Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. Philadelphia PA
2. I now live in Perkasie PA in Bucks County USA
3. I had 2 brothers and 1 sister. My brother, Tom, died when he was 48 and my sister, Kathy, died when she was 55. My oldest brother, John, lives in Ithaca NY.
4. Fun with Dick and Jane, 1st grade reader

Thanks to @DarkMina and @TheSpineView for tagging me!

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@magyklyXdelish @TheAromaofBooks @suvata @laurenashley @Jadams1776 @Buchbeeg

TheSpineView You're welcome! 3y

SamAnne My first book was Fun with Dick and Jane too! 3y

Eggs Dick and Jane was the first book I read on my own too 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for playing 💕💕 3y

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LeslieO Yes! Dick and Jane! 3y

EadieB @LeslieO @Eggs Those were the good old days! @SamAnne 3y

DarkMina You‘re welcome! 3y

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for the tag!! 3y

EadieB @TheAromaofBooks You‘re welcome! 3y

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LibrarianRyan

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Dick and Jane were the original Easy readers. The books we all make fun of now with “See Spot Run“ helped usher in reading skills for millions of kids. We now ask you to look beyond them and try some different types of Easy Readers

#BBRC #ER @Sarahreadstoomuch

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merelybookish

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#foundations #lilithjuly @Cinfhen @karenuk

Cinfhen #nostalgic ♥️ 5y

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Eggs

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

#princeofjuly #ugotthelook 👀 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

vkois88 💜💜💜 6y

Samplergal Taught me how to read. 6y

AmyG I grew up reading this. 6y

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tammysue 💖💖💖 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think I have this somewhere!!! 6y

Eggs @AmyG @Samplergal Me too! 6y

Eggs @vkois88 @whatshesreadingnow @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💖💖💖 6y

tpixie Yes!!! 6y

Eggs @tpixie 😊😊 6y

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BookBabe

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How awesome is this #throwbackreadathon hosted by @Clwojick and @monalyisha !! 👌🏻 What a fantastic idea! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I might break out some Nancy Drew for the occasion! 🙌🏻

Clwojick Do it!!!! 6y

monalyisha YES! 🙌🏻 6y

BookDame I didn‘t know this was a thing! 6y

Clwojick @BookDame you should also join us! 6y

BookDame @Clwojick I might when I get back home tonight 😊 6y

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monalyisha

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This was fun today, guys! What a great start to the #ThrowbackReadathon! But... I‘ve gotta go to bed now. I‘m struggling to keep my eyes open & if I don‘t get some sleep soon, I‘m going to be very cranky tomorrow. And you wouldn‘t like me when I‘m cranky. 😖😫😭

Clwojick, monalyisha

Clwojick 😘😘 goodnight! 6y

Cinfhen Cute 😁 6y

Eggs Cute!!! 6y

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SpiderCrafts

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

Repost for today's #ThrowbackReadathon hosted by @monalyisha & @Clwojick 🐰📚 I'll sure join in with this through the days!

Clwojick Thanks for sharing! 6y

monalyisha Hooray! Thanks for spreading the word. 🙌🏻 6y

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Clwojick

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🎉💖🎉Woohoo! 🎉💖🎉

The time is here! Midnight has passed, and it is officially January 25th and therefore the #ThrowbackReadathon has begun! ❤️

Make sure to tag @monalyisha and @Clwojick in all your Throwback related posts. We want to see all those rereads you‘re tackling this weekend. 📚 #readathon #marathon #challengeyourself #throwback #childhoodmemories #rereads #throwbackreadathon #memorablereads #booksthatstuckwithus

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monalyisha

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

The #ThrowbackReadathon begins TOMORROW! Reread your favorite books from your childhood, use our hashtag on your posts to connect with other nostalgia-seekers, tag @Clwojick & I, & share your favorite throwback pics along the way! Boo-Ya! This is gonna be all that & a bag of chips! (That‘s 90‘s slang for, “You should probably join us. It‘s going to be a good time. 😉)

No registration required (or even possible, haha). Who‘s pumped? 🙌🏻

monalyisha

Smangela Me!! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ 6y

MatchlessMarie This seems like a great opportunity to get started on rereading my Bailey School Kids collection! 6y

