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Offline Shultzie

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Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« on: December 12, 2012, 08:55:15 AM »
REMEMBERING THIS BOOK...really illustrates how Damned old I feel this morning.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2012, 03:25:44 PM »
My favorite book at that time was "Bobby and His Airplanes" - well, that and "Scuffy the Tugboat." Anyway, I always look for that one when in the children's sections of old book stores (there are still a very few around here), but I have never seen a copy. It's interesting that for most of these stores - unlike the Old Stratemeyer teen books like Tom Swift, The Rover Boys, etc, there seem to be very few of the little childrens' books from before 1950. I also remember a book from nursery school that had a couple kids playing with Super Constellation models. 'anyone remember that one?

Incidentally, we 1st-grade guys all thought that Sally was a pretty dumb kid. He men didn't associate with "little kids" like that.

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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2012, 04:46:54 PM »
Did we really learn to read from books like that??   Such memories. 
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2012, 06:38:17 PM »
Quote from: john e. holliday on December 12, 2012, 04:46:54 PM
Did we really learn to read from books like that??   Such memories. 

Yes, we did...and rather well, too.  'Dick and Jane' may look pretty simplistic, but the fact remains that our generation learned to read, write, spell and construct a proper declarative sentence far better than most from later generations.  Of course much of that can be attributed to teachers who accepted nothing less than perfection....because if you didn't 'cut it' you were 'left back' to repeat the grade - something unheard of in today's permissive society.

(Stepping down from the soapbox now.  Back to model airplanes.)
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 09:47:02 AM »
One of the greatest stories ever written.

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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 12:42:03 PM »
Pretty soon after I learned to read, we took a subscription to a weekly magazine that has more recently got an award for work for the Finnish language. My daughter (now 16) reads it too. Sooo, what is this cultural icon that is loved by people of all ages here? It is the Aku Ankka, or Donald Duck, comics magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aku_Ankka

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... magazine's colourful and innovative use of the Finnish language. --- With a circulation of over 320,000 and more than a million readers weekly, Aku Ankka is the most popular weekly publication in Finland as well as the largest edition per capita in the world for a Donald Duck magazine.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 04:47:50 PM »
Quote from: john e. holliday on December 12, 2012, 04:46:54 PM
Did we really learn to read from books like that??   Such memories. 

Oh, yes, Doc!  ...And there were other volumes. I recall one story where Dick, Jane, and Sally were going to their Aunt's house. They took their dog and cat, (Spot and Puff) and their parents, (Mother and Father were their names)

Before they reached their destination, they had to turn onto another road. Father said they were going on a DETOUR! What an adventure!

I recall one of the first grade students having trouble with the word 'detour'. He pronounced it 'deck-ter', and the nun teacher (Catholic school in 1948) gave his knuckles a rap with the edge of a wooden ruler. Got his attention. The class was relieved, as the story progressed to a thrilling climax.
They arrived at their aunt's house in mid-afternoon.
Aunt Ann had baked a pie.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 09:06:11 PM »
Quote from: Avaiojet on December 14, 2012, 09:47:02 AM
One of the greatest stories ever written.

Charles
Yes..this book is truly an amazing story...which we told to me and my twin sister Mary Jo by our single parent mother who was a high school teacher. What a heartfelt story as I remember...illustrating the power of close friendships, courage and commitant to make a difference in the lives of others...
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2012, 01:02:07 PM »
I learned to read on Dr Seuss. Cars was my favorite.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 12:02:05 AM »
Quote from: Avaiojet on December 14, 2012, 09:47:02 AM
One of the greatest stories ever written.

I give copies to all the nieces and nephews.  When they get older I give them Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2012, 03:30:53 PM »
Howard, first edition, I hope.
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Re: Hummm? I remember reading this book!
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2013, 08:48:52 PM »
I think I went straight from "See Dick Run" to "The Boy Mechanic" (Popular Mechanics Press, Book 1). Does anybody else have any of these books? COOL chit!  y1 Steve

PS: Here's the pictures! Ty would like the rail layout tips.  ;) 
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