Sally, I'm a 71 year old man who just came across this video and I am absolutely enamored with it and with you!! I didn't grow up in an environment that would lead me into reading at an early age but when I was 12, my aunt picked up three hardcover used books at a rummage sale and presented them to her son and me to read. They were all Hardy Boys mysteries and we each selected one to start reading and they were so satisfyingly good, that we were soon competing for who would finish first then be able to grab the other volume! I became an avid reader because of those books and recently started re-reading some of the original Hardy Boy books, mostly for perspective but I'm also enjoying memories of how I felt when first reading them!! I guess you can tell I'm old by this rambling "comment" but I feel a kindred connect.
why did this make cry 😭 the editing and they way you spoke about the books was just so DUEBFOFNELFBFIFBFJFJ (i know how to express emotions, as seen here). i was sobbing by the end we didn’t really have books around the house when i was a kid so my favorite was one about the history of our town’s mayors 😎 (i’m not a regular kid i’m a cool kid)
that crying thing even when someone spoiled is weirdly relatable 😭😭whenever i get a spoiler for something, i'm like well let's not ruin the fun i'm still gonna gasp like i didn't see that coming. EVERY TIME
Soooooo obsessed with this video. Editing is top tier! Good coverage of your thoughts and emotions as it pertains to what you felt as a child all the way to now, aka taller child :')
this experience of healing your inner child is so special and heartwarming and to see it compacted into a video filled with nostalgia is so lovely to watch
Bestie I just listened to the interview with Kate DiCamillo and it was incredible but also it nearly brought me to tears at my place of employment. All that to say THANK YOU for shouting it out and I am now putting all my favs from her on hold at the Library 💕 Love the vid!
sometimes i think about the massive respobonsibility children book authors have. its crazy esp how you explain the fact that those books helped shape you
Sally, this was such a fantastic video!! I'm so inspired to re-read my childhood favorites now. When I was in elementary school, I loved the "Amelia's Notebook" series, "The Doll People", Louis Sachar books especially "Someday Angeline," and "City of Ember."
i have not read any of these books heck i did not even read as a child i did not have any of these experiences but for some reason watching you talk about these books and how they impacted you just something clicked and a bit of my inner child healed what is this sorcery!!!
this is such a wholesome video!! the books that i remember were my favorites from my childhood to my preteen/tween years were: the junie b jones books, the lord thief, flipped, hatchet (this book made me fall in love with reading in 5th grade), the seeds of america trilogy, matched, the hunger games, percy jackson (pjo and hoo, aka my fav series ever to this day), the giver (one of my fav books of all time, i adore that book), and the frog & toad books!!
I loved loved loved Each Little Bird That Sings--your descriptions are spot on. Other books that I adored were A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin (I was blown away that someone could write a book in the perspective of a dog) and any Andrew Clements books. My parents read to me before bed all through elementary school and then still in middle and high school we would pull out a book to read the night before Christmas and the night before the first day of school.
I've read almost all of these books other than Each Little Bird that Sings, which is now on my list. I was really into Carl Hiaasen's kids novels specifically Hoot and Chomp. I also remember reading like anything with dogs in it (Winn Dixie
Watching this during my lunch break at my brand new big girl job wishing I could go back 😭😭 Edward Tulane is one of the first books I remember having an emotional breakdown over
My favourite books from childhood that I can remember were: the famous five series, any cathy cassidy, why the whales came, kensuke's kingdom, and war horse by Michael Morpurgo
One of my favourites was The Bridge ti Terabithia as well. Read it several times, still breaks me. And the second film adaptation of it is good as well!
I was obsessed with the Warriors series as a child and that's mainly what I remember reading. I also really loved Mrs Frisby and The Rats of NIMH, the Fairyland series, Inkheart... I couldn't stand realistic fiction at the time so I missed out on the experience of things like Because of Winn Dixie
charlie and the chocolate factory was such a favourite of mine growing up as well, also anything by enid blyton (especially the twins at st. clare's books and amelia jane) , little women, and ofc the geronimo stilton books 💀
@@SallyThames OMIGOD SALLY IS SERVING Y'ALL! i literally can't wait for that! like i might just be as excited for it as i am for Harry's House (which is saying a LOT)
my favorite books as a child were the land of stories, especially the 2nd one by chris colfer; the series of unfortunate events, the 2nd and 5th one by lemony snicket; a night divided by jennifer a. nielsen; and foxcraft book 1, the taken by inbali iserles
great video! did you read Coraline as a child? Just curious because it was my favorite in 5th grade. Funny because Neil Gaiman didn't turn out to be one of my favorite authors, but that book is absolute perfection to me and I read it frequently even as an adult! Anyway, love seeing videos like this, your videos have been so good lately. much love!
