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27. From the Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:52 AM
Dec 2017

By E. L. Konigsburg. I still have a copy. It was made into the movie, “The Hideaways.”

What books did you love as a child? [View all] MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 OP
Nancy Drew MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #1
I was addicted to Nancy Drew from about 8 to 12 years old yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #54
Me too. I read them all a couple times. That and the Boxcar Children appleannie1943 Dec 2017 #104
Me too. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #131
I loved them too! I read the whole collection! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #173
i started w/ trixie belden. much better, but narnia books. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #154
The Wahoo Bobcat. Lochloosa Dec 2017 #2
hardcover copy on Amazon for $50 yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #59
Call of the wild Soxfan58 Dec 2017 #3
Me too Freddie Dec 2017 #84
I loved this book! Chemisse Dec 2017 #110
White Fang is my favorite lunatica Dec 2017 #118
I loved reading my favorites aloud to my kids. Chemisse Dec 2017 #159
It's actually a book for all ages lunatica Dec 2017 #171
Dr. Seuss! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #4
I loved all the Dr. Seuss books. My father started buying them for me when I was three and smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #175
Awww! What a lovely memory! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #179
Lloyd Alexanders Prydain books Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #5
Loved them too but didn't discover them until I was in my late teens. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #88
I've never heard of those. geardaddy Dec 2017 #163
House Divided by avebury Dec 2017 #6
Same here, started reading adult books at about age 10. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #39
My mother kept an eye out on my choices. avebury Dec 2017 #70
Oh I read Valley of the Dolls. In secret. :) Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #77
Same. The librarian reported me to my mother. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #132
I hid books from my mother and read by flashlight late at night. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #144
Yes. We're OK. I was raised in such a sheltered atmosphere that I Sophia4 Dec 2017 #170
I agree totally with you. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #172
The Hardy Boys Ligyron Dec 2017 #7
Pippi Longstocking KT2000 Dec 2017 #8
Pippi...I didnt read it but watched the movie ads. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #11
Yep! KT2000 Dec 2017 #96
Yes! I loved Pippi Longstocking! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #174
The Call of the Wild and Little Women mia Dec 2017 #9
I read Little Women; Eight Cousins was my favorite though yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #56
Me too. Great series. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #133
Me too... Zoonart Dec 2017 #78
The Trixie Beldon mysteries Chemisse Dec 2017 #111
Yes these catrose Dec 2017 #136
It's great to see another Trixie Beldon fan. Chemisse Dec 2017 #139
I know. I'm always surprised to find another fan catrose Dec 2017 #146
Trixie was more like a regular kid with a regular family. Chemisse Dec 2017 #160
Yes! Tricia Beldon :). My older sister was a Nancy Drew fan but Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #155
I mostly read my mom's books, but Trixie Belden was one of my favorite of age-appropriate series. Still Blue in PDX Dec 2017 #161
My all-time favorite was Old Yeller. Chemisse Dec 2017 #164
I read that at least once, sometimes twice, a year, too. Loved that dog! Still Blue in PDX Dec 2017 #165
Where the Wild Things Are n/t Dennis Donovan Dec 2017 #10
Half magic Cicada Dec 2017 #12
I loved Half Magic catrose Dec 2017 #32
Yes, and Magic by the Lake TuxedoKat Dec 2017 #157
Little House Books, Little Women, The Borrowers, The 100 Dresses, Henry Huggins TuxedoKat Dec 2017 #158
Comic books Cartoonist Dec 2017 #13
Same Here!!! I loved when Daddy would read them to me yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #58
Lord of the Rings shenmue Dec 2017 #14
The Laura Ingalls Wilder series SouthernIrish Dec 2017 #17
Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Frustratedlady Dec 2017 #15
I agree totally about mysteries. I loved them and still do. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #42
comprehension, character continuity, visualizing the story yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #60
I love mystery novels, especially British ones. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #75
Every book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "My Friend Flicka". Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #16
Loved all those too plus Green Grass of Wyoming 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #22
I'm not familiar with that one. I'll have to look it up. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #38
It was kind of a sequel to MFF, also by Mary O 'Hara 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #50
I loved LI Wilder, read her books as a child, and then read them to my child. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #43
