tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post3900737469282546860..comments2024-03-28T10:33:47.385+11:00Comments on Kate Constable's Blog: Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood ReadingA latte beckonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-35599292126508817362018-05-25T11:58:32.946+10:002018-05-25T11:58:32.946+10:00Ah! Obviously I need to delve into Jill Paton Wals...Ah! Obviously I need to delve into Jill Paton Walsh -- I don't think I've read any of her books.A latte beckonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-91042208473768987222018-05-25T02:15:15.508+10:002018-05-25T02:15:15.508+10:00Dolphin Crossing is by Jill Paton Walsh.
Another t...Dolphin Crossing is by Jill Paton Walsh.<br />Another thing I remember from many of these books is that the endings were often ambivalent; as a child I was often left wondering about what had happened and why, which is maybe why I've remembered them so well.Ann Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155763589367151482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-59028029160777722092018-05-24T09:40:31.643+10:002018-05-24T09:40:31.643+10:00Well I suppose not many of them probably know who ...Well I suppose not many of them probably know who Antonia Forest is :(<br />I love Pink Rabbit and Carrie's War but I don't know Dolphin Crossing -- who wrote that? I learned so much history from those books! And most vividly the atmosphere of the wartime experience -- which must have been so vivid for the children living through it at the time, too.A latte beckonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-5526599849155421352018-05-24T06:38:49.283+10:002018-05-24T06:38:49.283+10:00I second the recommendation for 'Fireweed'...I second the recommendation for 'Fireweed', a much reread book from my childhood. So many of the books from my childhood were set during the Second World War, presumably because the children who'd lived through it had grown up to become writers by the time I became a reader. I also remember 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit', 'Dolphin Crossing' and 'Carrie's War', as well as many others whose titles I can't remember but scenes from which still stay with me.<br />I haven't read 'Bookworm' yet but as I soon as I heard of it I thought I must get it. None of the reviews have mentioned AF at all, they all focus on Mangan's descriptions of Milly-Molly-Mandy and Narnia.Ann Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155763589367151482noreply@blogger.com