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National Velvet
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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The timeless tale of 14-year-old Velvet Brown's participation in the Grand National Steeplechase has thrilled generations of readers. The story provides a positive role model for girls and remains ever popular with young horse lovers.
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TheBookHippie
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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#12BOOKSOF2022 JUNE #ChildrensClassicRead2022

I loved this book and well I *may have purchased this set👀💜

Andrew65 A wonderful classic. 1y
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Eggs
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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A butcher's daughter in a small Sussex town ends her nightly prayers with "Oh, God, give me horses, give me horses! Let me be the best rider in England!"
#ILoveHorsesDay #JulyJam @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🐴💜 2y
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🧡❤️ 2y
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UwannaPublishme
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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Velvet‘s soulful connection with Pie and all her horses-even the paper ones & her special bond with her mother were the highlights for me. How cool that Charlotte Brew(bottom left) was the first woman to ride in the Grand National in 1977. And last year, Rachael Blackmore(top right) became the first woman to win the Grand National in the 182-year history of the race. Thanks Enid, for planting the seed.🙌🏻
#ChildrensClassicRead2022
@TheBookHippie

UwannaPublishme I also loved learning that the horse in the wonderful movie version became a beloved birthday gift for 13yr-old Elizabeth Taylor! 🐴🎁 2y
TheBookHippie I just loved it all too. Such a wonderful read and all the extra info is just ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️. This post is amazing!!! 2y
UwannaPublishme @TheBookHippie Thx for introducing me to another gem! They always inspire me to dig around for more fun facts.🤗 2y
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TheBookHippie @UwannaPublishme me too, also we need the zen. Especially now. 2y
UwannaPublishme @TheBookHippie Indeed! Still struggling to comprehend all this madness. Let‘s stay strong! 💪🏻💙 2y
PurpleyPumpkin Aargh I missed this book this month. And it sounds like it was a good one! Glad you enjoyed.☺️ 2y
rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme @TheBookHippie I‘m sorry I didn‘t get a chance to reread, but I‘m glad that so many Littens loved one of my favorite books. 2y
UwannaPublishme @PurpleyPumpkin Keep it on the back burner! You‘ll love it! 🐴 2y
UwannaPublishme @rubyslippersreads You and @TheBookHippie do have great taste in books! 🙌🏻 I must watch the movie now. 2y
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TheAromaofBooks
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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First off, I can't believe I never read this book growing up. I was a classic horse-book girl, and this one is pretty famous! But the sad truth is that I probably would never have picked it up if it wasn't this month's #childrensclassicread! I'm glad I did as I did enjoy this story a lot, but I also found it to be quite odd. I think maybe because it didn't actually feel like a horse story at all. Training, and even most of the big race, happened⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) off-page. We rarely see Velvet's thoughts and I honestly never understood why she was so passionate about racing The Pie because we only saw incredibly rare glimpses of her interacting with him on-page. This was a fun story as a slice-of-life tale - I fell in love with the entire Brown family, and some of Bagnold's wry observations made me smile. I loved the complete and utter lack of romance between Velvet and Mi, and the utter ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) randomness of Donald's wild stories. But for all that, it's still just a soft pick for me - not one I see myself rereading. The actual story was odd and disjointed and frequently felt like it was going nowhere. We spent significantly more time on the aftermath of the race than the race itself. I felt completely ripped off that the race wasn't from Velvet's perspective! There's an entire side story with all these other horses that felt ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) odd and unnecessary. So, on the whole, a perfectly engaging story, but one that I wouldn't particularly label as a genuine Horse Story, despite the presence of multiple horses, and not one that I see myself rereading time and again.

