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I have boxes and boxes of pre-1980s children's book but not a working computer, so I can't post images. (Stealing from my employer right this very second!) E. Nesbit and Edward Eager are probably my favourite children's authors and I also like Baum's non-Oz books. My siblings and I were fortunate that our mother didn't try to restrict our reading to "nice" stories, so Charles Addams comics, Edward Gorey, and the likes of Der Struwwelpeter were much beloved. My father gave me McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader when I was, I think, nine. When my mother died, I found various volumes from other, similar, series, which are amazing to read for the ways in which they indoctrinate. Maurice Sendak is the greatest illustrator in human history.
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cda posted:Also on that list: Zylpha Keatley Snyder. My sister and I have autographed books from when she came to our elementary school.
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Nov 11, 2019 01:27
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cda posted:!!! Which ones. I believe between the two of us: The Headless Cupid, The Velvet Room, Season of Ponies, and Black And Blue Magic.
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Nov 12, 2019 20:54
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cda posted:The Headless Cupid was my favorite. Really good book. Black and Blue Magic is mine, since it takes place in San Francisco. I should find what box those are in and re-read them
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