tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339010711047634783.post8107846012273616313..comments2024-03-14T00:19:45.060-07:00Comments on One Potato...Ten!: The Lonely DollStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385380660178435154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339010711047634783.post-5843232889562924042010-10-26T15:15:07.801-07:002010-10-26T15:15:07.801-07:00Ok, don't laugh, the library was a block or so...Ok, don't laugh, the library was a block or so from my grandparents house. It was a rectangular building crowded with stacks of musty smelling books. I could walk there by myself, which was exceptionally cool, the sir conditioning was always high and the water cooler hummed. The next best thing I had was the book mobile.betsy woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184459417101821755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339010711047634783.post-30445745440457129042010-10-24T19:07:38.269-07:002010-10-24T19:07:38.269-07:00My mother loved and read me The Five Little Pepper...My mother loved and read me The Five Little Peppers. I loved it too, then read it to my daughter, who also loved it. I will look for the Lonely Doll and ask my mom if she knows it. You are right about the comfort of having dear childhood books at hand. They are like family members.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408845654668250300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339010711047634783.post-60531200286650941742010-10-23T18:16:53.275-07:002010-10-23T18:16:53.275-07:00What wonderful memories, Stephanie. I did not know...What wonderful memories, Stephanie. I did not know the Lonely Doll series growing up and only discovered it with the re-printing. And I don't know the Five Little Peppers-- this is so great!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131575604953515285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339010711047634783.post-20842446101068013942010-10-23T14:46:10.630-07:002010-10-23T14:46:10.630-07:00Stephanie,
I, too, love that reassurance of having...Stephanie,<br />I, too, love that reassurance of having bits of my childhood still on my bookshelves! And I also remember Edith, the lonely doll, all the more so because I shared her name.Edie Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496477219035860857noreply@blogger.com