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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:58 PM Original message |
What are the best children's book series of all time? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. C.S. Lewis' books, obviously. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Of course...they've stood the test of time... |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. My favorite, personally, was... "A Wrinkle in Time" |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Wrinkle in Time barely got published..... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. My favorite as well |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. John Christopher |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Ditto on John Christopher, and Lloyd Alexander |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's not a series.... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I love "Where The Wild Things Are." |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Oh, god I remember that. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm a sucker for great illustration. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Thanks for the links! |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. It was one of my childhood favorites too. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I'm looking forward to it too. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Did you say Wild Things? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Henry Huggins books by Beverly Cleary. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Those were my absolute |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I was reading that book two days ago |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Absolutely! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
67. I have always loved the Ramona series |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Oh, me, too!! |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe not the best, but The Great Brain series |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
60. That was definitely one of my favorite series when I was younger |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I didn't know he wrote any adult books. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. the settings and characters are the same, so if you liked the GB books |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. My faves were all the Richard Scarry books. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I loved reading those to my son when he was small - so funny! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. Something about the art grabbed me right away. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. he's like Breughel for kids! |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. my kids 31 and 26 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. It fascinated me. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. Goosebumps was pretty huge during it's time |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. My kid loves those. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. are they still making new ones? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think so. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Winnie the Pooh |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. ,Amelia Bedelia, Winnie the Pooh,Chronicles of Narnia, |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. Piers Anthony's Xanth series..."A Spell for Chameleon"... I still LOVE |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. those were very fun books too n/t |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
72. those were fun. I did not know they were marketed as a children's |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
20. My son loved TinTin most of all... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wrinkle in TIme and other books by L'Engle |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Little House on the Prairie books |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
68. I loved those books when I was young and bought them for my own children. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Hardy Boys-- |
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Rosie1223 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Harry Potter |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. +1000 |
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Pendrench (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Growing up I was a fan of Encyclopedia Brown n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I was another fan as a child... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Me too! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
90. I loved the Encyclopedia Brown books. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Go, Dog, Go! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Hardly Boys |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. I liked Nancy Drew. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. My favorite. I had every single one of the series when I was a kid. n/t |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:51 PM Original message |
Pippi Longstocking! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Betsy-Tacy, Anne of Green Gables |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. Me too... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Brains Benton mysteries were particular favorites when I was a kid |
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eissa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. Not a series, but it has got to be |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. No Zilpha Keatley Snyder? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Enid Blyton's Famous Five |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Lois Lenski's American Regional Series |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Wizard of Oz, and it's sequels by L. Frank Baum, ... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. i loved that series, talk about escapist literature |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. For young kids, Dr. Seuss. |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. The Black Stallion series |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. Warriors |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. The "Little House on the Prairie" series..... |
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gbate (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. I read all of these again as an adult and they are definitely my favorite. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. Three I remember |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
58. Another author who didn't do series, but Roald Dahl of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame, |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Judy Blume is great. |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. When I was a kid, I REALLY looked forward to when... |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Hey, it was encyclopedias all the way for me too. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. "The Dark is Rising" series by Susan Cooper |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. YES YES YES! This one! |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Add me to the list. |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
69. The Happy Hollisters |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. I was going to say that |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I didn't think anyone would know who they were either. Glad to meet another fan. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. by Jerry West |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I still have quite a number of them. nt |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
81. As a little kid, I used to love 'My Naughty Little Sister' and 'Milly Molly Mandy'... |
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deoxyribonuclease (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
83. I loved the Redwall series when I was in middle school |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
84. My favorite was the Cherry Ames series |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. I only read one Cherry Ames book |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
85. Some series ca. '57 that incl. "Swiss Family Robinson", "Treasure Island", "Black Beauty", "Heidi". |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
86. The Phantom Tollbooth |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
87. The Wilder books (Or Ingalls) |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
88. "The Giving Tree" |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
89. A Wrinkle In Time |
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