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Sally, I'm a 71 year old man who just came across this video and I am absolutely enamored with it and with you!! I didn't grow up in an environment that would lead me into reading at an early age but when I was 12, my aunt picked up three hardcover used books at a rummage sale and presented them to her son and me to read. They were all Hardy Boys mysteries and we each selected one to start reading and they were so satisfyingly good, that we were soon competing for who would finish first then be able to grab the other volume! I became an avid reader because of those books and recently started re-reading some of the original Hardy Boy books, mostly for perspective but I'm also enjoying memories of how I felt when first reading them!! I guess you can tell I'm old by this rambling "comment" but I feel a kindred connect.
hence proved sally has ALWAYS the most adorable human being ever
AHHHHHHHHHH
why did this make cry 😭 the editing and they way you spoke about the books was just so DUEBFOFNELFBFIFBFJFJ (i know how to express emotions, as seen here). i was sobbing by the end
we didn’t really have books around the house when i was a kid so my favorite was one about the history of our town’s mayors 😎 (i’m not a regular kid i’m a cool kid)
i cried a lot reading them again!
that crying thing even when someone spoiled is weirdly relatable 😭😭whenever i get a spoiler for something, i'm like well let's not ruin the fun i'm still gonna gasp like i didn't see that coming. EVERY TIME
LITERALLY u will not ruin my experience
Soooooo obsessed with this video. Editing is top tier! Good coverage of your thoughts and emotions as it pertains to what you felt as a child all the way to now, aka taller child :')
all i am is a very tall child!
You telling ur tears to retreat so you can finish your responsibilities seems like the perfect definition of adulthood
truly!!
This is such a unique, sweet, and heartwarming video. Always a pleasure to watch your vids!
wow thank you so much! this comment made me smile so big!
a little detail i noticed that made me smile so much; your shoes look like the cover of the first two heartstopper graphic novels! crying
YESSSS THEY DO!!!!!! 🤩
this experience of healing your inner child is so special and heartwarming and to see it compacted into a video filled with nostalgia is so lovely to watch
aw thank you so much!
This is so sweet!! Revisiting stories is such a special thing
it was such a good week!
The editing, the reads, the vibes of this video 😚🤌💗 I gotta do this for myself soon
YOU SHOULD it was so much fun
Sally please make a video of tier ranking every classic you have read! PLEASEE😭💗
ok bestie if u insist!
@@SallyThames thank you!! I need that video from the booktube queen
this was such a lovely video :((( i wish i had been a reader as a child so i could do this because heaven knows my inner child needs healing lmao
hahahahahaha you can always read MY favorites hehehehe
this is so wholesome please-
all the shots from the school are just 😩😩😩😩
it was so fun to go back! :,)
Edward Tulane just unlocked some DEEP memories wow
such a good one
I love how this video is just nourishing your inner child 💕 I love having at least one middle grade book on my TBR every month for this reason.
that's such a sweet idea
Junie B Jones, The Magic Treehouse series, Where the Red Fern Grows, and The Wizard of Oz were my elementary childhood favorites ❤
Bestie I just listened to the interview with Kate DiCamillo and it was incredible but also it nearly brought me to tears at my place of employment. All that to say THANK YOU for shouting it out and I am now putting all my favs from her on hold at the Library 💕 Love the vid!
YES I was on a walk and was so thankful for big sunglasses bc i was weeping!
sometimes i think about the massive respobonsibility children book authors have. its crazy esp how you explain the fact that those books helped shape you
so true so true!
Yes! 😍 Please make more book recos for this kind of nostalgic read. I love Katherine Paterson. I recommend Jacob Have I Loved.
Sally, this was such a fantastic video!! I'm so inspired to re-read my childhood favorites now.
When I was in elementary school, I loved the "Amelia's Notebook" series, "The Doll People", Louis Sachar books especially "Someday Angeline," and "City of Ember."
omg i loved the louis sachar books too!
omg I used to love The Doll People!!
i have not read any of these books heck i did not even read as a child i did not have any of these experiences but for some reason watching you talk about these books and how they impacted you just something clicked and a bit of my inner child healed what is this sorcery!!!
OMG 🥺💗 voila!
this is such a wholesome video!! the books that i remember were my favorites from my childhood to my preteen/tween years were: the junie b jones books, the lord thief, flipped, hatchet (this book made me fall in love with reading in 5th grade), the seeds of america trilogy, matched, the hunger games, percy jackson (pjo and hoo, aka my fav series ever to this day), the giver (one of my fav books of all time, i adore that book), and the frog & toad books!!
aw thank you!! a couple of those i have lined up for a middle school vid hehe!
