[little jeremiah]

You did all the work.

Howard Pyle, H.G. Wells, E. Nesbit, Johanna Spyrie, Jules Verne, James Thurber - didn't he write "The 13 Clocks"? Makes me want to go to the library. I don't even know if books like that are still in libraries.

Gosh - I'm not THAT old!

[GipperGal]

I can't even begin to name all the children's books I loved and read. I forgot to mention the old classics like Ben Hur. I loved historical fiction. It's just so sad to see people praising these books. It's like listening to someone explain to you why The Monkees are superior to the Beatles.

Everyone here is assuming that B16 is some kind of prudish old man. I think he is a man of ideas. A man who has studied the history of ideas. He is a cultured man who knows that books -- even stupid books -- have an impact. Ideas have consequences. He probably read a few chapters and thought, "dear Lord, don't let your kids read this junk."

[maryz]

H.G. Wells

I'm sort of surprised that you would approve someone who enthusiastically approved of Margaret Sanger's "noble cause."

[HungarianGypsy]

Maybe a little Voltaire for variety? I remember my husband buying a collection of Voltaire and the bookseller telling him, "No one reads Voltaire anymore." My husband still hasn't read it, but I enjoyed it.