My son has PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental disorder, nonspecific – in layman’s terms high functioning autism). Eight years ago I decided I wanted to tell my son’s story. JodiĪs I sit and think about writing this blog, my mind wanders to the beginning of my serious writing journey.
Check out her post below and follow the links to find more about this wonderful NH author. In all my years of book collecting and shopping, I think I've only run across one old Scholastic flyer order form (the books were 35 and 40 cents) I wish I could find some of the old flyers, too.Welcome author Emma Leigh Reed. Library sales are another good place to look for them, as they are often donated to libraries when people clear out their attics. Where was I? Oh, right - anyhow, most kids now aren't attracted to the old Scholastics, so when you see them in used book stores or garage sales, they are typically inexpensive. (Oh! How could I forget The Ghost of Dibble Hollow and The Forgotten Door?) One way to recognize them among other kids books is to look for the Scholastic numbers on the spines, preceded by the letters SBS or TX. It's fairly easy to collect old Scholastic books, canarylampshade. I have an old Scholastic edition of this book, too. I'm sure I read it at an impressionable age.Īnother favorite, though I think it is probably a bit earlier, was a French novel for children called The Horse Without a Head, by Paul Berna.
Mike, which I remember as a wonderful tale of life in the far north, and the love story of a young woman and her Mountie husband, Mike Flannigan. One of my favorites - probably from this time period (though I suspect I'm older than you are, canarylampshade), was Mrs. I have a small collection of some old books I remember from my school days (you can check my Scholastic tag if you'd like to see what I have). I used to love Scholastic books, too - and still do.
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