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REMEMBERING LADYBIRD BOOKS
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REMEMBERING LADYBIRD BOOKS   Ladybird ’s books have been published for just over one hundred years. In 1867 Henry Wills opened a bookshop in Loughborough, ten miles from where I live, and began publishing ’s books. In 1914 the first Ladybird Books were published. Ladybird Books have been attacked for their stereotyped view of British life - parents were happily married, men were breadwinners, women were housewives, police caught naughty criminals, and were sweet and innocent. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ladybird Books were widely used in British primary schools to help learn to read. But since the late 1990s, sales of Ladybird Books have crashed. Even recent attempts to appeal to a new generation of have not boosted sales - see below. What books did you read in your childhood? What happened to your childhood books? As well as Ladybird Books, I read all 25 books in Anthony Buckeridge’s series of Jennings books. My favourite Jennings book was The Trouble with Jennings. All Jennings books were set in an all boys’ boarding school. Jennings was a very naughty boy! I also enjoyed reading Captain W E Johns’ Biggles books and Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven books, which were much more interesting than her Famous Five books. C Day Lewis’ The Otterbury Incident, Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows are also memorable books that I read when I was little. I gave all my childhood books to my brother’s though I kept my Jennings books, which now take pride and place in my bookcase!     |
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I remember the Dick and Jane readers when I was young. "See Dick run. Watch Sally pick flowers." My children loved the "Click Clack Moo" series.
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They were superior quality and reasonably priced. Used them with my son, and now ready for his son...
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What books did you read in your childhood? I was and am a voracious reader. I was teased that I would read soup can labels . No specific author or type, but did trend towards history as I got older.What happened to your childhood books? I got my books from the school library so unfortunately I never had a collection. Although I do still have our set of encyclopedias dated in the late 60's which got me through so many snowy days
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I learned to read by myself a little before four years old. My mother caught me on the porch of our home with a newspaper. Of course she did not believe me, so I read the titles, stunning her. I can't remember which books I read first. But the one which I recall as emotionally astounding (and it stays still today) is an English one, the book of the jungle. I utterly disliked what Disney made out of it, specially with the sage snake Kaa turned into evil. It is usual to see books betrayed when turned into movies, but in this case it is murder. Most of my books have been lost, I have none from my childhood. I remember a personage in a story, a woman in a train. She tore off the pages of her book when read. To the puzzled man sitting in front of her she said : "what's the use of keeping them ? they're in my mind now." We have in France a collection of books for little girls with an heroin called Martine; delicate drawings on the covers. She's been hijacked the same way shown for your ladybird's by black humorists making her do horrid things in the title. Like this, the girl standing by a beautiful horse entitled "Martine learns sodomy". Ahem ! ...
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I read The Hardy Boys stories, and I remember reading a series about a goat named Billy Whiskers which were already very old when I got them. I think my fourth grade reader was Singing Wheels by Mabel O'Donnell. I've never heard of the Ladybird books. When I was very young it was all Dick and Jane. Jane likes Dick. Dick likes Jane. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Dick & Jane books in my early childhood.....then later it was playboy and penthouse! 
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What books did you read in your childhood? I did like the cat in the hat What happened to your childhood books? I guess Mom gave them away when I got older. hugssssssss V There was some really good reading material when we were kids. Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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My brother gave me my first hardback book for my sixth birthday....Enid Blyton's "Now we are six". I have read anything and everything ever since. I liked The Biggles books, the Secret Seven series, Lewis Carroll, Mallory Towers when I was young and then Lord of the Rings and there was a time when I was big into Dennis Wheatley....I have always had a fascination with the Occult. I suspect my books were stored in the attic until the family house was sold. ~~Anais Nin~~
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What books did you read in your childhood? My grandfather began teaching me to read when I turned 2. My first books were classic fairy tales, many were poems. My favorite tale was "The Mermaid" by A.Pushkin. It remained my favorite poem for many years. What happened to your childhood books? No idea. Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I remember the Dick and Jane readers when I was young. "See Dick run. Watch Sally pick flowers." My children loved the "Click Clack Moo" series. 
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They were superior quality and reasonably priced. Used them with my son, and now ready for his son... Thanks for stopping by.
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What books did you read in your childhood? I was and am a voracious reader. I was teased that I would read soup can labels . No specific author or type, but did trend towards history as I got older.What happened to your childhood books? I got my books from the school library so unfortunately I never had a collection. Although I do still have our set of encyclopedias dated in the late 60's which got me through so many snowy days
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I'm surprised Ladybird books aren't popular now!
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My mother wouldn't buy books; they were a luxury. If you couldn't eat them or feed them to your children, she didn't buy them. She was widowed in her thirties, unable to work and had four children to care for. I remember her making up stories to tell me at bedtime. At school we used the "Dick and Jane" books to learn to read. I'm not sure the Ladybird books weren't a bad influence on you.
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I learned to read by myself a little before four years old. My mother caught me on the porch of our home with a newspaper. Of course she did not believe me, so I read the titles, stunning her. I can't remember which books I read first. But the one which I recall as emotionally astounding (and it stays still today) is an English one, the book of the jungle. I utterly disliked what Disney made out of it, specially with the sage snake Kaa turned into evil. It is usual to see books betrayed when turned into movies, but in this case it is murder. Most of my books have been lost, I have none from my childhood. I remember a personage in a story, a woman in a train. She tore off the pages of her book when read. To the puzzled man sitting in front of her she said : "what's the use of keeping them ? they're in my mind now." We have in France a collection of books for little girls with an heroin called Martine; delicate drawings on the covers. She's been hijacked the same way shown for your ladybird's by black humorists making her do horrid things in the title. Like this, the girl standing by a beautiful horse entitled "Martine learns sodomy". Ahem ! ...
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I read The Hardy Boys stories, and I remember reading a series about a goat named Billy Whiskers which were already very old when I got them. I think my fourth grade reader was Singing Wheels by Mabel O'Donnell. I've never heard of the Ladybird books. When I was very young it was all Dick and Jane. Jane likes Dick. Dick likes Jane.
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Dick & Jane books in my early childhood.....then later it was playboy and penthouse!
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What books did you read in your childhood? I did like the cat in the hat What happened to your childhood books? I guess Mom gave them away when I got older. hugssssssss V There was some really good reading material when we were kids.
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My brother gave me my first hardback book for my sixth birthday....Enid Blyton's "Now we are six". I have read anything and everything ever since. I liked The Biggles books, the Secret Seven series, Lewis Carroll, Mallory Towers when I was young and then Lord of the Rings and there was a time when I was big into Dennis Wheatley....I have always had a fascination with the Occult. I suspect my books were stored in the attic until the family house was sold.
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What books did you read in your childhood? My grandfather began teaching me to read when I turned 2. My first books were classic fairy tales, many were poems. My favorite tale was "The Mermaid" by A.Pushkin. It remained my favorite poem for many years. What happened to your childhood books? No idea.
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I learnt to read fluently quite late and really didn't benefit from Ladybird books as I would have been looking for more complex stories by the time I started reading for pleasure. I'm sorry to say I loathed both Jennings and Biggles! I tried them with my children and still loathed them too! My books mostly came from the library. I can remember being very fond of Willard Price's "Adventure..." books. Once I'd read the children's books which interested me, I turned to the shelves marked Science Fiction and read pretty well everything they had in my local library. A big reason I liked the Jennings books is that i was sent to boarding school!
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..i always did wonder what happened to Dick and Jane...... blue
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For some reason I could never get into Spike Milligan. The same happened to me with Monty Python too.
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