Good morning to a chilly Sunday.
By marguicha
@marguicha (222994)
Chile
July 9, 2023 10:02am CST
I woke up after a good sleep and a wonderful night. After all, I did not watch a movie. I was sleepy so I just turned off the light.
Now I woke up, turned on the heater on my way from my first pee and brought a cup of coffee to my night table. A coffee later and my morning pills later I am ready to read your posts.
Luna has not come to say hello yet. So it must be very cold outside. She feels better inside her cozy home.
I have a children´s book I like very much at my side "The Earthsea Quartet" by Ursula Le Guin. It is one of those children books I reread once in a while, like the classic "Little Women", the several books by Laura Ingalls and "Anne of Green Gables".
Do you still read children books once in a while? I also liked a couple of Dr. Seuss books that I know by heart. I said them to myself when I was alone at the kitchen some years ago. My favorite "kitchen" book was Scrambled eggs super.
We don´t have as many children´s books in Spanish. Most of the are translations from the English or the German.
The best writer of children´s books that I have read is one of my closest friends. His book about the Chilean horse Huaso ( the horse that broke the The High Jump world record) in 1949, a record that hasn´t been surpassed. The book is told with Huaso as the narrator. I hope it is translated. I´ll ask him the next time he comes for a drink and a conversation.
My feet are now thawed. I think that I´ll start to think about what to do today.
See you. First is first, I´ll mylot a bit
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@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
I know by heart Le petit prince. It is more than a children´s book. I outgrew Cuore very early. I did not like the morals of it much. But I liked it a lot when I was a child. I first watched the film Pinocchio than reading the book although I was told since my early infancy that my nose would grow if I told a lie
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@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
@LadyDuck Cuore was too moralistic for my taste. I prefer livelier characters.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
9 Jul 23
@marguicha I was told the same about my nose when I was a kid.
I did not like a lot Cuore, Pinocchio had a moral, but it was more funny.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Jul 23
This is amazing, his record never broken with the High Jump! My granddaughter is into the equestrian sport, she loves it! I enjoy children's books, but don't read them often.
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@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
Children´s books are not easy to write. I think that my friend Luis Tamayo is an awesome writer and by far the best children´s books writer in my country.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Jul 23
@marguicha It's a special gift, being able to author children's books!
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@crossbones27 (49432)
• Mojave, California
9 Jul 23
I have never done it, but they say children's books are easy money. It sells and people like them for most part and easy to write. My favorite its easy to write. Glad you and Luna doing good when she comes out give her a hug for me.
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@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
Good children´s books are not easy to write. Children get bored easily with bad books.
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@crossbones27 (49432)
• Mojave, California
9 Jul 23
@marguicha I am sure, but you know me and my bad jokes. Why I never wrote one, plus I hate kids and they know. Like kids would read a book I wrote. Johnny grew up to be a punk rocker.
@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
@crossbones27 I would have loved to live the life that Laura Ingalls lived. But I could not have written her books.
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
9 Jul 23
I like The Earthsea Quartet. I have it in ebook form on my phone. And yes, I have several books written for children on my phone.
@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
10 Jul 23
The only children's book I have and which I treasure is an Annotated Alice in Wonderland. I love that story. Enjoy your day and stay warm.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
9 Jul 23
I do love to read children's books sometimes. I've read all those you mentioned except the Earthsea one. I also read Heidi, Secret Garden, and Pollyanna, but my favorite are the Little House books.
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@marguicha (222994)
• Chile
9 Jul 23
I love The secret garden too, more than the other book written by the same author about Little Lord Fauntleroy.