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    Barbed Ire: I wonder how the sellers can prove that the erstwhile owners of these books are really who they claim? What kind of evidence can back up that kind of ... more »
    Bitingpika: I read the Alice books more than 200 times between the ages of 7 and 10. Just seeing that illustration gives me a warm feeling. more »
    IndignationCoordinator: This reminds me of when I rang JD Salinger's doorbell to request his copy of The Catcher in the Rye. He wasn't too pleased, for some reason. more »
    girlgonemild: Wow, this looks like an incredible sale: lots of A.A. Milne and Frank Baum books as well as, ah, Little Black Sambo. The description of Alice in Wond... more »
    ronniedobbs: How come all my neighbors ever give me are their extra roaches? more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: WANT Peter Rabbit! My collected Beatrix Potter was my favorite book as a child - my parents and I read it over and over until the cover literally fell... more »
    PipPipCheerio: Incidentally, has anyone ever read Lynne Truss's novel Tennyson's Gift? It's about Lewis Carroll and Alice, and it's delightfully absurd. more »
    sayah: We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. more »
    bornkonfused: I can't believe there are other people who know the magic of Anne Shirley...I read all 8 of those books over and over...I didn't know there were others!! more »
    Jack_Burton: There's no telling what it will take to save Rhyme and Reason... (inspired by Amy Pohler's Leslie Knope filibustering a meeting by reading The Phantom... more »
    MarissaExplainsItAll: I try to pull a Nancy Drew at least once a month... so far this month was sort of a success, but one more piece of the puzzle needs to be figured out. more »
    gangey: When I was really little my family used "rolling down the haystack" as a euphemism for doing something naughty after you have just been told to stop d... more »
    mbot says Spock yeah!: Two that I currently use in real life: 1)Laura Ingalls style: in a manner deliberately avoiding modern conveniences Ex: I should have done a load of l... more »
    CherriSpryte: My friends and I still put up "wants to move to Australia" as a status message when we're having terrible, horrible, no-good very bad days. more »
    loltofu: Hortense, you TEASE me with a picture of Matilda and then nothing from that perfect, perfect book. more »
  • #queensofhearts

    Go Ask Alice

    A copy of Alice in Wonderland owned by Lewis Carroll's neighbor Alice Liddell - the original Alice and Carroll's inspiration - will go up for auction next month. Also for sale: Beatrix Potter's copy of Peter Rabbit. [Reuters]
  • #wordsofwisdom

    A Glossary Of Terms Inspired By The Ladies Of Children's Literature

    When I'm in crisis mode, I ask myself: "What would Matilda do?" While the answer (telekinesis) isn't always helpful, there are some phrases, inspired by children's lit characters, that one should always keep in mind. More »
  • #inbrief

    When We Grow Up