tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post2910389277796062362..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: First Friday's Just For Fun: Old Children's BooksJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-49674416939475013532011-10-07T22:45:43.728-04:002011-10-07T22:45:43.728-04:00Apparently college in those days involved a lot of...Apparently college in those days involved a lot of late-night cocoa parties using an illegal hot plate in someone's room. :)Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334270071792842834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-42003372442846971692011-10-07T09:11:11.923-04:002011-10-07T09:11:11.923-04:00@Kirsten - that's what I love about these book...@Kirsten - that's what I love about these books, especially the Jenny Linsky books. It gives you a look into the culture at that time.Jessica Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-37222688835942865612011-10-07T08:43:43.845-04:002011-10-07T08:43:43.845-04:00The old books I have a weakness for are old syndic...The old books I have a weakness for are old syndicated children's series from the 1910s and 1920s - the Meadowbrook Girls, the Campfire Girls, the Adventure Girls, and Grace Harlowe, etc. I particularly like the series where they get older and go off to college, and you get a little glimpse of what college life may have been like in 1915 or thereabouts......Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334270071792842834noreply@blogger.com