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Originally Posted by Catlady
I love to reread childhood favorites. The best thing about being online was being able to track down and repurchase so many of those wonderful books from eBay and other used book sources.
Sometimes I've wondered just why a particular book stuck in my memory, but I've never felt disappointment. Sometimes I've realized that the childhood books were probably an early source of ideas and beliefs I still hold.
Rereading a childhood favorite is like revisiting an old friend.
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Before the intrawebs, I did it the hard way. I'd go to old books stores and antiquarian book fairs and leave a list of books I was seeking with the sellers. Over time, I managed to acquire most of my best-loved children's books, many although not all of them of the malt-shop genre. And then
Image Cascade started to republish many of my old favorites in facsimile, clean bright copies at a reasonable price compared to the tattered library copies I had procured with such effort and at such cost! Ah, well, the hunt was part of the fun.
I was never disappointed, either. In fact, it was almost scary how I was able to re-enter the mindset that had enjoyed those books so much at an impressionable age. It only adds to my enjoyment to be able to analyze them with the perspective of age and enlightenment.