Eggs This will be fun 😊 6y

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Bookzombie 🙋🏼‍♀️ 6y

Clwojick ❤️❤️❤️ all that and a bag of chips! 😂😂 6y

monalyisha @MatchlessMarie Heck yes, it does! 6y

monalyisha @Clwojick There‘s so much good slang to choose from. It was so hard to pick just a few phrases. 😅 6y

monalyisha @Smangela @Eggs @Bookzombie YESSS! 💃🏼📚 6y

Smangela I was sitting here and forgot when you posted this and I was like oh my gosh! “It was yesterday, right?? I need to go get my stack!” And then I realized it has been legit a few hours 🤦🏻‍♀️ good thing I got a coffee 😳 6y

Ta2dfreek This is gonna be wicked cool! 😂 6y

ReadingsByTheC Can't wait! Stopping by the library on my way home to pick up the rest of my TBR. 6y

monalyisha @ReadingsByTheC Ditto! I‘ve got two more to grab. 😉 6y

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monalyisha

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The #ThrowbackReadathon begins one week from today! Reread your favorite books from your childhood, use our hashtag on your posts to connect with other nostalgia-seekers, tag @Clwojick & I, & share your favorite throwback pics along the way!

This week‘s discussion question is: Which book are you MOST excited to return to (& why)? Is it the first book you‘re reading, or are you saving it? Share this post & your answer!

(My response below 🤗👇🏻)

monalyisha

monalyisha I honestly can‘t wait to revisit “Into the Land of the Unicorns” by Bruce Coville. It‘s neither the most literary (Madeline L‘Engle) nor the least literary (Babysitter‘s Club) of my picks, but it *was* my first introduction to some of the most basic fantasy vocabulary (including the words “amulet” and “sanctuary”, I weirdly & specifically remember). I‘m not reading it first; I don‘t want to peak too early. 😉 (edited) 6y

CocoReads I was planning on a Little House reread this year so I‘m definitely going to read Little House in the Big woods at some point. Haven‘t really figured out what else. 6y

Natasha.C.Barnes @monalyisha Oh that's SUCH a good pick. Loved that book. 6y

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vivastory I'm planning on going to the movie theater the weekend of the throwback to catch a documentary about one of my childhood favorites

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 25th Anniversary Edition: Collected from American Folklore

monalyisha @vivastory Whaaaat?! That sounds amazing! I‘m going to have to look it up. 6y

vivastory It's playing at a local annual horror film festival called Panic Fest. Really looking forward to it! 6y

monalyisha @vivastory Oh, you better believe I researched that hard. Haha. I can‘t imagine that I‘ll have impetus to exclaim this again but, “Oh, to live in Kansas City!” 6y

vivastory 😂😂 6y

Lizpixie The Wizard Of Oz! I would‘ve loved to buy the Oz boxset by then but it‘s $120😱 I hope it‘s as good as I remember🤞 Plus the Narnia books, which I do have a boxset of. 6y

monalyisha @Lizpixie I‘m interested in the Oz books... mostly because I‘ve heard they‘re MESSED UP. 😅 #chopfyt (edited) 6y

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monalyisha

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It‘s time for our weekly #ThrowbackReadathon Discussion Question!

The adult who most impacted my early reading life was my grandpa. He‘d sit me on his lap every day & read to me... never mind that he was reading the newspaper.😂 It‘s pretty funny considering my (admittedly shameful) lack of attention to current events now.

My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Lee, also deserves a shoutout. She introduced me to “Bridge to Terabithia” - & creative writing!

Clwojick, monalyisha

CocoReads Probably my dad. I remember him reading many books to me when I was younger, my mom left when I was 5 and although he remarried when I was 8 there were a few years when it was him and my sister and me. And various family members to help since he was in the navy at the time. But he took me to get my library card and when I “outgrew” the kids reading room, started me with his copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 6y

