Basic reading. A memory
collection of books, comics, and magazines I read from elementary (McQueeney)
through middle school (Briesemeister). Ranging from very simple to what I would
describe as ‘cusp books’, that would lead to more adult reading. They will come
in batches; some are representative parts of series. Some we had; some we saw
in libraries. Most have appeared on the blog before, but I think arranged here
by category and time they can be more illuminating of certain aspects of my
childhood.
Scholastic books. Every now
and then, at school, we would be offered the opportunity to order books from
the Weekly Reader, from a folded brochure included in the little ‘magazine.’ Many readers of a certain age are familiar
with Scholastic Book Services books, available from order forms in Weekly
Readers for school kids at affordable prices. Often, they were the first books
you might personally own. Copies populated our classroom libraries. Although
Scholastic still supplies books to school, it is the old-style books that have
nostalgic websites and collector's blogs dedicated to them that I am interested
in. Here's a selection of a few I own; most are "new" copies bought
at garage sales and used bookstores, mostly because the ones we had were read
to rags. Some I never owned but read at school.
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