These are great recommendations. Your "Read a Book by the Decade" videos are my favorites! I am adding The Midnight Folk and The Little Vampire to my tbr. I just love all these Fall season books! 🍂🎃🍁 And I'm so glad everything turned out okay with the dermatologist. 💜💜
Hi Jessica! I am so glad that you like them! They are so fun to make as well! If you read The Midnight Folk let me know what you thought. I am curious to find out how others find it. Thank you! It is amazing how fast the skin on the face heals! Have a lovely day...and happy October 1st!🎃🧡🍁
It was so nice to spend yesterday morning with you! I had a pair of aunts and uncles stopping in Portland via cruise ship, (they had taken a cruise to maritime Canada) that I had to drive out to meet for the day. Apologies that I am only answering your comments now! But thank you, thank you so much for all your comments!💕
Loved your video! I collect books based on illustrations and enjoy the information you share on the illustrators. Thanks also for sharing about your scar. I wish you all the best! 🙏🏻
Hi Janice! It is so lovely to meet a fellow collector! 🥰Thank you! It is healing so quickly it is rather amazing! My dermatologist told me that the skin on the face does heal quite rapidly...! Have a lovely weekend!💞
Isn't it? I had been hoping to find it in a bookshop in the UK and was so happy when I found it at Hatchards! Thank you....every day it gets better and better💞
God bless you dear lady. I would have never seen the mark. I love seeing all the books! We had such a dry summer that my morning glories just started to bloom a week ago, so I hope they go on for a good while. They usually bloom in July here in Ohio. They are heavenly blue and I also have some purple and white ones blooming in my tomato pots. That was a good idea! 😊❤
Oh I bet they are beautiful! We had the opposite here....it rained so much that our local sunflower farm was closed and my teddy bear sunflowers only grew knee-high!🌻
TH Whites' Sword and the Stone is the ONLY one of The Once and Future King cycle that I like! I read it in a bind up, which I got rid of as soon as I was finished but will pick up a version of Sword and the Stone on it's own one day...
I wonder which version of "Sword" you read. If it was the 1958 version, the one that is usually included in The Once and Future King grouping, it will be missing some pretty epic events, like the battle between Madame Mim and Merlin and that chapter where they visit the goddess Athena and slow down time so they can hear trees. I really don't know what T.H. White was thinking when he removed those bits....🤔
Yes it seems like the beginning of each chapter is a lot of chatter and musings, and the action or actual good stuff of each chapter begins after. My son and I had the same experience....loved it but had to get past some parts that were more tedious. It really helped having the audio while reading along.
Thank you so much! I actually accidentally exported it in a lower resolution than normal, so its grainy. Kind of bummed about that! But thank you so much for still thinking it "gorgeous"!💕
The treasure island and sword in the stone books are so beautiful. My copy of the TH white, thankfully has mention of a unicorn. I always thought that the Disney version took quite a lot from it! I never knew that P L Travers had authored other books😅. I just received a ballet book written by Shirley Goulden with Maraja illustrations. Take good care of yourself and I must tell you how much I enjoy all your videos, am such a fan of the same things, a real treat for me😊❤
Hi Punita! I cannot tell you how much comments like these mean to me! Thank you so, very much! What a lovely thing to wake up to in the morning! I just looked up your Maraja - is it The Royal Book of Ballet? It looks amazing! How does the book look in real life? Have a lovely day!💕 And thank you again....so much!!!!
@@WaterBearReads Yes, it is the Royal Ballet book, the illustrations are so gorgeous, I feel like I can actually hear the music, I specifically wanted the Maraja after seeing how gorgeous his work was from your last video 😊. I am a big Ballet fan!
Hi Friends! I am heading out for a road trip for the day so will not be able to answer comments until this evening....but please do let me know your thoughts about any of these books and also, please let me know of any other recommendations of classics that we should read in the autumn! We are currently reading Goblet of Fire and then moving on to an out-of-print book called 'The Spaceship under the Apple Tree' by Louis Slobodkin. Anyway, I am heading out and will answer your comments this evening! Until then...love you! Heather🫖💕☕ (Also apologies that this video is once again so long!)
@@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 Hi Celeste! You know it is pretty much the very last wild flower that blooms here, and it is so special. It feels like the blooming season begins and ends in purple!