JackieSmith My mom took me to the library once a week when I was little (& through elementary school—then I took myself!). My favorite book was In the Rabbit Garden by Leo Lionni. I‘d check it out 3x (the legal limit) & then hide it behind the stacks for a week until our next visit. 6y

monalyisha @CocoReads Sounds like he did an awesome job! “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” is one of those books that I read way back when & need to revisit. 😊 6y

monalyisha @JackieSmith I like your style. You ain‘t nobody‘s fool. 😅 6y

CocoReads @monalyisha it‘s my favorite-I revisit every couple of years. 😍📚 6y

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monalyisha

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

Peep 👀 my shelves in preparation for 2 very radical Readathon events in January: the #LetsGetGraphic Weeklong Marathon hosted by @Clwojick & @TricksyTails & the #ThrowbackReadathon hosted by @Clwojick &... me!🙀

Titles I‘m most excited for are: Buffy Season 8, Lumberjanes, The Wendy Project, This One Summer, Saga, & The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Also, A Ring of Endless Light, Goosebumps, & Into the Land of the Unicorns.📚

monalyisha

Clwojick Yessss!!!!!! My shelves are stuffed with my TBR for the January events! 6y

Clwojick I ended up grabbing another 6-8 books on Monday for the #ThrowbackReadathon, and I'm heading to the thrift store on my lunch for more. 😂 CANT RESIST 50% OFF 6y

monalyisha @Clwojick Ha! I‘m thankful for my library system. I think I have waaaaayyy more graphic novels than I could possibly manage. But I wanted to make sure I‘d have options! Who knows what I‘ll like? 🤷‍♀️ 6y

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Bookzombie I have been building up a graphic novel pile from the library and I‘m saving my Hoopla checkouts for right at the end of December so I can have them out long enough for the readathon. 🤓 Need to start requesting for the Throwback readathon too. 6y

monalyisha @Bookzombie It‘s a wonderful time of the year (the most wonderful?)! 🤗 (edited) 6y

CoffeeCatsBooks I‘ve been gathering my stack for the throwback readathon and trying to resist reading any new graphic novels (so hard). 📚 6y

monalyisha @CoffeeCatsBooks I know what you mean! I‘m not even a graphic novel reader & it‘s hard to resist. Once they‘re in your possession, they look like such tempting little bite-size morsels! 6y

TricksyTails 😍😍😍 This makes me all kinds of happy!! 6y

CoffeeCatsBooks That‘s it exactly! 6y

monalyisha @TricksyTails Me too! I went to a party last night & the host had a well-stocked graphics collection. Just knowing the names of some of these made me seem cooler than I really am. So thanks for that! 😅😉 6y

TricksyTails 😂😂😂 6y

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monalyisha

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It‘s time for another #ThrowbackReadathon discussion question! Share this post & tag me, @monalyisha ,& my co-host, @Clwojick! Then, join us Jan 25-28 & reread all of your favorite childhood books!

As a kid, I got most of my books from a local discount store called Building 19. I could walk there & everything was super cheap. What this meant was that I ended up with a bunch of really bizarre titles no one else cared about.😅

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monalyisha 1/1: It‘s funny to think that I wasn‘t a library kid, since libraries are such a big part of my life now. But my mom never took me, & honestly, I thought that all library books were gross & covered in boogers. 😅 Now, I‘ve been working in libraries - in Youth Services - for 10 years, & I often scrape those boogers off the books myself. 😂 (I totally wasn‘t wrong). But then, I read the books. No hesitation. Who says people can‘t change? 😜 6y

Clwojick 😂😂😂😂 6y

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monalyisha

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

We forgot to post a Discussion Question for the #ThrowbackReadathon yesterday. 🙈 Oops! At least we‘re still in time for Flashback Friday?

As a kid, my favorite reading snack was definitely chocolate-chip teddy grahams. These days, I‘m all about the peanut butter-filled pretzel nuggets & wasabi peas.🔥 But I wouldn‘t look a gift bag of chocolate-chip teddies in the Mouth!😉🐻

Join us January 25th-28th & revisit all your favorite childhood books!

