tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post5511216032959260554..comments2023-11-25T08:29:25.520+00:00Comments on A World of Words: What Katy Did, by Susan CoolidgeA weary travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01791793488553744403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post-10951129312490485542013-03-31T11:02:50.000+01:002013-03-31T11:02:50.000+01:00[...] 5. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge (1872) [...[...] 5. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge (1872) [...]Vintage Children’s Literature Reading Challenge 2013 | A World of Wordshttp://awowords.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/vintage-kidlit-challenge/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post-4386501807972587482013-04-01T12:01:15.000+01:002013-04-01T12:01:15.000+01:00Hi ArabellaThank you so much! I've sent you an...Hi Arabella<br><br>Thank you so much! I've sent you an email. I'm glad you liked the post :-)Kayleighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post-49221433513830630862013-04-01T10:12:48.000+01:002013-04-01T10:12:48.000+01:00Hi Kayleigh, I stopped by mainly to let you know y...Hi Kayleigh, I stopped by mainly to let you know you have won the giveaway for the vintage children's literature reading challenge, I just need you to contact me with details of what book you would like and an address to send it to. You can contact me at arabellabramble (at) y7mail.com<br>Look forward to hearing from you, I will wait until Thursday and if I haven't heard by then I will Arabellahttp://genteelarsenal.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post-87064088269189505342013-03-31T14:38:00.000+01:002013-03-31T14:38:00.000+01:00I really enjoyed reading What Katy Did and, like L...I really enjoyed reading What Katy Did and, like Little Women and Anne of Green Gables, I did find it disappointing as a child that the feisty female heroines always became a little dull at the end of the story. I think Mary Lennox from The Secret Garden was one of the few that I thought needed to mellow a little bit and wasn't too good by the end of the book.Jill Londonhttp://jilllondon.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358545132069287230.post-3388404870333761882013-03-31T16:19:13.000+01:002013-03-31T16:19:13.000+01:00Yeah, I can see what you mean, although for some r...Yeah, I can see what you mean, although for some reason it never bothered me as a child! Mary Lennox definitely stayed the most 'human'. The Secret Garden was published about 20-30 years after the others though, I think, so maybe that made some sort of difference?Kayleighnoreply@blogger.com