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Post by Hippiejo on Mar 25, 2021 9:40:19 GMT
Have you kept any of your books from childhood that you loved and couldn't bear to part with? Or, have you found a lovely vintage book that you consider a treasure? Please show us
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Post by Hippiejo on Apr 15, 2021 7:28:24 GMT
This is my prayer book from when I was a child. Sadly it's classed as vintage now lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 18:44:40 GMT
I haven't kept any of the books. No idea WHAT my mother did with them. I wish I still had them. But when I had the opportunity to go back to Germany for a while, I went and bought a few books from my childhood that were still in print.
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Post by Susanne on Apr 25, 2021 19:21:00 GMT
I still have my childhood books somewhere. Think they are in a box somewhere. Got one about Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren and a Danish book translated to English the title would "People and robbers in Cinnamon town" which have song lyrics in it. Pretty much every kid in DK know these songs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 20:15:17 GMT
Oh hey... I know Pippi Langstrumpf. Grew up with her in books and films.
Taken from Wikipedia for those not in the know: "Pippi Longstocking (full name Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Pfefferminz Efraimsdaughter Langstrumpf, in Swedish Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter L'ngstrump) is the central character of a three-volume children's bookseries by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren and various adaptations based on it.
Pippi is a confident nine-year-old girl with freckles, whose red hair is braided into two protruding braids. It unites many qualities that children long for. She has her own horse and a monkey, lives alone in her own house, possesses superhuman powers and experiences adventures together with her friends Tommy and Annika."
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Post by Susanne on Apr 26, 2021 7:06:54 GMT
Astrid Lindgren is an amazing author and we use her books in school too. She's written a lot. Pippi Longstocking is one of the best known along with Emil from Lønneberg, which is about a boy, who always ends up in trouble and is send into the shed by his dad as punishment, where he sits and carves small figurines out of wood.
But I have to say Pippi is probably who I connected best with as a kid. She was super strong, could lift her own horse which is called Lilla gubben by the way. Had a monkey named Mr. Nilsson. She could do what she wanted whenever she wanted to. Sadly it's been revised in Sweden as in the original books, her dad is a negro king. She lived by her own in Villa Villekulla (name of the house). She watered the flowers outdoor in the rain, she would sleep with her feet on the pillow. She would skate around when washing the floor. Just throw the water out on the floor and then on with a pair of brushes strapped to her feet. So if you haven't read them yet, then do it.
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Post by Susanne on Apr 28, 2021 8:18:24 GMT
Found my Bitten book, so figured I would post the image of it here. This book is from 1934 and originally belonged to my mother's older sister, who then gave it to my mom, who later gave it to me. And the author was Bertha Holst The book was first published in 1910. The author grew up as an orphan and got adopted, so many of her children's books were about that. She died in 1929, 48 years old.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2021 12:52:41 GMT
Thanks for the info, and showing us the book cover, Susanne. I have been looking for it online, but couldn't find it, not even on the Danish site, probably because it is no longer in print.
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Post by Hippiejo on Apr 28, 2021 18:05:23 GMT
Oh wow that's so lovely. I adore old books and that's just gorgeous. Love that it's been passed down too!! Thanks for sharing that Susanne
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