The Little Twin books--by Lucy Fitch Perkins
As an elementary school student I did a lot of reading. My interest was in all kinds of books but there was one special series that I read over and over again and was totally involved with every one I read. That was the Little Twin series by Lucy Fitch Perkins. I have checked at the library and was told that they no longer stock those books--how sad!I got on the Internet and I was lucky enough to find the Little Dutch Twins with a free download available. The download was fifty nine pages but I printed it out anyway. I plan to read it again. Perkins wrote a book for almost all of the old countries. There were The Japanese Twins; The Mexican Twins; The Irish Twins; The Eskimo Twins; The Swiss Twins; The Scotch Twins; The Italian Twins; The French Twins and the Belgian Twins. She also wrote some other books about The Cave Twins, The Spartan Twins and The Puritan Twins. I lived every exciting moment with the Twins in those stories. Reading the book now may not be as much fun as it was when I read them sixty five or seventy years ago but in my memory these stories stand out as the most thrilling and fun filled adventurous ones I ever read.
I can't believe that children nowadays would not be as enthralled with these books as I was back then. Surely, the library had a good reason for dispensing with the Little Twin books-- but why? I can't imagine. Sure, they may be a little old fashioned but not so much that they couldn't be just as much fun as ever to read. Reading them now would keep children acquainted with the cultures and customs of our past.
posted by kyra lafain @ 3/18/2008 02:55:00 PM
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I can think of two main reasons why kids are not interested in reading those books now. They are (1)TV (2)Computers. This is sad but true!
Some of my favorites were the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and Nancy Drew. I also enjoyed Trixie Belden and any other kind of book with a hint of mystery. I read the whole Nancy Drew series every summer. I never got tired of them. Nancy Drew has been "updated" several times over the years, and I think that's a shame. Even though the stories are essentially the same, the new ones have lost the charm of the 1930's-40's Nancy.
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