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Lassie #1
Lassie & the Mystery at Blackberry Bog #1509
No dust cover. Some minor wear, good condition. Whitman 1956. omy26
282 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1956
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April 10, 2015
I enjoyed reading this book!
It was a good visit back to my childhood memories of Lassie, reminding me especially the old TV show.
Reading the book as an adult. the book was sometimes quite predictable. But that is okay....it was still a good read.
Looking back at the Lassie stories as an adult, it is kind of amusing to see that, sometimes, Lassie seems more creative and human and smarter than the humans in the story.
It was a good visit back to my childhood memories of Lassie, reminding me especially the old TV show.
Reading the book as an adult. the book was sometimes quite predictable. But that is okay....it was still a good read.
Looking back at the Lassie stories as an adult, it is kind of amusing to see that, sometimes, Lassie seems more creative and human and smarter than the humans in the story.
March 8, 2011
It's a bit of a mystery to me why I didn't like dogs when I loved reading books about animals so much as a kid, but I guess I liked my animals safely between the covers of a book. There was some annoying repetition but for the most part this was a feel good family read.
May 20, 2009
I don't remember a lot about it but I remember that I much enjoyed it when I was a kid. I had dogs and loved dogs and lassie was a great TV series, which is why I wanted this book.
September 9, 2018
The year is MCMLVI, so every boy in town wants a fast racer bike, a basketball and hoop, a dog, and a bright pink shirt that will look sharp with a blue suit. But, how can you acquire all these treasures? Perhaps getting into the berry game? You know, picking wild blackberries and taking care of the strawberry bed at your farm. It's a lot of work and you need to stay out of the blackberry bog...quicksand-like death traps there...but there is probably still time to learn a few life lessons and solve a couple mysteries.
Fun facts from MCMLVI:
--This series takes place before the sequel by Camper Van Beethoven where we heard about the day that Lassie went to the moon.
--People were ashamed of the letter "e" in this time. So they called a cookie a "cooky" and said "Good-by" when departing.
--"There were many kinds of snobs, Gramps said. There were people who were snobbish because they read more than others; there were others who felt superior because they could predict the weather better than anybody else, and so on."
--In our time, everyone says "Lassie, hurry! Timmy fell down a well!" But in this time, Lassie's boy is named Jeff and doesn't have any friends named Timmy. Perhaps, Lassie didn't make it in time to save poor Timmy.
Why I read this: Somewhere along the way, I threw this into a bag of books from a thrift store or the Oakland White Elephant sale, probably to use for a paper art project. My wife or I decided it was in too good of shape to cut up, so it migrated to the shelves for readin' books rather than cuttin' books. And it's time to read some books off those shelves and out of our house. So, yep...Lassie that smarty pants, kid-saving dog!
Fun facts from MCMLVI:
--This series takes place before the sequel by Camper Van Beethoven where we heard about the day that Lassie went to the moon.
--People were ashamed of the letter "e" in this time. So they called a cookie a "cooky" and said "Good-by" when departing.
--"There were many kinds of snobs, Gramps said. There were people who were snobbish because they read more than others; there were others who felt superior because they could predict the weather better than anybody else, and so on."
--In our time, everyone says "Lassie, hurry! Timmy fell down a well!" But in this time, Lassie's boy is named Jeff and doesn't have any friends named Timmy. Perhaps, Lassie didn't make it in time to save poor Timmy.
Why I read this: Somewhere along the way, I threw this into a bag of books from a thrift store or the Oakland White Elephant sale, probably to use for a paper art project. My wife or I decided it was in too good of shape to cut up, so it migrated to the shelves for readin' books rather than cuttin' books. And it's time to read some books off those shelves and out of our house. So, yep...Lassie that smarty pants, kid-saving dog!
September 27, 2018
As a child, I loved Lassie books. They are nothing special, but make one dream of the glory days of summer with a sidekick as awesome as this dog. I still own some very old, original copies of these books, more for sentimental sake than anything.
January 29, 2015
This only gets two stars for its sentimental value.
December 30, 2020
I read this multiple times as a child about the same age as the main character (12) who also had a lassie dog (rough coated collie). I loved this book very much and read it multiple times. I just finished reading it as an adult, over two decades later. It's very entertaining to note the differences been life now and life in the 50s. I was more able to notice the changes in society now than as a kid.
The story and the characters still hold up. I found the mystery isn't really much of a mystery at all, but I still rate the book as a wholesome romp, and worth reading for children or adults seeking childhood nostalgia.
The story and the characters still hold up. I found the mystery isn't really much of a mystery at all, but I still rate the book as a wholesome romp, and worth reading for children or adults seeking childhood nostalgia.
September 14, 2023
Gee, I really wish I had one o' those swell English racer bikes!
December 12, 2024
This was a sweet, innocent, nod to times past. I enjoyed reading it to my kids, and my kids loved it!
December 13, 2025
It starts out kind of stream of consciousness; blackberries aren't mentioned till page 145...but it was enjoyable & got better as it went along
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