tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post1491291789472116613..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Celebrating Childhood Picture Books and the stories that shape usDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-67187421684626133922012-09-19T08:41:29.302-07:002012-09-19T08:41:29.302-07:00First time actually replying here though I've ...First time actually replying here though I've been reading for a while now, didn't see the option for my name. The Grimm stories were grim but also really fun. Though it gave my teachers a problem when I'd try to give the class the "director's cut" when I heard the different endings.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-2639639136064272912012-09-17T15:07:28.352-07:002012-09-17T15:07:28.352-07:00Thanks, wish I could give you a name! It's lov...Thanks, wish I could give you a name! It's lovely that you shared your memories with us. Bet the uncensored Grimm's fairy tales were grim! (Excuse the pun!)<br />Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-44319525442605803122012-09-14T21:02:19.282-07:002012-09-14T21:02:19.282-07:00I remember my Dad reading from a collection of chi...I remember my Dad reading from a collection of children's Bible stories (mostly the Old Testament ones because of all the battles, which probably wasn't the greatest idea for bedtime) and my Grandma would read the uncensored Grimm's Fairy Tales from an old book she had. But the first book that really got me to read on my own was The Knights of the Round Table by L.A. Bortolussi and illustrated by Pietro Cattaneo. <br />My parents got it used because I was a big fan of the cartoon King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. I was only just learning how to read in the first grade and that book made the whole ordeal worth it and paved the way for the reading bug to really get me in the fourth grade with Brian Boru by Morgan Llewellyn. I still have both books and hope to share them with my own kids some day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-60674695479299178062012-09-14T04:41:49.480-07:002012-09-14T04:41:49.480-07:00Hi Katherine, thanks for reminding me of the music...Hi Katherine, thanks for reminding me of the music too. I love Strauss, and those musical box tunes that cam be both sweet and creepy at the same time.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-50921854302959009912012-09-13T22:46:39.305-07:002012-09-13T22:46:39.305-07:00Yes, so much of our first exposures to "cultu...Yes, so much of our first exposures to "culture" were in books of fairy tales - as our first exposure to classical music was often the tunes of the merry-go-round. These stories, these tunes (mostly Straus waltzes for me)have a resonance beyond all else of their kind. The Sunday "funny papers" too -- though I remember being quite critical of "Prince Valiant" -- perhaps wanting so much more than the cartoon frames offered. These things do shape our lives.Katherine Ashehttp://www.simon-de-montfort.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36802860166337977232012-09-13T11:01:26.385-07:002012-09-13T11:01:26.385-07:00Wow yes, I remember lots of these. Robin Hood and ...Wow yes, I remember lots of these. Robin Hood and King Arthur - used to play at being Robin Hood, strangely - not Maid Marian! And I loved the Blyton Books too.For those that don't know, Outhwaite was an Australian artist whose first illustration was apparently published in 1904 when she was just 15 years of age - it accompanied a story written by her older sister, Anne. Lovely fairy pictures! Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-53053175670001020322012-09-13T06:59:20.880-07:002012-09-13T06:59:20.880-07:00Great post! Howard Pyle's King Arthur books we...Great post! Howard Pyle's King Arthur books were a huge influence on me when I was younger -- probably the first thing that drew me towards the Middle Ages. Rosanne E. Lortzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048843976794056529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-38579664568175898222012-09-13T06:49:59.597-07:002012-09-13T06:49:59.597-07:00Goodness, I can remember The Little Road to Fairyl...Goodness, I can remember The Little Road to Fairyland, and every book that Enid Blyton wrote, beginning with The Faraway Tree, The Five Outers, The Secret Seven, all the boarding School Books, The Girls Annuals, Fairy Tales, Myths, Little Women, and the list goes on. The Greyling Treasure. Have these books helped to make me a writer - I think so and mystery and adventure play a big part of them and these led into history , ghosts , supernatural, past life regressions. The list goes on. Thanks for taking me for a walk down memory lane. Carole Lane (Weave)Carole Lane (weave)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649974705619366144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-82556089409116209042012-09-13T06:08:50.698-07:002012-09-13T06:08:50.698-07:00I still have my A Child's Garden of Verses, De...I still have my A Child's Garden of Verses, Deborah. It was the illustration style that I liked, and drew me in. Lovely post.Gerri Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517461664702276613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-22816999827598771842012-09-13T04:19:14.665-07:002012-09-13T04:19:14.665-07:00Hello! I loved this post, and look forward to read...Hello! I loved this post, and look forward to reading more! This post really made me think about my childhood books, too.... Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's Elves and Fairies is up there for me, beside beautifully illustrated versions of the tales of Robin Hood and King Arthur. Also Grimm's fairy tales. It's funny how something you loved as a child can really make you the person (weirdo) you are today : ) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-50769414945795928822012-09-13T02:22:49.316-07:002012-09-13T02:22:49.316-07:00Hi Debbie, yes, I think we are much more affected ...Hi Debbie, yes, I think we are much more affected by them than we think.Thanks for the compliment about the trailer.<br />I looked uo the books Debbie was talking about and here they are. They look gorgeous, and very similar to my "Golden Wonder Book" You can copy the link into your browser and find them at http://childscapes.com/bookpages/bookhouse1921.htmlDeborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-83842001620384215132012-09-12T22:56:57.591-07:002012-09-12T22:56:57.591-07:00*from the 1920s**from the 1920s*Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-68509242195474946202012-09-12T22:56:02.192-07:002012-09-12T22:56:02.192-07:00Deborah, I loved your post. I had not thought abo...Deborah, I loved your post. I had not thought about how much storybooks affected me- except to realize that they made me believe in happily ever after. But while reading your post, I came to realize that The Bookhouse Books did exactly the same for me. It was a volume of books for the 1920s that were full of stories, fairytales and myths with pictures just like what you showed above. They enveloped me. They formed my love for historical fiction. I always thought it was what I read when I was older, but it was them.<br /><br />Your trailer is marvelous! The book is a must-read.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.com