implied. Okay, there is…
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Antique Books: Anne Frank Remembered
Okay this technically isn’t an antique book but I got it at a flea market so sematics. Anyway, hopefully most people know who Miep is, aka Hermine Geis, the woman who helped hide the Frank family in the Secret Annex is WW2. This memoir is told from Miep’s point of view, giving a wider outlook…
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Antique Books: Dogs
You think dogs will not be in heaven I tell you, they will be there long before any of us- Robert Louis Stevenson This photo book is a lovely collection of dog pictures from the turn of the century to the 1950s, courtesy of Catherine Johnson, one of the formost collectors of amateur dog photos.…
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Antique Reads: An Old Sweetheart of Mine
This poem by James Whitcomb Riley would be an ideal Valentine’s Gift. It’s rhymes are charming and is filled with nostalgia of the late 1800s as the narrator remisces over a nightcap of his first sweetheart in grade school. Plus it has a nie twist. Also just look at the illustrations with its sepia palette,…
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Antique Reads: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Since my grandmother frequents flea markets, sometimes she’d buy me a book or something she’d thought interesting. Though it didn’t always align, one book I enjoyed was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. Now I haven’t seen the movie full-through, just the iconic Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend song so I can’t compare the…
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