Many, many years ago when I was a grade school student at St. Maurice Catholic school I discovered a book titled "Dangerous Island" in the school library. It was a favorite of mine, along with the Tom Corbett - Space Cadet series (I bought four of the eight Space Cadet books on Ebay over a decade ago for young son. He thought they were boring,)
Over the years I occasionally thought about "Dangerous Island" but although I enjoyed it as a kid I couldn't even remember the actual title of the book. Over President's day weekend the Missus and I traveled to Yucca Valley to visit Joshua Tree national park and in an antique store in Yucca Valley I saw the book from my childhood sitting on a table. I recognized it immediately and pounced on it, scooped it up, and bought it for the bargain price of $5!
The book was published in 1956 and was a 'Weekly Reader' book selection. The copy I purchased is in great shape. I'd like to loan it to Ladybug my granddaughter who is an avid reader just as I was at her age. I imagine it is dated and corny and probably not even at her grade level but perhaps she will find it as much fun as I did when I was a grade schooler and dreaming of adventure so many years ago.
http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Island-Helen-Mather-Smith-Mindlin/dp/B0007E4IL6
Over the years I occasionally thought about "Dangerous Island" but although I enjoyed it as a kid I couldn't even remember the actual title of the book. Over President's day weekend the Missus and I traveled to Yucca Valley to visit Joshua Tree national park and in an antique store in Yucca Valley I saw the book from my childhood sitting on a table. I recognized it immediately and pounced on it, scooped it up, and bought it for the bargain price of $5!
The book was published in 1956 and was a 'Weekly Reader' book selection. The copy I purchased is in great shape. I'd like to loan it to Ladybug my granddaughter who is an avid reader just as I was at her age. I imagine it is dated and corny and probably not even at her grade level but perhaps she will find it as much fun as I did when I was a grade schooler and dreaming of adventure so many years ago.
http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Island-Helen-Mather-Smith-Mindlin/dp/B0007E4IL6
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I'm sure she'll read it with some prompting--she'll read most anything these days! Although I offered to let her read my copy of "The Happy Hollisters" a few days ago and after carefully reading the back cover and the first page she decided it wasn't for her. She thought the characters sounded oddly perfect.
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