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href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001556\"\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001556\"\u003EBFG\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2187726\"\u003EMatilda\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ein that order. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E(If the thought just occurred to you that Hey, I could watch \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3277775\"\u003EThe BFG\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Efor Challenge number 8, \"Watch a movie based on a book\", may I say that yes, you could, but it does have a bit of a wait list as all new releases do. But do you know of the two other Roald Dahl adaptations which are firmly up there among the movies no child -- and few adults -- should miss\u003Ci\u003E: \u003C\/i\u003Ethe hilarious\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2838296\"\u003EMatilda\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Edirected by and starring Danny DeVito,\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand the whimsical stop-motion\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1571937\"\u003EJames and the Giant Peach\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ewith the wonderful Pete Postlethwaite and, please quote me, \"See Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as Aunts Spiker and Sponge and die\".)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EEnid Blyton is in next place, a generation older but having such a long career and being so prolific that it hardly matters, and let's not forget about the handing-down. One for all: the reader of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2256321\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EFive go to Mystery Moor\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;who says\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\"This book is sentimental to me as it's the first famous five book my mum gave me to read\".\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIf Enid Blyton is sentimental to you too, have a look at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk\/\"\u003Ewebsite of the Enid Blyton society\u003C\/a\u003E. If you, for instance, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1085958\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe magic faraway tree\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ebetween 1971 and 2014, you'll be able to find your very cover among the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk\/book-details.php?id=216\u0026amp;title=The+Magic+Faraway+Tree\"\u003E16 covers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the 16 editions from those years. Which was your era? Bell-bottom jeans? Roman sandals? With white socks? No socks?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/covers.booktopia.com.au\/big\/9781405273503\/the-magic-faraway-tree.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/covers.booktopia.com.au\/big\/9781405273503\/the-magic-faraway-tree.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"155\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E2014 edition\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/85\/The_Magic_Faraway_Tree_1st_edition.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/85\/The_Magic_Faraway_Tree_1st_edition.jpg\" width=\"135\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFirst edition, 1943\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENew Zealand titles\u003C\/b\u003E: Two that I didn't know which have been logged are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1175906\"\u003EThe house that grew\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eby Jean Strathdee from 1979, a \"positive rendering of an alternative lifestyle in the bush\" (says \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.picturebooks.co.nz\/\"\u003Ewww.picturebooks.co.nz\u003C\/a\u003E), which hopefully doesn't yet seem overly dubious as a premise; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178618\"\u003ENo one went to town\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;Phyllis Johnston, published in the same period but set in pioneer days, the story of a real-life family in the hills of Taranaki. Anyone else remember these?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOldie-but-goldies\u003C\/b\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2495937\"\u003EOliver Twist\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Efrom 1838 is the oldest of all the books people have read for this challenge, followed by, to my great pleasure,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3176173\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe Jungle Book\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Efrom 1894. This is the book where you'll find the story \"Rikki Tikki Tavi\", recently voted by our table of librarians at our Christmas lunch the scariest story of their formative years, and an excellent read-aloud I could have included in my recommendations, although you do have to be ready to impersonate a snake, because if you don't hiss a line like \"If you move I strike, and if you do not move I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag!'' then it's never going to work.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6c\/MongooseCobraKipling.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6c\/MongooseCobraKipling.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoving into the 20th century\u003C\/b\u003E, we have\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1085085\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe railway children\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2847978\"\u003EAnn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2847978\"\u003Ee of Green Gables\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ewhich I was shocked to discover was first published\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ein 1908, I\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eread\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ethat book as a kid and it didn't seem that old; \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1014083\"\u003EMilly Molly Mandy\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2567909\"\u003EMary Poppins\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;then at mid-century\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2266725\"\u003EThe snow goose\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(\"I love this book as it brings back memories of reading with my Grandad\" was the comment) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1176296\"\u003EThe Black Stallion\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, and moving into the post-Beatles'-first-LP era, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2953084\"\u003EWatership Down\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWelcome to this century\u003C\/b\u003E: Put your hands together for those readers who had\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2145776\"\u003EPercy Jackson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1043787\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EJimmy Coates\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to accompany them in their childhoods! And\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2733763\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ECoraline\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat are you all re-reading for Challenge number 4? Let us know in the comments!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnyone share any of these childhood favourites of mine?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178408\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3040527\"\u003EAlice in Wonderland\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(my cult book)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178408\"\u003EStuart Little\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1169857\"\u003ECharlotte's Web\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(still digesting their gifts and will be all my life)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2825763\"\u003ERamona\u0026nbsp;the pest\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/i\u003E(and pretty much everything Beverly Cleary wrote)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1192846\"\u003EMrs Piggle-wiggle\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(for giggles)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2477368\"\u003EPippi Longstocking\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(talk about strong female heroines)\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1076838\"\u003ELittle House\u003C\/a\u003E books (“Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.” says Laura. Unless you are lucky enough to have a book to read like the Little House books)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2616612\"\u003EJust so stories\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(and which was your favourite, oh best beloved? Mine was Cat who walked by himself)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1813114\"\u003EThe Little Grey Men\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(how I dreamed of building an airplane like theirs!) and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001569\"\u003EDown the bright stream\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2651016\"\u003ELittle Women\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3265830\"\u003ELittle men\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, and even more, the proto-feminist\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1125393\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EEight Cousins\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1078034\"\u003ERose in bloom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2504355\"\u003ETreasure Island\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(one of the most perfect books ever written)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3014698\"\u003EThe Phantom Tollbooth\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(manifesto for curiosity!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd finally, I want to especially mention\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1129746\"\u003EThe Borrowers\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EI want to mention \u003Ci\u003EThe Borrowers \u003C\/i\u003Ein this context of re-reading childhood books, because it is the book where I most vividly and unmistakably remember the sensation of believing in its magic. At the back of our old wooden house, my sister and I noticed that moss was growing underneath one of those airing grates that houses have down at their foundations. We knew that it was because our borrowers were using the grate to empty out their buckets of water (our toothpaste tube tops!) after mopping the floor of the house they had made below our floorboards. We were sure that one day we would catch sight of them. Actually, I seem to remember we did, once, or maybe it was the flash of a piece of foil a borrower was using for a mirror as she dried her hair by their window that we saw. Yes, that would have been it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780152047375\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780152047375\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"211\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780141354866\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780141354866\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"208\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7019189230176457521\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-reread-childhood.html#comment-form","title":"22 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7019189230176457521"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7019189230176457521"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-reread-childhood.html","title":"Great Summer Read: Reread a childhood favourite"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"22"}}]}});