Carry On Reading

From the late 1970's Carry On Reading

Goodbye Sheila

I was deeply saddened to read yesterday of the death of Sheila K. McCullagh MBE ( 3 December 1920 – 7 July 2014 ) . She was an author who touched the hearts of children growing up in the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's with numerous series of schoolbooks. Although never reaching the best sellers lists or Hollywood she created stories that held magic, mystery and in some cases pirates. Her stories although falling out of favour with the educators in the late 90's will continue to live on in the hearts and memories of the children that she taught and encouraged to read. Thank you Sheila for encouraging so many children to learn about the magic of stories and books. 

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Macdonald Countries

From Macdonald Educational an early years geography series .

Topsy and Tim

Who could forget Topsy and Tim published by Blackie

The NEW old school reading book website

Click HERE to enter the NEW old school reading book website 

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Ladybird

As you ALL know about Ladybird books I don't really need to make this post but.....here it is anyway

The Reading Book PinInterest Page

Should you not feel like wading through the whole of my site you can always have a look at my PinInterest page for this site.

http://pinterest.com/juliemunck/old-children-s-books/

The Obsession

When I first started this website/collection many years ago I had no idea of the impact it would have, I also had no idea that this type of literature (yes, dear reader, I class school reading books as literature) was in danger of slipping out of the memories of all of us!

I just would like to take a post to say THANK YOU to all of you who commented, reminded me and passed on information that has helped me to create this website.

The blog will continue, just as my search for these elusive gems of our childhood continues, let us just hope that the website is far more sturdy than my bookcases.

Julie

Wide Range Early Bird Stories

The younger version of the Wide Range Readers.

Happy Venture Readers

The Happy Venture Readers from the early 60's.

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Sound Sense English Grammar Book

English Grammar book from the early 70's.

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School Maths Book...

It's given me the run around but I think this is one of the maths books we used at school, it's from the early 80's.

Sea Hawk Series

Another series by Sheila Mccullagh, this one was I think dated from 1969ish and yet again was on a nautical topic.

Breakthrough Reading Scheme

I've finally found them..the very first books I had at primary school. It was the Breakthrough reading scheme. They were published in 1970 by Longman (and I am just relieved to have finally found out what they were!)

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Wide Range Readers Series

Yet another book that triggers a distant memory, the publishing age is about right as well. These were common place in the early 70's in schools. Some of you may remember the characters Lok and Shan.

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This Is The Way I Go

Another book that seems to ring a bell deep inside my mind. It was published in 1965 and was aimed at very young primary school age.

Monster Reading Scheme

The Monster reading scheme was popular in the late 1970s and 1980s. Written by Ellen Blance and Ann Cook, illustrated by Quentin Blake, published in 1979 by Longman Group Ltd.

Bangers and Mash

Alongside the Bangers and Mash reading books, they were also Bangers and mash workbooks. Doesn;t ring any bells for me, but I'm sure it does for someone out there!

The Gayway Series

These ring a bell as well, I'm sure I remember these at the age 6 or 7 level. It's amazing how many memories you can stir up doing this!

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