Talking Book Reader

adaptivedc's webcam video June 22, 2010, 06:31 AM

I posed a question yesterday about Janet and John books,and somebody mentioned they didnt use them at school,but used the Beacon reader books.

Something in that title prodded a memory,and im now trying to remember the content,as i must have had them at school too,as the familar title just sparked something.

Danged if i remember the book much.

Can anyone enlighten me?
I guess they were talking about the 50`s 60`s 70` time range.

I was at infants school in late 60`s early 70`s.

I am very intrigued,and cannot get the impression i read them too out of my head.

Oh,and i remember the ladybird books too,i saw tons of them in a old shop in yorkshire last week,really old ones.

They bought back some good memories.
I collect old childrens books,especially school ones,and am always looking for new ones.

I guess it reminds me of more innocent times,and in the harsh world we live in,i think a bit of re-living happier times just makes us smile and feel better.

I remember these really well, they contained short stories, poems such as : Down the road the rooster goes on his little yellow toes' and 'the dolls and i the other day had a picnic in the hay. Loved them.

2007-09-05 22:15:58 by ann123

Price: $9.99

I'm an avid sci-fi/fantasy reader and I would like to join some sort of book club where I can talk to other readers about the books I've read or get suggestions for future books to read. I've never been in a book club before. So, I don't know any good ones.

For purchasing books, the Science Fiction Book Club has good prices. Discussion groups tend to be geographically limited for obvious reasons (a lack of teleportation devices LOL), but NYC and Los Angeles have groups I've been to. If you have a favorite author or two, check yahoogroups, as there are on line discussion groups for quite a few SF authors, and I've found them to be a lot of fun. There is also Changingthetimes.net, for those interested in alternate histories and parallel universes. And several groups for Star Trek. Babylon 5 has a group, and on and on. I hope to see you someday on one of the groups I'm in.

2006-10-02 11:17:33 by DubbaD

Price: $3.99

To quote one of my favorite authors, Stephen King, "I'm talking about the one that got under you like a magic carpet and lifted you right off the ground".
There are so many good answers here, but before I choose best, I need list honorable mentions:

Reilly616 for being a Terry Pratchett fan.

Walt the Malt because Catcher is for me what it was for you. The book that set you on the road to be a reader.

Last but not least, x_xennon because he always gives a well thought out, detailed answer, and he loves the Dark Tower series as do I!

I am a retired English teacher, so obviously books grabbed my attention at a young age. Both of my parents were avid readers, so it was natural for me to want to be like them. The one book I remember I could not put down as a girl was "The Wizard of Oz." My mother had a hard time convincing me to leave it for a little while to eat dinner.

2007-09-10 08:13:24 by sleepingliv

An Afterword is when the author wants to clarify something about the story, like "In this novel I wrote about the death of young women in Africa, which is something really happening in the world today, etc etc." It has nothing to do with the plot, but it does give extra information.

An Epilogue is basically another chapter at the end of the story that lets you know what happens later, after the main story is finished.

An Appendix is a source of extra information extraneous to the story, but which clarifies a certain aspect of it, for example, in 1984 when the topic of newspeak comes up, the reader is referred to an appendix at the end of the novel, in order to learn what it is, be given examples, and generally get clarification. In later readings, the reader will most likely remember the information given in the appendix, and will therefore not need to reread it, as it isn't exactly part of the plot, it just adds to your understanding.

An Author's Note is like an Afterword, but a lot shorter; for example, if a novel were written fictionalizing the account of Jack the Ripper, the author could write in the note, "Jack the Ripper was never unmasked, and there are currently many speculations about who he might have been. I have tried my best to stick to the facts of the murders in this book, but any conclusions I have drawn regarding his identity are purely my own".

The Acknowledgements are a section where the author generally lists all the people who helped him/her with any research or information that was needed to write the story. This is usually quite an extensive list for books requiring medical, historical or technical knowledge and language.

The Postscript or Subscript is generally a technique used in poetry or letter writing, adding information at the bottom of the page that is not a part of the body of the text.

2007-02-16 08:52:11 by sainty82