I bought the entire set for my grandkids last Christmas. This year my niece got the set for Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #48
Wonderful. My daughter is in grad school now and still has these books from Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #51
Ah yes, the bookmobile yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #62
Maybe this is why roscoeroscoe Dec 2017 #18
+1 for Dick Farina's book. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2017 #25
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", one of my all time favorite childhood books. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #44
my dad gave me my first Heinlein book OriginalGeek Dec 2017 #121
At various points, The Little Prince, Winnie the Pooh and Go, Dog. Go! (a Dr. Seuss book) femmedem Dec 2017 #19
My kids had their favorite books memorized. There was no skipping over a phrase or a page to get Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #41
When my granddaughter was two, she "read" "Goodnight Moon" to her Sophia4 Dec 2017 #135
BOOKS I loved and love books TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #20
As was L. Frank Baum TlalocW Dec 2017 #76
The Box Car Children (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2017 #21
Oh I loved this book. Had forgotten about it..... nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #37
Also on my list. hay rick Dec 2017 #79
Great book! Sophia4 Dec 2017 #138
Donna Parker (series of books about young girl, mysteries) Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #23
Riders of the Purple Sage pazzyanne Dec 2017 #24
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Andrew Lang's fairy tale books... 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #26
Loved Nancy Drew, still like mysteries to this day. And yes on Readers Digest Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #36
ohh Episode of Sparrows!! I loved that book yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #63
I was the same age when I read them! I read the RDCV of TKAM first, too. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #87
From the Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler citizen blues Dec 2017 #27
Tom Sawyer.. Permanut Dec 2017 #28
I Love Tom Sawyer, first read at age 10 yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #65
+1 JDC Dec 2017 #156
very young - Mother West Wind Stories Thirties Child Dec 2017 #29
Any Laura Ingalls and The Borrowers cpamomfromtexas Dec 2017 #30
Yes on Ingalls, and I had forgotten about the Borrowers, loved them. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #35
Tom Swift Kilgore Dec 2017 #31
Heidi cannabis_flower Dec 2017 #33
Any science fiction, Asimov, Heinlein, etc. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #34
Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden. Devoured these livetohike Dec 2017 #40
Oh I had forgotten about Trixie Beldon, loved her. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #46
Babysitter's Club series crazycatlady Dec 2017 #45
My younger boys had a couple of Shel Silverstein books that they dearly loved. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #47
The entire collection of The Little House from Laura Ingalls Wilder. eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2017 #49
shel silverstein Evergreen Emerald Dec 2017 #52
Loved "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Also Nancy Drew. applegrove Dec 2017 #112
Tom Sawyer, buck finn, treasure island, Guadalcanal diary Hangingon Dec 2017 #53
The Pokey Little Puppy mainstreetonce Dec 2017 #55
All of Jane Austen, especially "Pride and Prejudice". Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #57
I did not catch Jane Austen until my 40's **have read everything and I re-read constantly** MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #94
OMG another Janite! I never get tired of re-reading P and P. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #95
I like to read for the shadow stories MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #97
I love reading some of the P&P variations. Had not heard of the shadow Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #100
Agree - she is a genius MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #115
Oh yes! catrose Dec 2017 #137
I still am loyal to P&P, think it is the finest work. But I know there is disagreement. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #147
Love Persuasion ... very drawn to MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #189
Edith and Mr. Bear books.She reminds me of myself when I was a kid SummerSnow Dec 2017 #61
Gone With The Wind mindem Dec 2017 #64
I read GWTW after I had seen the movie in 1961 yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #66
Giants in the Earth! is on my shelf from childhood MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #91
Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #67
The Secret Garden Polly Hennessey Dec 2017 #68
Loved The Secret Garden. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #98
The Little Maid series, Nancy Drew WhiteTara Dec 2017 #69
Brains Benton lastlib Dec 2017 #71
my last list of stuff not mentioned already: yellowdogintexas Dec 2017 #72
Absolutely, will not read or watch a movie where an animal suffers or dies.Bambi Polly Hennessey Dec 2017 #80
Science Fiction that actually had science in them Thor_MN Dec 2017 #73
