Mommyfaithe Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 by Eleanor Francis Lattimore and these were some of the sweetest books I have ever read with my kids. We just LOVED them. BUT, now that they are finished we need something else to read. Does anyone know of any books that are similar written in the same time period (1950's??) with that lovely feel to it...the large text and that library smell...and especially the sweet stories?? Thanks, Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alte Veste Academy Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Well, we haven't read Little Pear yet but we do enjoy these old-fashioned books... Jenny Linsky Betsy-Tacy Homer Price Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle The Best-Loved Doll Big Susan Twig I'm sure there are other old-fashioned ones but these are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 We are reading Jeremy, the Tale of an Honest Bunny, and Little Pear is next on our list! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malenki Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 A couple more... All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor The Children of Noisy Village series by Astrid Lindgren Fairchild Family Story series by Rebecca Caudill (first one is called Happy Little Family) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 A couple more... All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor We love All of a Kind Family here! We also love all the Burgess books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Sidney) - The Moffats series (Estes) - The House at Pooh Corner (Milne) - A Little Princess (Burnett) - The Secret Garden (Burnett) - Mountain Born (Yates) - Kildee House (Montgomery) - Understood Betsy (Fisher) - Family Under the Bridge (Carlson) - The Wheel on the School (de Jong) - Treasures of the Snow (St. John) - Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery) - Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and sequels (Betty MacDonald) - The Story of Dr. Dolittle (Lofting) - My Father's Dragon and sequels (Gannett) - Five Children and It; The Phoenix and the Carpet; The Book of Dragons (Nesbit) - The Father Christmas Letters (Tolkien) - The Ordinary Princess (Kaye) - The Princess & the Goblins; The Princess & Curdie (MacDonald) - The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (Dalgliesh) - Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Field) - The Courage of Sarah Noble (Dalgliesh) - Sarah Whitcher's Story (Yates) - Calico Bush (Field) - The House of Sixty Fathers (de Jong) - Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa (Kalney) - Daughter of the Mountains (Rankin) - Shiloh (Naylor) - Ginger Pye (Estes) - Mr. Popper's Penguins (Atwater) - The Cricket in Times Square (Selden) - Charlotte's Web; Trumpet of the Swan (White) - Wind in the Willows (Grahame) - The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame) - Gone Away Lake (Enright) - Rabbit Hill (Lawson) - Grandma's Attic and sequels (Richardson) - B is for Betsy and sequels (Haywood) - Betsy and Tacy and sequels (Lovelace) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 We just finished Little Pear also, though we haven't read the others in the series (how many are there?), and my kids laughed and laughed every time I read "Big Head" or at some of the things Little Pear said. But my 8 yr old commented that he didn't like it as much as The Year of Miss Agnes and Follow My Leader which we read before Little Pear. You got some good suggestions for old-fashioned stories, you would probably like the Jenny and the Cat Club series a lot. I would add The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Henry Huggins, Dr. Dolittle, and Mr. Poppers Penguins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Kristina mentioned most of the ones I was thinking of. The Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood has about 10 books and is well liked here. My 5yo hangs on every word, and my 7yo reads them to herself and laughs and laughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor One of my childhood favorites! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamom Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Good suggestions, everyone! Nice list, Lori D. I'll be bookmarking this thread for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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