The Bobbsey Twins
I have decided on my first book for the classic children's books challenge that I signed up for after saying I wouldn't. I have decided to read the first book in The Bobbsey Twin series which was originally published in 1904. I won't go through the whole series because there are 72 books and a number of them were originally published after the required date cut-off of 1960. However, the last Bobbsey Twin book that I ever bought was The Bobbsey Twins Go To London Tower and it was published in 1959 so I will probably re-read it. I remember when it was purchased. My mother was Christmas shopping -- for me, I might add-- at Toudouze Market in San Antonio and I found the book and wanted it. She asked if I wanted it for Christmas or right then and I remember looking at her as if she were speaking in a foreign tongue -- I wanted it right then and I wanted to read it right then, in the store. In fact, I had the thing half read before we ever got home from that shopping excursion. I was a voracious reader at age 9. I remember enjoying all the Bobbsey Twin books that I read and, so far, I am enjoying this one.
I will return with a review after I am done. I doubt many of my bloggy friends will be too interested in my reading children's books but I am such a sucker for them that I really couldn't pass up the challenge. I read many children's books, on a daily basis, to Bean -- Granddaughter the Second. None of them fill the challenge requirement because they are too short (must be at least 60 pages) but I do have my favorites and maybe I will start doing reviews on those!
At any rate, this is my first choice. I have loaded it on my Nook and have already begun to read. If I really like it, I will probably head to my local antique mall and try to find a copy -- they have a huge children's book section so it isn't out of the realm of possibility. What a contrast -- Judi Dench and The Bobbsey Twins! Nobody can accuse me of not being diverse.
More later as I progress with this challenge.