Thanks so much for this pick @TheBookHippie - I'm genuinely so glad that I finally read this one!! I've been meaning to for decades! 😂
#BookSpinBingo
#JoysofJune - 721/2000pgs @Andrew65
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Leftcoastzen Love the old Breyers! 2y
Andrew65 A true classic, well done. 👏👏👏 2y
rubyslippersreads I think I‘m the only person who can‘t stand Donald. 😏 2y
UwannaPublishme @rubyslippersreads You can count me in your club. He‘s been bugging me too! 🙄 2y
TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme - I have to admit that the spit jar was too much for me 😂 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Leftcoastzen - Thank you!!! I had a huge collection when I was growing up but gave many of them to my younger sister when she was old enough to start playing with them (I always thought of them as toys rather than collectibles haha) but I retained several of my very favorites for my permanent collection. 😁 2y
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks @UwannaPublishme Yep, the spit jar was the last straw for me. 🤢 2y
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TheBookHippie
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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UwannaPublishme Yay! It‘s been ages since I‘ve seen it. 2y
TheSpineView I watched this movie so many times when I was young! It brings back good memories!💜🎬🐎 2y
TheBookHippie @UwannaPublishme me too! Childhood I think! 2y
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tpixie Trivia: ( My son has danced with and assisted Mickey‘s son, choreographer Michael Rooney!) 🕺🏼 🕺🏼 2y
TheBookHippie @tpixie so cool!!!! Fascinating. I love old Hollywood ! 2y
tpixie @TheBookHippie thanks. yes!!! 2y
rubyslippersreads I don‘t know how many times I‘ve watched this movie. 💜🐎 2y
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TheBookHippie
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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UwannaPublishme I didn‘t know she wrote The Chalk Garden.” Seen the play several times and loved the movie too! Hmm...might need to read her autobiography.☺️ 2y
TheBookHippie @UwannaPublishme I was thinking that same thing!! 2y
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LitsyEvents
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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Repost for @TheBookHippie:

JUNE #ChildrensClassicRead2022

Every morning for the past four years I have taken my coffee and my selected #ChildrensClassicRead for the month and read for ten minutes.
It is an amazing way to start the day.

Read along, post your review, or any fun findings with the hashtag and tag me! It‘s such zen to read these! And yes I plan on watching the movie after!

This is the June selection! Should be easy to find.

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TheBookHippie
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2022 JUNE

Every morning for the past four years I have taken my coffee and my selected #ChildrensClassicRead for the month and read for ten minutes.
It is an amazing way to start the day.

Read along, post your review, or any fun findings with the hashtag and tag me! It‘s such zen to read these! And yes I plan on watching the movie after!

This is the June selection! Should be easy to find.

rubyslippersreads One of my favorites. 🐎❤️ 2y
MeganAnn I may have to join in for this one! I loved this movie growing up but didn‘t realize it was based on a book. 2y
Suet624 Gosh. This photo! I had so many model ponies when I was a kid. Loved them all. 2y
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TheBookHippie @Suet624 I may have ordered this 🤣 🐎📔 2y
Oryx What a great idea! 2y
belacat Is that a Breyer horse? I was obsessed with them as a child. I spent a lot of my allowance money on them. 2y
Carla I love this novel. ❤️ 🐎 2y
TheBookHippie @belacat it‘s sold with the book on Amazon and YES! Also I want this Breyer Horses Stablemates Unicorn Magic Sparkle Playset | 2 Unicorns Included | 1:32 Scale | Horse Toy | Model #59220 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P1T9GQ7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CT54RHTTGQKWCH0D9VBP?_... …. My son had a ton when he was little! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @belacat - I still have some of my Breyer horses!!! I loved them so hard when I was growing up!! 2y
julieclair I'm in! Have always wanted to read this. Please add me to the tag list. 😃 2y
TheBookHippie @julieclair I‘ll add you! 2y
rubyslippersreads @belacat @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie I loved Breyer horses too. Now I want The Pie. (edited) 2y
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rubyslippersreads
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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Reunited with my childhood rocking horse, thanks to extensive restoration by @BookieMary 😊