Hi, Heather! Your flowers are beautiful! And I love your mug! We also have chipmunks, and the one that lives under our porch is Charles Chips (Charlie). We have a feeding brick on the patio where we feed him seeds, nuts and fruit. And he drinks from the garden bird bath and sits by my foot when I sit outside, reading. 😊. I had so much fun doing this All of a Kind buddy read with you and loved your insights. I also love the way you interconnect authors, illustrators and themes! And I LOVED The Sword in the Stone when I was in my teens. So magical and tender and funny and wonderful all at the same time! Speaking only for myself, as a child, I loved books that contained references to things I had to look up and learn about. It made me feel like there were codes in the writing, and I was on a sort of quest. 😊 I’m excited to learn more about The People Could Fly, and thanks to you, have added it to my TBR. The Whisperwicks sounds amazing! I immediately thought of Tim Burton. You look wonderful as always and I couldn’t even see the scar! 😊 Have a great weekend! (My video with our buddy read will be uploaded soon…sorry, I got way behind this week…)
Hi Celeste! This video actually has a visual issue...I didn't realize it until after I uploaded it, and because family was waiting and we had to go I didn't have time to do an export and re-upload - sad because the beginning is all grainy, but the plus side is that the scar doesn't show! LOL! I really enjoyed our buddy read as well! No rush at all on your video.... I think you will especially enjoy The People Could Fly and The Whisperwicks is charming and best described as "dark cozy" if that is even a thing! About "Sword" - Yes those are exactly my thoughts....when we listened/read "Sword in the Stone" my son learned so many new things. But a friend of mine tried reading it to her son and they couldn't get through it, so I wanted to just make sure and be clear about it's possible challenges. But everyone's reading tastes are so different (thankfully), so it can be difficult! I feel that if there was ever a classic that could use a really well and thoroughly illustrated version, it is "Sword"! I am actually surprised at how little illustrated attention it has received, since JK Rowling's work is so inspired by it - Merlyn at one point even mentions a school for witches and wizards with good and bad wizards that used to exist. Have a lovely weekend!!!💕
@@WaterBearReadsEver since you mentioned Summerween, I’ve been learning more about horror and have started watching some booktubers who read horror. I’ve discovered that, while MOST horror is not for me, I DO enjoy the sub genres of classic spooky gothic and cozy horror. I most definitely like cozy and dark!
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on it... I would love to buddy read too...but December gets so hectic and I really wanted to re-read The Nutcracker this year. I read it a few years back and fell in love with it utterly and completely. 🎄
@@WaterBearReads I played a game with kids where each of my hands would be Nag And Nagaina and their hand would be Rikki and they’d have to take me down! 😂
@@novelideea That is so cool! How clever and creative! By the way sorry for stating the same thing twice...the way the comments were stacked, I thought it was a new comment! Lol!
This is a wonderful list! Added a few to my tbr. Your descriptions are irresistible. Can I ask how old your son is? Just trying to gauge if my son would already be able to enjoy some of these, especially the ones you mentioned having read with your child. My son is 7.
Hi Maria! Could you email me at waterbearreads@gmail.com and I will answer you? I like to keep my son's specifics off the internet just for his protection. I am so glad you enjoyed this list and the descriptions! I was worried they get too long-winded, and these videos get so long! Thank you so much for watching!💕
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I hope you have the loveliest weekend! Enjoy the movie and the last of those beautiful blooms!
Thank you Deea! We are going to see Wild Robot today and are so excited!
I have a hold on Whisperwycks at the library. Just waiting for my turn!! ☺
I hope that you enjoy it!!!💞
I adore All of a Kind Family 🥰 I will have to look for the other 2!
They just keep getting better and better!
These are great recommendations. Your "Read a Book by the Decade" videos are my favorites! I am adding The Midnight Folk and The Little Vampire to my tbr. I just love all these Fall season books! 🍂🎃🍁
And I'm so glad everything turned out okay with the dermatologist. 💜💜
Hi Jessica! I am so glad that you like them! They are so fun to make as well! If you read The Midnight Folk let me know what you thought. I am curious to find out how others find it. Thank you! It is amazing how fast the skin on the face heals! Have a lovely day...and happy October 1st!🎃🧡🍁
I love Pale Purple Loosestrife! It’s considered a weed here, but I looooove it!
It's a weed here too! Actually, it may be an invasive species as well, but I think it's beautiful, especially in fields of goldenrod.
Tea and Heather 🥰in the morning !
