Comments on: 19th C. Classic Children's Books You May Have Overlooked

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 04:05:32 +0000

In reply to Kendra. Oops, didn't proofread... Henry should be Henty! 😅

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 04:03:50 +0000

Henry... the only one we've gotten through so far was The Cat of Bubastes. And Ballantyne's The Coral Island. Coral Island had much of the ship talk others mentioned & we did very much the same of looking terminology up. I have also personally never had much of a love or fascination with the sea but this book in particular really began to developed in me such. Both authors have multiple titles that friends have recommended but we just simply haven't gotten around to. Thank you for this article & others on 20th century literature 😃

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 20 May 2018 20:52:37 +0000

In reply to Jen @ Bookish Family. I have Howard Pyle on the next list. ;)

By: Jen @ Bookish Family

Jen @ Bookish Family — Sat, 19 May 2018 23:30:42 +0000

Wow! We have read and loved all of these, except The Mysterious Island. But you didn't include any Howard Pyle on your list . . . Men of Iron, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Wonder Clock are a few from the 1800s that we particularly love. I put a list together of free illustrated editions here http://bookishfamily.blogspot.com/2018/04/free-howard-pyle-books-illustrated-google-books.html

By: Kate Wilson

Kate Wilson — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 05:53:13 +0000

In reply to Nancy Richards. Sounds like it could be “Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog.” Several stories by Alison Uttley with pictures by Margaret Tempest...

By: Johanne Hebert

Johanne Hebert — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:31:45 +0000

What fun to read your lists - so many of my favourites and a few new ones. I appreciate that you must be highly selective, with a maximum of 10 titles, but hope you will publish more lists like these. For the 19th century I would include Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, and Mary Louisa Molesworth's The Cuckoo Clock or one of her other classic titles.

By: Barbara Bell

Barbara Bell — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:41:17 +0000

Thanks for doing this project! I'm finding it 4 years later and wonder what you have been doing since?

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:47:05 +0000

In reply to Nancy Richards. I'm so sorry, that does not sound familiar to me.

By: Nancy Richards

Nancy Richards — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 03:31:00 +0000

Wonderful site. After exhaustive searching, I'm reaching out to those of you who have more knowledge. I've come across a piece of fabric with the sweetest young hedgehog that I know is from a children's book. He looks so familiar to me, but I can't remember. He wears clothes, carries a stuffed bunny, reads a book to it, plays with a toy train, he naps, likes Lollypops and enjoys standing in his coat watching the snow. The fabric is a rich beige. The clothing is colored with muted but rich green red and gold. The hedgehog face is black line drawing. I could send a pic if I could email it.

By: Momand Kiddo

Momand Kiddo — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:14:09 +0000

In reply to Jen. I think it's safe to say 7 little Australians is not very well known here. I checked and it's not in our library, but the good news is that I found it at Project Gutenberg. I love that you keep telling me about these Australian books.