Clwojick, monalyisha

Rachel.Rencher I loved those little bread sticks that you'd dip in cheese. I don't know if they had a name, but they came in little packs. 😂 Now I love skinny pop. 🍿 6y

TheKidUpstairs Chips. Chips then, chips now. And there was just a limited time re-release of Ruffles Salt and Vinegar, so it's exactly the same these days! 6y

TheKidUpstairs @Rachel.Rencher yes! I loved those things! And the cracker ones with the little red spreader 6y

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CoffeeCatsBooks Cheese and crackers. Still my go to but now I add dried apricots or grapes 🍇 to go with them. 6y

Rachel.Rencher @TheKidUpstairs Yes! Those were so good! 6y

NagKachi Oreos with warm milk when I was a kid, chips with guacamole these days!! 😋 6y

Zelma Holy moly, I haven‘t thought about Teddy Grahams in eons. I loved the chocolate and honey. 💕 6y

monalyisha @Rachel.Rencher @TheKidUpstairs One time, in 1st grade, I traded one of those cheese snacks to a cute boy. In exchange, he had to agree to be my fiancé. ?? 6y

Rachel.Rencher @monalyisha That's awesome 😂😂😂 6y

TheKidUpstairs @monalyisha I'm totally down for engagement cheese! 6y

Clwojick 😂😂engagement cheese. 6y

monalyisha @Rachel.Rencher @TheKidUpstairs @Clwojick I love love, and I love cheese. 💕🧀💍 6y

monalyisha @NagKachi I love Oreos... but I can‘t pretend like the idea of warm milk doesn‘t deeply sadden me. 😅 I like it *right* outta the fridge. No counter time. I like my milk like I like my heart (ice cold).😉🥛 (edited) 6y

monalyisha @Zelma Right?! Annie‘s (the Mac & Cheese company) makes bunny grahams now & they‘re just perfect.👌🏻🐇 (edited) 6y

monalyisha @CoffeeCatsBooks I just had dried apricots tonight! And cheese-stuffed dates. 🤤 6y

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monalyisha

Fun with Dick and Jane | Grosset & Dunlap

Need more deets for the #ThrowbackReadathon hosted by @monalyisha & @Clwojick ? Here‘s the scoop: it takes place from January 25 - 28. Participants will choose which books from their childhoods they‘d like to reread & will try to read as many as possible in 4 days, reviewing, snapping pics, & sharing #throwback photos along the way. Selections may range from picture books to YA books. Discussion Q‘s posted every Thursday leading up to the event.🤗

MaleficentBookDragon This sounds like so much fun. I‘m in! 6y

monalyisha @MaleficentBookDragon Hooray! 🙌🏻 6y

OriginalCyn620 This does sound fun! 😀 6y

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shendrix413 I'm sooooooo excited about this! 6y

shendrix413 @elisebarker you should do this too! Then we can camp out together and share books from our childhood!! 6y

monalyisha @CynthiaFBuck @shendrix413 @elisebarker Yesss! The more the merrier! 6y

elisebarker @shendrix413 ooh fun!! 6y

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Clwojick

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Just a friendly reminder that myself and @monalyisha are hosting the #ThrowbackReadathon on Jan 25-28! If you're interested in joining us, gather a stack of books you loved as a child, and that you're interested in rereading. We will be sharing our reviews with our fellow Littens, and share how we feel about them now as an adult. Choose any books that remind you of your childhood. Whether that be picture books, comics, or chapter books. 👇🏻👇🏻

Clwojick As for myself, I will be choosing a selection of picture books and chapter books. Every Thursday until the event start date we will also be posting a discussion question. We are definitely welcoming everyone to post #throwback photos of their childhood. It's going to be a memorable blast. 😆 (edited) 6y

Kristyngansen I love this! I recently put together a list of my favorite books from childhood for Amazon. I would love to go back and read some of them. 😍😍 6y

Clwojick @Kristyngansen 💗💗💗 6y

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shendrix413 Yes yes yes yes yes!!! I owned and read all Christopher pike and r l Stine books, I really loved scary books! Which is weird because as an adult I really don't like scary movies.... Hmm..... It might do me some good to read some of the scary books I read as a kid! Oohhh and wrinkle in time and the giver! I'm so excited! I'll make sure the ex has my kiddos that weekend 😜😁😁😁 6y

CoffeeCatsBooks I‘m really excited to re-read all my Elfquest Graphic Novels!! 6y

Clwojick @Smangela here's another one! 😻 6y

Clwojick @Beckykearns Here's some info on one of the readathons coming up this month! I think it'll be a lot of fun and I hope you join us 6y

