good books

[scarletts_awry]

I haven't seen Prince Caspian, though I probably will at some point. The talk about it has gotten me thinking though. Well, the talk about it and being back at home where a few of my old books still reside has got me thinking

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[mentalhygiene]

My dad read to all three of us at bedtime when we were young. So I have sensory recollections of "The Wizard of Oz" (the illustrations, the smell of the pages), and "Little Orphan Annie" (comics) from when I was very young. The other strongest thing about those is my dad reading them to me, so I remember his voice with the books. I remember the TV miniseries of Narnia because I didn't read the books until I was older. One of my favorite books from when I was around 9 or so was "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and around the same time (8 or 9) "The Phantom of the Opera". When I was very very small, my favorite favorite book (that I could read myself) was a book of pictures of signs (street signs, municipal signage) that I absolutely *adored*. I had a lot of books on tape, so that's how I remember a lot of the stories that I encountered when I was young -- Gulliver's Travels, Gumby, Rip Van Winkle. (my dad also made us tapes -- for when he went away on business -- of our favorite books being read by him.)

I think the library in general was one of those sensory experiences on some level, too. Some of my earliest memories involve going with my dad to the library.