Books blog + Summer holidays | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog+travel/summer-holidays Index en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2016 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:50:10 GMT 2016-08-29T23:50:10Z en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2016 The Guardian https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png https://www.theguardian.com Children's summer book season is open https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jul/30/childrens-summer-book-season The school holidays used to be great for tackling an entire series or a certain theme. Which books once filled your vacations?<p>We've <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/17/summer-reading-coalition-books" title="dealt with the grown-ups">dealt with the grown-ups</a>, this week it's the children's turn. In tomorrow's Guardian Review, Julia Eccleshare is selecting her favourite summer reads for kids of all ages. She makes some great suggestions, including Emily Gravett for the littl'uns and Meg Rosoff for teens (and beyond), but it got me thinking about what "summer reading" meant for me as a child. It certainly wasn't about purpose-bought new books.</p><p>As school broke up and the seemingly endless holidays stretched ahead, I set off to the library armed with not only my card, permitting four books to be borrowed, but also my brother's (which he would happily lend me in return for a 10p mix from the corner shop) and that of any other family member I could convince through some combination of special pleading and emotional blackmail ("We don't go to theme parks like normal families so I need to go the library," was the usual line). Special times called for special measures and the summer holidays were especially special – whole days could be spent curled up with a book, lost in another world for hours on end. A large stack of books was required. With those multiple identities, the local library was my domain to explore.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jul/30/childrens-summer-book-season">Continue reading...</a> Children and teenagers Fiction Books Culture Summer holidays Education Children's books: 8-12 years Teen books Children's books: 7 and under School holidays Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:40:18 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jul/30/childrens-summer-book-season Photograph: Fotos International/Getty Images West is best ... the cast of Little House on the Prairie, adapted for television from the novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Photograph: Fotos International/Getty Images Photograph: Fotos International/Getty Images West is best ... the cast of Little House on the Prairie, adapted for television from the novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Photograph: Fotos International/Getty Images Michelle Pauli 2010-07-30T15:40:18Z
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