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Originally Posted by issybird
Oh, thank you for the smile! My father was a huge fan of Jerry Todd and Poppy Ott and I have the books he collected later in life, once he knew such a thing was possible (I just may have enabled this  ). And it's particularly well-timed, as he died 19 years ago today.
I have to confess that I've never read any of the Ott or Todd books, but clearly this is a sign that I must redress the situation.
Remembering my father tonight on his anniversary. Thank you again. |
You are welcome! My dad had just about all of them, except Jerry Todd and the Flying Flapdoodle and Poppy Ott and the Monkey's Paw. As a child, I had no idea they were out-of-print and pestered and pestered my grandmother to get them for me, which she was unable to do.
Thanks to eBay, I was able to read the missing books as an adult.
While the books (and Chatter-boxes) are not perhaps what parents might prefer to give their children today, they had a lot of good too. Sticking up for one's friends, even when scared, helping others (the boys often helped out elderly women), and encouraging kids to find ways to earn money by thinking creatively were prominent themes!
The Bert Salg illustrations were priceless!
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