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In reply to the discussion: What was your favorite children's book. Mine was The Velveteen Rabbit. I had a stuffed rabbit that went with the book. [View all]Jeebo
(2,181 posts)When I was in ... oh, it must have been about the fifth grade, our teacher read the first Black Stallion novel to us in class, a chapter or two at a time. That was about 1960. All of the kids in the class really enjoyed it, and I am sure I was not the only kid who was reading more Black Stallion novels on my own after that. I think the teacher was doing that to get us kids into the reading habit, and that was certainly the effect it had on me. For a while I was reading every Black Stallion novel that came out, and I think Walter Farley was still writing them when I finally overdosed on them and started reading something else. That was one of the things that got me started reading. I also enjoyed that movie some years back with Terri Garr, Kelly Reno and Mickey Rooney.
-- Ron