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Which Way Secret Door Books #7
The Magic Carpet
You open a secret door in your closet and walk onto a thick carpet. Suddenly, it lifts you up and out the window! On your magic carpet, you can explore a wonderful castle and outsmart a giant. Or you can ride through a tornado, or fly on a horse with wings! Whatever adventures you pick, you'll have a terrific time on your magic carpet! (from back cover)
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64 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1983
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R.G. Austin
43 books4 followersRita Golden Gelman and Nancy Lamb writing together as R.G. Austin
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March 1, 2020Yet another book from my past the Great Collective Goodreads Brain helped me rediscover.
Although I struggled for YEARS to recall the title, or, really, anything concrete about this book (like...I don't know... a PLOT), I vividly remembered random bits and pieces from when I read it as a pretty young kid:
I remembered the beginning: How the character ("you" since this is one of those 'pick-your-path' sorts) enters their closet one night and finds a secret door they never saw before. Now I know portals through closets are not a new concept, but for me this was my first encounter...pre-Narnia (which you'd best not get me started on, because the rant will be scathing and not a can of worms I want to open again). I remember how the portal took them to a secret room covered by the softest, most plush carpet imaginable. The carpet turns out to be magical. I mean, of COURSE the carpet turns out to be magical.
I thought of this scene many times throughout my (adult) lifetime:
-When I first read House of Leaves.
- When I was house shopping a few years back and looked at a house with a door to the attic/storage at the back of a walk-in closet. Obviously we didn't get this house. It reeked of 1,001 dogs and 30+ years of stale cigar smoke. Plus, that attic door was hella creepy and there's no way I could sleep well at night knowing it was there.
Another scene I recalled from the book was when the character (again, "you"). Had to mix colors to make purple. A choice to mix "all the colors" led to an illustration of a drippy black mess (obviously the wrong choice). Pretty juvenile stuff here. I mean, most kindergartners know the recipe for purple... but I guess maybe some don't? I was a pretty artistically-advanced kiddo, so, you know...
But that's IT! That's all I remembered. Not much to go on, for sure. But the book was found. YAY! Seeing the cover, I recalled more details about the story...which actually was pretty good, considering. It's definitely for younger readers. Those not yet ready to tackle the Choose Your Own Adventure series.
I've currently got it on request through my library system & am looking forward to the reread.
Although I struggled for YEARS to recall the title, or, really, anything concrete about this book (like...I don't know... a PLOT), I vividly remembered random bits and pieces from when I read it as a pretty young kid:
I remembered the beginning: How the character ("you" since this is one of those 'pick-your-path' sorts) enters their closet one night and finds a secret door they never saw before. Now I know portals through closets are not a new concept, but for me this was my first encounter...pre-Narnia (which you'd best not get me started on, because the rant will be scathing and not a can of worms I want to open again). I remember how the portal took them to a secret room covered by the softest, most plush carpet imaginable. The carpet turns out to be magical. I mean, of COURSE the carpet turns out to be magical.
I thought of this scene many times throughout my (adult) lifetime:
-When I first read House of Leaves.
- When I was house shopping a few years back and looked at a house with a door to the attic/storage at the back of a walk-in closet. Obviously we didn't get this house. It reeked of 1,001 dogs and 30+ years of stale cigar smoke. Plus, that attic door was hella creepy and there's no way I could sleep well at night knowing it was there.
Another scene I recalled from the book was when the character (again, "you"). Had to mix colors to make purple. A choice to mix "all the colors" led to an illustration of a drippy black mess (obviously the wrong choice). Pretty juvenile stuff here. I mean, most kindergartners know the recipe for purple... but I guess maybe some don't? I was a pretty artistically-advanced kiddo, so, you know...
But that's IT! That's all I remembered. Not much to go on, for sure. But the book was found. YAY! Seeing the cover, I recalled more details about the story...which actually was pretty good, considering. It's definitely for younger readers. Those not yet ready to tackle the Choose Your Own Adventure series.
I've currently got it on request through my library system & am looking forward to the reread.
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