It was so nice to spend yesterday morning with you! I had a pair of aunts and uncles stopping in Portland via cruise ship, (they had taken a cruise to maritime Canada) that I had to drive out to meet for the day. Apologies that I am only answering your comments now! But thank you, thank you so much for all your comments!💕
Great recommendations! Thank you.
It is a pleasure! Thank you so much for watching!
The older books are my favourite ❤
Mine too!!!💞
Loved your video! I collect books based on illustrations and enjoy the information you share on the illustrators. Thanks also for sharing about your scar. I wish you all the best! 🙏🏻
Hi Janice! It is so lovely to meet a fellow collector! 🥰Thank you! It is healing so quickly it is rather amazing! My dermatologist told me that the skin on the face does heal quite rapidly...! Have a lovely weekend!💞
My favorite TH-camr!! Thanks for the recommendations. ❤ My library just keeps growing and growing! 😂🥴 -Cindy
Hi Cindy! When I read your comment I felt such a thrill of joy! Made me so happy!!!! Thank you, Thank you so much!!!!💞
@@WaterBearReads ❤ Thank YOU!
Beautiful copy of Incredible Journey! Glad you’re healing from your surgery. ♥️
Isn't it? I had been hoping to find it in a bookshop in the UK and was so happy when I found it at Hatchards! Thank you....every day it gets better and better💞
God bless you dear lady. I would have never seen the mark. I love seeing all the books!
We had such a dry summer that my morning glories just started to bloom a week ago, so I hope they go on for a good while. They usually bloom in July here in Ohio. They are heavenly blue and I also have some purple and white ones blooming in my tomato pots. That was a good idea! 😊❤
Oh I bet they are beautiful! We had the opposite here....it rained so much that our local sunflower farm was closed and my teddy bear sunflowers only grew knee-high!🌻
TH Whites' Sword and the Stone is the ONLY one of The Once and Future King cycle that I like! I read it in a bind up, which I got rid of as soon as I was finished but will pick up a version of Sword and the Stone on it's own one day...
I wonder which version of "Sword" you read. If it was the 1958 version, the one that is usually included in The Once and Future King grouping, it will be missing some pretty epic events, like the battle between Madame Mim and Merlin and that chapter where they visit the goddess Athena and slow down time so they can hear trees. I really don't know what T.H. White was thinking when he removed those bits....🤔
My son and I enjoyed The Sword and Stone, but it was challenging to read!
Yes it seems like the beginning of each chapter is a lot of chatter and musings, and the action or actual good stuff of each chapter begins after. My son and I had the same experience....loved it but had to get past some parts that were more tedious. It really helped having the audio while reading along.
We LOVE Jack the Pumpkinhead! 😅
Oh he is just the best!!!🎃
Lovely video and gorgeous intro 😍
Thank you so much! I actually accidentally exported it in a lower resolution than normal, so its grainy. Kind of bummed about that! But thank you so much for still thinking it "gorgeous"!💕
The treasure island and sword in the stone books are so beautiful. My copy of the TH white, thankfully has mention of a unicorn. I always thought that the Disney version took quite a lot from it! I never knew that P L Travers had authored other books😅. I just received a ballet book written by Shirley Goulden with Maraja illustrations. Take good care of yourself and I must tell you how much I enjoy all your videos, am such a fan of the same things, a real treat for me😊❤
Hi Punita! I cannot tell you how much comments like these mean to me! Thank you so, very much! What a lovely thing to wake up to in the morning! I just looked up your Maraja - is it The Royal Book of Ballet? It looks amazing! How does the book look in real life? Have a lovely day!💕 And thank you again....so much!!!!
@@WaterBearReads Yes, it is the Royal Ballet book, the illustrations are so gorgeous, I feel like I can actually hear the music, I specifically wanted the Maraja after seeing how gorgeous his work was from your last video 😊. I am a big Ballet fan!
@@punitavisvanathan ooooh I may have to pick that one up then! Your description was delightful!
Hi Friends! I am heading out for a road trip for the day so will not be able to answer comments until this evening....but please do let me know your thoughts about any of these books and also, please let me know of any other recommendations of classics that we should read in the autumn! We are currently reading Goblet of Fire and then moving on to an out-of-print book called 'The Spaceship under the Apple Tree' by Louis Slobodkin. Anyway, I am heading out and will answer your comments this evening! Until then...love you! Heather🫖💕☕ (Also apologies that this video is once again so long!)
The wild aster is beautiful!
@@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 Hi Celeste! You know it is pretty much the very last wild flower that blooms here, and it is so special. It feels like the blooming season begins and ends in purple!
