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Thread: Favorite Childhood Stories
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Eigon
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One of my clearest memories of reading at school was of a short story about a cobbler who planted nasturtiums in an old boot by his door. In time, the plant grew to cover the roof of his cottage, and when the flowers bloomed, someone thought his house was on fire!
It took me ages to track this down, but it was in one of the Beacons Readers, which were pretty much obsolete by the time I was learning to read, but the school I went to still used them.
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LeRoc
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The Nasturtiums That Were Too Proud For Their Boots from The Happy Venture Readers. You can see the whole story here (need to scroll down a bit).
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Jack o' the Green
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It's been a real 'memory stimulator' reading this thread, and great fun.
I loved Betsey Byars' 'The Midnight Fox' which tapped into my love of animals. I remember my mum reading me a children's version of Beowulf by Rosemary Sutcliffe. I also greatly enjoyed Henry Treece's 'The Horned Helmet' and John Rowe Townsend's 'Gumble's Yard'.
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Penny S
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The Beacon Readers, which I learned from with my mother, had very good stories in them. I sort of remember there was one about some creatures called hobyas, of the goblin variety, and I have wondered at times if the word had got into the brain of a writer of fantasy.
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