BeckyK @Clwojick This sounds brilliant! I‘ve been wanting to reread A Series Of Unfortunate Events 😊 6y

BeckyK @Clwojick Do I need to sign up anywhere? I‘ve never done one before 😊 6y

Clwojick @Beckykearns No sign up required.... make sure you're following myself and @monalyisha and tag us in your photos for during the four day readathon. Feel free to post throwback pictures, recipes to your favourite childhood snacks, and anything else that makes you feel nostalgic while rereading your childhood favourites. 6y

BeckyK @Clwojick Awesome, thanks 😊 6y

Clwojick @GlassAsDiamonds ❤️️❤️️ 6y

Clwojick @JenlovesJT47 here's most of the details! Let me know if you have any questions. ❤️️ 6y

JenlovesJT47 @Clwojick thank you! I was about to start my own nostalgia readathon until someone told me about this. Great idea! 🤗💚 6y

Clwojick @JenlovesJT47 😂😂 I'm surprised you can find the time to run all these events and swaps! I'm only doing two for January, but I still decided to hold off on my #Bujoswap til next month cause it's all so time consuming. 👏👏 6y

JenlovesJT47 @Clwojick I know!! 😱I'm trying to cram as much stuff in as I can before the baby is born! 6y

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monalyisha

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My #ThrowbackReadathon co-host, @Clwojick , is dutifully working on her list of favorite childhood books to revisit during our Readathon (Jan. 25th - 28th). While books are OBVIOUSLY the most important part (of the readathon & everyday life), I encourage you to collect some photos, too! I‘ll be visiting my parents‘ basement at some point in the next few weeks to dig through old photo albums. #throwback pics are a great way to spice up your posts!

Cinfhen Cute!!! 6y

Clwojick Yessss! 6y

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Clwojick

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I‘m excited to announce that I have teamed up with @monalyisha to help create a fun weekend for all!

During the last week of January, we‘re hosting the #throwbackreadathon! Revisit your childhood favorites in the company of other nostalgic book fools like you. We‘ll be posting discussion questions every Thursday from now until the 25th. Take this time to assemble your list of faves. Do Goosebumps books hold up? Probably not! Read ‘em & weep! 😂

Clwojick

TricksyTails Fun! 😁 6y

BarbaraJean This sounds like SO much fun!! 6y

mhillis Great idea 💡 I‘ll be there!! 6y

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CoffeeCatsBooks Fun! 6y

Itchyfeetreader This sounds fabulous ! 6y

Book_in_hands Sounds fun!!!! Might have to join in! 6y

Aloisi_tribe I 💙 this! I listen to a podcast called Overdue where two guys discuss a new book each show. Some of my favorites are episodes where they read a book from their childhoods and discuss how much they liked or didn't like it as a kid and how it holds up now. Their Choose Your Own Adventure episodes are especially hilarious. 6y

monalyisha @Aloisi_tribe That sounds like a great podcast! 6y

Zelma @Aloisi_tribe thank you for the recommendation! I am definitely checking out the podcast. 👍 if you‘re looking for a new one, Literary Disco runs the gamut of genres, but their episodes on kid/ lit are really funny (choose your own adventure, Nancy Drew, Flowers in the Attic). The Hardy Boys episode is my favorite. 6y

Aloisi_tribe @Zelma thanks for the recommendation! That's one I haven't heard of before. I'll check it out. 😊 6y

Clwojick @Zelma FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC! I almost put that on my list. 😆 6y

CocoReads I‘ve got some old Nancy Drew‘s and I was planning on a Little House reread next year. I‘ll have to see what else I can unearth. 6y

Clwojick @lauren.lerner check out this post. More details are coming closer to the weekend we're hosting the readathon. 6y

lauren.lerner This looks so awesome, @Clwojick!! I‘ll be two weeks out from my due date so this would be a perfect last hurrah of reading for a while!! Thanks for the info ☺️ 6y

lauren.lerner I have a stack of old Christopher Pike novels that would be perfect for this! 😂 6y