This was only the most wholesome video I have ever seen
I loved loved loved Each Little Bird That Sings--your descriptions are spot on. Other books that I adored were A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin (I was blown away that someone could write a book in the perspective of a dog) and any Andrew Clements books. My parents read to me before bed all through elementary school and then still in middle and high school we would pull out a book to read the night before Christmas and the night before the first day of school.
awww seki i’m emo!!! i loved andrew clements too!!
this is such a sweet video and i think i will do this too in my own time
aww what a cute video! i also loved all these books growing up :( also i love your editing haha!
thank u so much!! 🥺💗
this is such a fun idea omggg
ahhhh it was so much fun!!
i love everything about this ❤️
bestie 🥺💗
I've read almost all of these books other than Each Little Bird that Sings, which is now on my list. I was really into Carl Hiaasen's kids novels specifically Hoot and Chomp. I also remember reading like anything with dogs in it (Winn Dixie
yes carl hiassen fans rise! i love hatchet too! great minds think alike rylie!
i had recently reread because of winne dixie and was so surprised at how perfect it still was as an adult.
YES it never gets old
This video was so sweet and comforting, thank you, Sally! Will definitely try smth of Kate di Camillo.
yesss’
Watching this during my lunch break at my brand new big girl job wishing I could go back 😭😭 Edward Tulane is one of the first books I remember having an emotional breakdown over
same same same same! sarah ruth ❤️🩹
My favourite books from childhood that I can remember were:
the famous five series, any cathy cassidy, why the whales came, kensuke's kingdom, and war horse by Michael Morpurgo
i haven't read any of those! thanks for the recs!
One of my favourites was The Bridge ti Terabithia as well. Read it several times, still breaks me. And the second film adaptation of it is good as well!
i didn’t even know there was another one! i’ll check it out!
@@SallyThames there's two as far as I know, one was directed in 1985 and one in 2007. I like the adaptation from 2007. 😊
I was obsessed with the Warriors series as a child and that's mainly what I remember reading. I also really loved Mrs Frisby and The Rats of NIMH, the Fairyland series, Inkheart... I couldn't stand realistic fiction at the time so I missed out on the experience of things like Because of Winn Dixie
i haven't read any of those, but i've always been a realistic fiction girlie for the most part! thanks for sharing!
charlie and the chocolate factory was such a favourite of mine growing up as well, also anything by enid blyton (especially the twins at st. clare's books and amelia jane) , little women, and ofc the geronimo stilton books 💀
geronimo stilton was TOP TIER!!! i devoured those
My favorite childhood author was Jack London... yes I was a wolf girl
it's a crime against humanity that this video doesn't have the little prince in it
NEXT ONE IN SERIES! i read that in middle school ;)
@@SallyThames OMIGOD SALLY IS SERVING Y'ALL! i literally can't wait for that! like i might just be as excited for it as i am for Harry's House (which is saying a LOT)
my favorite books as a child were the land of stories, especially the 2nd one by chris colfer; the series of unfortunate events, the 2nd and 5th one by lemony snicket; a night divided by jennifer a. nielsen; and foxcraft book 1, the taken by inbali iserles
omg i never read land of stories but as a glee fan, i should have
@@SallyThames really shouldve, great middle grade series
ADORABLE
THANK U BESTIE
great video! did you read Coraline as a child? Just curious because it was my favorite in 5th grade. Funny because Neil Gaiman didn't turn out to be one of my favorite authors, but that book is absolute perfection to me and I read it frequently even as an adult! Anyway, love seeing videos like this, your videos have been so good lately. much love!
aw thank you so much! i loved the movie but haven’t read the book! still on my tbr!
@@SallyThames it’s worth the read! And definitely still good as an adult. I’m sure your TBR pile is gigantic tho!
lil baby sally 😭
just a small gal
you tearing up over winn dixie 😭😭
all the playground clips 😭😭😭
this is the most pure video i have ever seen it healed MY inner child
@@allisonpaiges my only goal!!!
fuck why am i crying
why am I crying!
okay fifth grade photo. Church basketball league's number 1 shooter 😤
U ALREADY KNOW THEY DIDN’T CALL ME DEADEYE FOR NOTHIN
lol not the afterschool program
u know the one 👀
AAH I accidentally hit dislike but I changed it! I LOVED this video!!!
VERA THANK U!!!! love u tons
Kinda disappointed you didn't make a 'Cleary' joke when you said you could remember so clearly @ 2:46 :/
these are things only ur superior mind can come up with so fast
i love the idea of this video and got great recommendations, thank you!
thank u sm!!