Books in My One-Room SDA School Library

[D.A. Wintsmith]

I'm trying to remember the books that were in the little library in the one-room school I attended in the Green Swamp (NC). There were books from several generations, and I read nearly all of them. There were old readers from the 1930s and Reading Course Books (that's what they call them, right -- each year new books were promoted for schools to buy and read, maybe for JMV related honors?) Most of them were in a single large book case. I would grab a book and then climb to the top of the book case, and lie on the upper ledge like a cat and read it. I had a great view of the classroom and the other classes the teacher was teaching.

Here are some of the titles I remember.

Jungle Thorn

Miracle in Borneo

Nyla and the White Crocodile

The Girl Next Door

Hello, David

City Streets and Country Roads

Long Ago and Far Away

Spinning Wheels

All of Sam Campbell Books, my favorite was Loony Coon

Alice and Jerry Books, my favorite was If I Were Going

Does anyone remember more of the names of the readers? I don't know if they were SDA published or not.

Please excuse if this topic exists somewhere else. I tried the Forum Search and am told I don't have permission to use it!

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I'm trying to remember the books that were in the little library in the one-room school I attended in the Green Swamp (NC). There were books from several generations, and I read nearly all of them. There were old readers from the 1930s and Reading Course Books (that's what they call them, right -- each year new books were promoted for schools to buy and read, maybe for JMV related honors?) Most of them were in a single large book case. I would grab a book and then climb to the top of the book case, and lie on the upper ledge like a cat and read it. I had a great view of the classroom and the other classes the teacher was teaching.

Here are some of the titles I remember.

Jungle Thorn

Miracle in Borneo

Nyla and the White Crocodile

The Girl Next Door

Hello, David

City Streets and Country Roads

Long Ago and Far Away

Spinning Wheels

All of Sam Campbell Books, my favorite was Loony Coon

Alice and Jerry Books, my favorite was If I Were Going

Does anyone remember more of the names of the readers? I don't know if they were SDA published or not.

my little school also had the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" books (though I remember the "Gosh dang these blizzards!" was inked out!)

[Gail]

LOL That's funny!

I grew up secular. We did get hand-me-down comic books from my cousin.

[Gail]

Did you have Eric B. Hare books, or was he still in Burma when you were younger?

[D.A. Wintsmith]

Oh yeah, Eric B. Hare books we had!

[Gail]

I love that story about old Mr. Hiss the snake that gobbled up poor disobedient Pip Pip! That just never gets old with me :)

[M. T. Cross]

I remember Nyla and the White Crocodile, and of course the Sam Campbell books. (Sam was not an Adventist so they probably should not have been there)

Thank goodness for those books because all of my Dr. Suess books got tossed after some church members convinced my parents they were the work of Satan himself.

[olger]

I read the Pushcart War.