Clwojick @prettybooknerd 6y

coffeewithbooks What if we don't have any throwbacks? 6y

Clwojick @prettybooknerd if there are no books that you remember from childhood that you'd like to reread, maybe you could google books from that decade (90s for me) and read some that you missed out on. 6y

coffeewithbooks @Clwojick okay thanks 6y

coffeewithbooks @Clwojick does this end @12 on the 28th? 6y

Clwojick @prettybooknerd yeah. Midnight, your time. 6y

coffeewithbooks @Clwojick okay thanks 6y

Clwojick @Smangela 6y

Smangela @Clwojick thank you!! 😍 I LOVE this idea 😍😍😍 6y

Clwojick @Smangela I'm so glad! Hope you'll be joining us! ❤️️ 6y

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monalyisha

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I‘m psyched to announce that @Clwojick & I are teaming up to make my Readathon vision come to life!

During the last week of January, we‘re hosting the #ThrowbackReadathon! Revisit your childhood favorites in the company of other nostalgic book fools like you. We‘ll be posting discussion questions every Thursday from now until the 25th. Take this time to assemble your list of faves. Do Goosebumps books hold up? Probably not! Read ‘em & weep! 😂

jbhops This is awesome!! I have to go upstairs and see if we have anything I read back then... 6y

goodreadsandme Putting this on my calendar! 6y

monalyisha @goodreadsandme Woohoo! 🙌🏻 Thanks for joining us! 6y

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monalyisha @jbhops Thanks for the props. I hope you find some good material! 6y

Clwojick @GlassAsDiamonds 😲💙💙 6y

Clwojick @JenlovesJT47 here's the first post of details! 💙 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

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Out for dinner with part of our family and our youngest granddaughter is reading to the whole table. Loudly! It's wonderful. #raisingreaders

britt_brooke 💚💚💚 7y

LeahBergen ❤❤❤ 7y

Reviewsbylola So sweet! 7y

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Suzze Love it! 7y

UwannaPublishme 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y

Lmstraubie So nice to see a book and not an iPad! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @britt_brooke @LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola @Suzze @UwannaPublishme Thanks friends! 7y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Lmstraubie Oh she spends plenty of time with her talent also! That's why this was such a treat for us. Props to her dad for everything he does to keep her on track! 7y

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ABookishLife

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This book is called *A Dangerous Day for Mrs Doodlepunk.* I found it in an antique store. Children's books were very strange in the 1950s.

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Suzze

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Most people remember Fun With Dick and Jane, but I went to Catholic School and that was much too secular. ? So we read Fun With John and Jean. As you can see from the title page, it was a revision of the original by a priest. Our reading groups were named after the characters. Of course the best readers were in John's group (boys were always "better" than girls). #readinschool #photoadaynov16

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cariashley 🙄 7y

MCYmermaid Wow. 😳 This was a thing?! 7y

Theresa You got to read fiction in Catholics school?? We just got to read The Baltimore Catechism. Although, to be fair, that was just in Religion class. I had a teacher for other classes who read us The Amityville Horror. And they wonder how kids get messed up. 😂😂 7y

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Theresa Typo... I meant Catholic not Catholics. 7y

Suzze @MCYmermaid I only realized about 10 years ago that I hadn't read the same books everyone else had. I was remembering being in John's group and wondered why it was called that. So I researched and found out we Catholics had our own version 7y

CocoReads The things you learn. 7y

kspenmoll We read SRA color coded leveled reading labs ! No books that I remember in my Catholic school. 7y

Sparkpuppypup I had Fun With John and Jean, too!!! Oh the memories..... 7y

LauraBeth This made me 😂😂 7y

Suzze @Sparkpuppypup I think you are the first person to remember these. Even my classmates say "They weren't Dick and Jane?" Nope. 7y

Sparkpuppypup Yes! I learned to read on those books at my grandmother's house, and I'm pretty sure they had belonged to my mom and my aunt! I went to Nativity of the BVM school and my teachers were mostly nuns! One thing I remember so clearly: We were organized into reading groups in Kindergarten, and 2 girls both named Debbie, and me, formed our own group. We were the 3 who could already read. We got to pick a name and we called ourselves The Bluebirds. 😂😂😂 7y

Suzze @Sparkpuppypup See? Reading was important to us even then! 7y

Sparkpuppypup Yes! I became a reader very young, and never looked back! ❤️📚 7y

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