As you can see, Merrylegs also likes reading. 😄🐴

TheSpineView ❤🐎 3y
suvata She‘s gorgeous 🤍 3y
JessClark78 🖤 3y
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quietjenn So cool 😍 3y
LeahBergen Merrylegs! 😍😍 3y
Cathythoughts Amazing 😻 3y
UwannaPublishme 😍😍😍 3y
DivineDiana How wonderful! ❤️ 3y
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TheSpineView
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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#LovePrevails @eggs
Prompt: National Freedom Day

Eggs Love this book 📚 3y
TheSpineView @Eggs Me too! 3y
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Curiouser_and_curiouser
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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Its 1am and my 11yr old and I can't sleep.
We decided it would help us to listen to a newly borrowed audiobook, National Velvet.
I don't own it and I've never read it but I fondly remember watching the movie on Sunday's when I was growing up.
Looking forward to listening with my girl ❤

LapReader My 11 year old doesn‘t sleep either. 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser @LapReader Lol, pre teens huh? 4y
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TK-421
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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“A landscape glittered behind her voice. There were icicles in it and savage fields of ice, great storms boiling over a flat countryside striped with white rails - a chessboard beneath a storm.” #icicle #QuotsyDec19

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CherryPie
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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While signing up, I thought about a cat I once owned, Pie Pie (named for National and International Velvets). I like the color cherry red. I like Twin Peaks but that's just a coincidence. I'm medically ketogenic ("magically delicious"). Uninterested in sugar. Fried cheese, however...
#litsyhandle @Chelleo

Chelleo Fried cheese 🧀 🧀 😋 6y
CherryPie @Chelleo Should probably be my username. 👍 6y
rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ National Velvet! 6y
CherryPie @rubyslippersreads 📑👍🐴💞 6y
RadicalReader @CherryPie fried cheese is the most delicious food ever to inhabit planet Earth 6y
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rubyslippersreads
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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I still have my National Velvet game. 😊🐎#letsplayagame

LauraBeth One of my ALL-TIME favorite books as a child ❤️🐴 6y
Rachbb3 This is a board game? Cool!!! 6y
MaleficentBookDragon That was a game?!?! How did I never know this? Thanks for entering! 6y
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LeahBergen That‘s so pretty! 6y
tournevis Classic!!!!!! 6y
EvieBee Oh how lovely! 6y
batsy Wow! 😍 6y
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ChrisBohjalian
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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Velvet, one of my assistants when I write.

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rubyslippersreads
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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In honor of #piday, "The Pie" (short for Piebald)! ?? #marchintoreading #marchmadness #pieday

CrowCAH ❤ it; piebald 🐴! Happy Pi Day; 3.14!!! 7y
Wife Hadn't thought of that one. Very clever!❤️ 7y
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rubyslippersreads
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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My #favbookishsportsevent--Velvet and the Pie in the Grand National. #novemberland

tpixie Great book! 7y
Zelma I never read the book but I loved the movie as a kid. 7y
rubyslippersreads @Zelma As @tpixie agrees, it's a wonderful book! ❤️🐎 7y
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bryanlindsey
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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"Velvet's dreams were blowing about the bed. They were made of cloud but had the shapes of horses."

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katrrosee
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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I don't know how many of y'all went through the horse phase, but for this #FunFridayPhoto, I had to choose National Velvet. The movie is fantastic and I adored the book, so much so that my college dorm was adorned with the movie posters and I've always kept my childhood copy with me. 🏇Also, I still take weekly dressage lessons. #HorsePhase4Life

KVanRead ❤️the movie! Need to read the book. 7y
katrrosee @KVanRead It's a completely different story between movie and book - but both are good so why not? 😇 7y
Autumn Yes! Loved this book! The Black Stallion series was my all-time favorite though. Good for you that you still keep up with your riding--I miss it so much🐎 7y
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rubyslippersreads
National Velvet | Enid Bagnold
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#FunFridayPhoto I'm not at all sporty, but was one of those little girls who always wanted a horse. 😀🐴❤️

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