tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post2236884423243732452..comments2024-03-29T04:01:44.886+08:00Comments on Sayesha on the rocks: One for the booksSayeshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431440367242063051noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-68991634520576015832016-07-25T11:00:56.259+08:002016-07-25T11:00:56.259+08:00People make political-cultural issues out of Enid ...People make political-cultural issues out of Enid Blyton's books :(<br /><br /><a href="http://scroll.in/article/812323/enid-blytons-school-stories-tell-truths-that-matter-no-matter-what-political-correctness-says" rel="nofollow">http://scroll.in/article/812323/enid-blytons-school-stories-tell-truths-that-matter-no-matter-what-political-correctness-says</a>Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-80021668138196497842016-07-21T02:07:17.670+08:002016-07-21T02:07:17.670+08:00Yes, the naughtiest girl in the class is one of my...Yes, the naughtiest girl in the class is one of my favorite books too. Sadly, in the US, I have not come across a lot of Enid Blyton books. Travelling to UK next month and hope to re-read Enid Blyton booksnewmomontheblockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588950571932391232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-47900188501967350072016-07-13T05:09:46.705+08:002016-07-13T05:09:46.705+08:00Any book reviews from Xena?
:)Any book reviews from Xena?<br />:)Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-73208012849269351232016-07-12T19:25:56.026+08:002016-07-12T19:25:56.026+08:00Yay! All the books (well not Malory towers, don...Yay! All the books (well not Malory towers, don't know why I never found it interesting) have been introduced to my kids and it is such a pleasure to see them read and enjoy them. Lucky them! their reading menu is much wider than mine ever was. Not to mention now-a-days we have Pratham and other such publishing houses in India, so they get to read Indian culture in English, we only had ACK. oh BTW - I have now switched to reading what they read. So my current read is Charlie and the chocolate factory :)AA_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567530816922483398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-37880804332498814412016-07-12T04:41:11.655+08:002016-07-12T04:41:11.655+08:00Coincidence! I was in UK last week, and got 3 Famo...Coincidence! I was in UK last week, and got 3 Famous Five Books and read them on the flight, for old times sakes. I can sooo relate to this post! I wanted to be in a boarding school and have the same fun kids had at St Claires! I hope our children will enjoy them.SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03196910755558296051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-11465346789883540392016-07-09T03:26:46.231+08:002016-07-09T03:26:46.231+08:00Oh Sayesha....Naughtiest girl in the class. so ma...Oh Sayesha....Naughtiest girl in the class. so many memories...i was in school where we could borrow a book a week,, I got introduced to End Blyton there. also Elizabeth. for some reason my dad, though an avid reader, disapproved of Enid Blyton. He bought me the Amar chitra kathas, naitonal boot trust books, russian authors but never Enid Blkyton. Not even on the one generous occasion when he asked me what i wanted for my birthday. this was around 1975 -76 when i was in 4th grade and parenting styles were different. i devoured every enid blyton i could lay my hands on when in school. i used to envy the punishment meted to a naughty child - bread and butter for lunch. i longed to be punished so. :-) then i grew up had kids of my own. once in 1996, when my boy was a 3 yr old, i happened to pass a raddi ki dukaan. just entered there on impulse. there was a bright red hard bound slightly tattered book which had caught my attention. and guess what.. it was The Naughtiest girl in the class. My happiness knew no bounds. he gave it to me for Rs 5/-. i cant tell u how happy i was to finally hold my own enid blyton in my hands ... and to remember the days when i craved for one. Bass, phir kya, with a vengeance i went to the bookstores and purchased the entire naughty girl series. ek ek kar ke joda hai series :-) and just like you wrote, i read the book with the same delight as i had when i was a child. during my school years, during grammar class, when we were taught letter writing, in english hindi and marathi, there would be one official letter where we had to write a letter to the Principal / Mukhyadhyapak, requesting sports equipment for the school. and i always requested lacrosse sticks. :-) Scones... for some reason i visualsied a scone as a nice crisp puff pastry like bread, shaped like a cone. when my sis moved to UK for a while in the early 2000's and asked me what i would like frm there, i asked her to get me some scones. :-) Such is the power of the written word ..o f books, of the imagination of a child and the impressions they leave on the mind which refuses to be wiped out. my taste in books is much more varied today... but I can still read the series with the same delight. <br /><br />i havent commented on your blog in several years now, though i check for a post every single day. <br /><br />sending you lots of love<br /><br />- asha.Ashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01628287553394268026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10064462.post-10586254144828938982016-07-08T23:06:15.946+08:002016-07-08T23:06:15.946+08:00At some point in our growing up, our parents had a...At some point in our growing up, our parents had a Konamari moment, and donated all our childhood books to the school library (from which they were promptly filched by various folks). My sister has a long-range program of finding and buying all the books we read as kids, ranging from the Dr. Suess, Enid Blyton, Billy Bunter and even Phantom comics. <br /><br />I guess we book-readers are pretty much alike :)Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com