From: Rebecca Shortridge <beckyshortridge>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:24:10 +0000

When my sons were early readers, I discovered the "orange biographies" again
- that is what called them when I was a kid, too! They loved them as much as I did, and I was tickled when they were being re-released in paperback
(although I much prefer the old orange cover! Our library never through out our old ones, thank goodness!) Was there one about Nancy Hanks, or am I just thinking about the Abe one?

Becky Norton Youth Services Laurel Public Library Laurel DE


>From: "Hopkinson, Deborah" <Deborah.Hopkinson at oregonstate.edu>
>To: "Susan Daugherty"
><susaninaruba at yahoo.com>,<ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Childhood of Famous American series (Books
>withOrangeCovers)
>Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 08:33:18 -0700
>
>I also have vivid memories of the "books with orange covers." For me,
>the strongest memory has to do with the fact that there were some on
>women, which may be where my own interest in women's history began.
>Clara Barton and Jesse Fremont come to mind.
>
>Those orange covers made an impression -- perhaps because there weren't
>many other books out there. I recently heard David Sedaris speak. He's
>known for asking questions and chatting with folks in the signing line,
>and as he was signing a book for me, it came up that I wrote historical
>fiction and nonfiction. His first response? Remembering the "books
>with the orange covers" he'd read as a kid.
>
>Deborah Hopkinson
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Susan
>Daugherty
>Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:33 AM
>To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Childhood of Famous American series (Books with
>OrangeCovers)
>
>Bonnie Withers was referring to this series (see above), which someone
>else has already referred to. They horrify people now, but they had
>their good points. When my husband and I met, one of the ways we bonded
>was our common love of these books and their orange covers with the
>silhouettes.
>
> Susan
>
>
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