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Subject: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 09/14/05 at 9:02 pm
Who here has read and love the series, "The Bobbsey Twins" books? My mom used to buy them for me when I was younger, and I still have a bunch of the old ones packed away.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: MaryMary on 09/14/05 at 9:22 pm
I remember them! I remember in particular the one where they go to Japan. I learned a few Japanese words that way!
Bert and Nan, and who were the twins? Flossie and Freddie? Or were Bert and Nan twins too?
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 09/14/05 at 9:26 pm
I remember them! I remember in particular the one where they go to Japan. I learned a few Japanese words that way!
Bert and Nan, and who were the twins? Flossie and Freddie? Or were Bert and Nan twins too?
they were 2 sets of twins.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: ktelqueen on 09/15/05 at 3:30 am
i think of them more as 70s..a major impact on my love of reading when i was little..we had just about every one..i loved the houseboat story :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 09/15/05 at 6:58 am
i think of them more as 70s..a major impact on my love of reading when i was little..we had just about every one..i loved the houseboat story :)
I have some really old ones (like from at least the 50's or earlier) that my mom picked up years ago at a used book store. I do have some more recent ones as well.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: karen on 09/15/05 at 7:13 am
According to this website Bobbsey Twins Bibliography the first book came out in 1904
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Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 09/15/05 at 7:16 am
According to this website Bobbsey Twins Bibliography the first book came out in 1904
yes, Karen...it is a really old series. I don't have any that date back that far...but I know that a few of mine are at least from the 50's if not a bit earlier. I have them packed away so that they don't get damaged.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: karen on 09/15/05 at 7:33 am
When I saw the name I wondered if they were written by Enid Blyton. They sound like her sort of thing.
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 09/15/05 at 7:38 am
They were created by a person named, Edward Stratemeyer....although he went under the pen name, "Laura Lee Hope"...although it was said that he supposedly only wrote the first 2 or 3 books of the series...and then hired "ghost writers" to create the rest. Here is a little history of the books....
http://pw2.netcom.com/~drmike99/aboutbobbsey.html
Erin :)
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/15/05 at 12:28 pm
We used to have a lot of the books (along with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys). I don't think I ever read them because we had them when I was really young and by the time I was ready to read them, we had gotten rid of them (along with many, many other things).
Cat
Subject: Re: Bobbsey Twins books
Written By: MaryMary on 09/15/05 at 9:23 pm
they were 2 sets of twins.
Thanks, Erin!
Mary