Hi, Heather! Your flowers are beautiful! And I love your mug! We also have chipmunks, and the one that lives under our porch is Charles Chips (Charlie). We have a feeding brick on the patio where we feed him seeds, nuts and fruit. And he drinks from the garden bird bath and sits by my foot when I sit outside, reading. 😊.
I had so much fun doing this All of a Kind buddy read with you and loved your insights. I also love the way you interconnect authors, illustrators and themes! And I LOVED The Sword in the Stone when I was in my teens. So magical and tender and funny and wonderful all at the same time! Speaking only for myself, as a child, I loved books that contained references to things I had to look up and learn about. It made me feel like there were codes in the writing, and I was on a sort of quest. 😊 I’m excited to learn more about The People Could Fly, and thanks to you, have added it to my TBR. The Whisperwicks sounds amazing! I immediately thought of Tim Burton. You look wonderful as always and I couldn’t even see the scar! 😊 Have a great weekend! (My video with our buddy read will be uploaded soon…sorry, I got way behind this week…)
Hi Celeste! This video actually has a visual issue...I didn't realize it until after I uploaded it, and because family was waiting and we had to go I didn't have time to do an export and re-upload - sad because the beginning is all grainy, but the plus side is that the scar doesn't show! LOL!
I really enjoyed our buddy read as well! No rush at all on your video.... I think you will especially enjoy The People Could Fly and The Whisperwicks is charming and best described as "dark cozy" if that is even a thing! About "Sword" - Yes those are exactly my thoughts....when we listened/read "Sword in the Stone" my son learned so many new things. But a friend of mine tried reading it to her son and they couldn't get through it, so I wanted to just make sure and be clear about it's possible challenges. But everyone's reading tastes are so different (thankfully), so it can be difficult! I feel that if there was ever a classic that could use a really well and thoroughly illustrated version, it is "Sword"! I am actually surprised at how little illustrated attention it has received, since JK Rowling's work is so inspired by it - Merlyn at one point even mentions a school for witches and wizards with good and bad wizards that used to exist. Have a lovely weekend!!!💕
@@WaterBearReadsEver since you mentioned Summerween, I’ve been learning more about horror and have started watching some booktubers who read horror. I’ve discovered that, while MOST horror is not for me, I DO enjoy the sub genres of classic spooky gothic and cozy horror. I most definitely like cozy and dark!
@@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 Have you come across Alexandra Roselyn yet? Her videos are fun and she says a lot about gothic spooky books and such.
I have Box of Delights on my December list!
Me too, Deea!
@@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 should we buddy read it?
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on it... I would love to buddy read too...but December gets so hectic and I really wanted to re-read The Nutcracker this year. I read it a few years back and fell in love with it utterly and completely. 🎄
@@WaterBearReads I love it too ♥️ I have several versions of it 🩰
@@novelideea Which is your favorite? I think I only have the one illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
I like the Midnight Folk and Box of Delights! ♥️ I have the New York Classic version of both.
Amy s the Box of Delights easier to read? I was wondering if I should try it as a read-aloud or just stick to reading it to myself?
@@WaterBearReads I think so! It’s been a LONG time since I read it. But I’m pretty sure it was a touch easier to understand.
@@WaterBearReadsI found my Box of Delights copy finally in my holiday books! It DOES have chapters!
@@amyofhearthridge oh fantastic! Thank you!
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💕Thank you for commenting!!!
Rikki-Tikki 🤗
My son's favorite classic short story of all time!
@@WaterBearReads might be my kids’ favorite from childhood! ♥️
@@novelideea It is my son's absolute favorite!
@@WaterBearReads I played a game with kids where each of my hands would be Nag And Nagaina and their hand would be Rikki and they’d have to take me down! 😂
@@novelideea That is so cool! How clever and creative! By the way sorry for stating the same thing twice...the way the comments were stacked, I thought it was a new comment! Lol!
This is a wonderful list! Added a few to my tbr. Your descriptions are irresistible.
Can I ask how old your son is? Just trying to gauge if my son would already be able to enjoy some of these, especially the ones you mentioned having read with your child. My son is 7.
Hi Maria! Could you email me at waterbearreads@gmail.com and I will answer you? I like to keep my son's specifics off the internet just for his protection. I am so glad you enjoyed this list and the descriptions! I was worried they get too long-winded, and these videos get so long! Thank you so much for watching!💕