I love this thread, thanks for starting it TeapotInATempest Dec 2017 #74
Early on, first through third TlalocW Dec 2017 #81
Charlotte's Web, Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #82
Encyclopedia Brown, The Mad Scientists Club bbrady42 Dec 2017 #83
A prose version of The Iliad. Iggo Dec 2017 #85
That's a classic for a reason*great story! MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #93
"The Wind in the Willows" Va Lefty Dec 2017 #86
Ooh, I forgot about that one TeapotInATempest Dec 2017 #89
Yes I Can. Sammy Davis Jr. autobiography riverwalker Dec 2017 #90
Chronicles of Narnia pandr32 Dec 2017 #92
Mr. Poppers Penguins Ohiya Dec 2017 #99
Lad: A Dog.... samnsara Dec 2017 #101
Nancy Drew series and The Boxcar Children appleannie1943 Dec 2017 #102
Betsy-Tacy, the "Shoe" books, the Little House books, Elizabeth Enright and Edward Eager LisaM Dec 2017 #103
Loved the Four Story Mistake and all Elizabeth Enright; loved the Secret Garden MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #106
Elizabeth Enright was Frank Lloyd Wright's niece. LisaM Dec 2017 #109
I did not know this! MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #114
In the last Melendy book, "Spiderweb for Two" (I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it) LisaM Dec 2017 #117
cool! MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #122
Yes! I struggled to remember, had to look them up! I read the Betsy-Tacy books! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #150
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Brother Buzz Dec 2017 #105
Yes, I loved that book too when I was in first or second grade. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #177
Owning a steam shovel was the first item on my bucket list Brother Buzz Dec 2017 #186
The Boxcar Children TBA Dec 2017 #107
The "Danny Dunn" science series... SeattleVet Dec 2017 #108
Those were great. Codeine Dec 2017 #143
+1 sl8 Dec 2017 #185
Enid Blyton Ron Obvious Dec 2017 #113
Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets. Anything by Herbert Zim. Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #116
when I was a younger child it was Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. lunatica Dec 2017 #119
I loved those books too! I wasn't a very happy child so I always used to fantasize that I was an smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #180
I did too lunatica Dec 2017 #197
Mrs. Pigglewiggle and The Henry Huggins series. Lunabell Dec 2017 #120
The Freddy The Pig books, by Walter Brooks. Paladin Dec 2017 #123
Bought for a nickel each from the 5 and dime store (Woolworths) happy feet Dec 2017 #124
A Wrinkle in Time, ... sl8 Dec 2017 #125
A Wrinkle in Time is my choice too TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #134
Wow. I had completely forgotten about Stranger from the Depths! Loved that book. kmla Dec 2017 #184
I don't remember that one, but it sure sounds like it would've been right up my alley. n/t sl8 Dec 2017 #187
A compilation of stories from the same author as the Encyclopedia Brown books. kmla Dec 2017 #188
Sorry I missed it. sl8 Dec 2017 #190
The Five Little Peppers, The Bobbsey Twins lkinwi Dec 2017 #126
I wondered if anyone would mention the Bobbsey Twins RandomAccess Dec 2017 #148
Do you remember the name of the bully? sl8 Dec 2017 #167
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Dec 2017 #168
From age 7-12: northoftheborder Dec 2017 #127
Many The Blue Flower Dec 2017 #128
Encyclopedia Britanicals Deb Dec 2017 #129
Hah! I used to read Encyclopedias as well! I thought I was such a nerd. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #181
The Little Train That Could Sophia4 Dec 2017 #130
Susan Coopers The Dark is Rising series. tanyev Dec 2017 #140
A Wrinkle In Time. Anne of Green Gables. The Borrowers. JenniferJuniper Dec 2017 #141
The Hardy Boys and - weirdly - Starship Troopers. Codeine Dec 2017 #142
Beverly Cleary. The Ramona books Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #145
Nancy Drew and Grimms Fairy Tales. Also read all my brothers Hardy Boys books. Fla Dem Dec 2017 #149
If you mean a freshman in high school.... Kablooie Dec 2017 #151
Nancy Drew... chillfactor Dec 2017 #152
Janet Lambert books, Eight Cousins, Roy Blakely Books, Marjorie Maynard books, Freckles bobbieinok Dec 2017 #153
Bread and Jam for Frances. geardaddy Dec 2017 #162
Animorphs sakabatou Dec 2017 #166
Harold and the Purple Crayon sl8 Dec 2017 #169
All of them. I am a reading addict. Always have been. nt tblue37 Dec 2017 #176
"Heidi" when I was very young. The Black Stallion series in third grade. nt tblue37 Dec 2017 #178
Tons of them, my father always bought me tons of books and started reading to me when I was three, smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #182
Me, too MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #192
Yes! Thank you for this thread! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #194
Welcome. Same here MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #195
A Wrinkle in Time, Where the Red Fern Grows, Chronicles of Narnia, anything from E.B. White, Laura Neema Dec 2017 #183
Troy Nesbit stories. sl8 Dec 2017 #191
The Goops Generic Brad Dec 2017 #193
Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" and Michener's "The Source." NNadir Dec 2017 #196
Trixie Belden IrishEyes Dec 2017 #198
A Wrinkle in Time Wolf Frankula Dec 2017 #199
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