Comments on: Dick and Jane

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:23:54 +0000

Well said, Sharon! I couldn’t agree with you more. I had the same experience with books and toys and even an older brother.

By: Rhonda (Mimi)

Rhonda (Mimi) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:35:29 +0000

I have a collection of Dick and Jane readers. What’s funny is, I always wanted to be Sally. I love to open those books and go back in time, but I really never saw until now what you are talking about. I loved reading about Puff and Spot and I think they have a friend named Janet. I have baskets of books too for the grand-kids. I want to be the type of grandma that reads. I can’t remember my grandma’s ever reading to me.

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:45:28 +0000

Our home is filled with books. Both English majors, are still voracious readers. Among our beloved collection are some of our sons’ children’s books, left behind when they went out on their own. I could not bear to part with them.

Treasures that we read together are books by E.B. White, Shel Silverstein, and “Piping Down the Valleys Wild,” a book of poetry suitable for children. And a very special memento of childhood: two pop-up books, often read and still intact, given to our older son nearly thirty years ago by this blog’s administrator. To the best of my recollection, none of these books is sexist. But even if they are, we have all transcended that.

Another wonderful post, Sharon.

By: Bacardi Mama

Bacardi Mama — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:19:02 +0000

Bravo Sharon! I feel exactly the same way.