I tend to roll my eyes when I hear the combined names for couples thing, but I'll admit, I've made one up here ... these two read a lot and often it's the same book, so they became Perry. It will not hurt my feelings if they want a change! ;-)

I remember reading stories by Uncle Remus, but mine was a simple picture book just about Br'er Rabbit while the one listed here was a 'very fat book', (probably the complete collection by Joel Chandler Harris) received when this reader was between 6 and 8 (about the same time My Father's Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannett, was also a favorite). Later there was a two volume set of Rudyard Kipling which would become a life long interest, I think this half of Perry was reading Kipling when we met ... or maybe we just got to talking about him! Then, when Mom got a job at the Tacoma library, she started bringing home all kinds of books, two which stood out and took me on a merry chase to learn more about them. One was about the black cowboy Ned Huddleston (aka Isom Dart and Black Fox). Perry had the right title, but did not remember the name of the cowboy until a few days later. Good thing it came to mind because there are several books out with the title One More River to Cross, but this one, with the subtitle the Life and Legend of Isom Dart, by Will Henry is the cowboy in question!

The other book was about Matthew Henson, who was Robert Peary's "indispensable" partner in the quest to reach the North Pole. This 'half of Perry' thinks there was an odd (maybe even made up) name something like 'Adooloh' and a children's book, but none of us have had any luck searching for it. Perry does, however, have Negro Explorer at the North Pole: the Autobiography of Matthew Henson. Memory can be a funny thing, it seems! While Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss came to mind when I asked about books from childhood, any details did not!

Now, the other side of Perry, in those preteen years, read all the Marguerite Henry books, all the Walter Farley books, and especially loved The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. As a teen (thanks to Dad) Edgar Rice Burroughs was a favorite author and all the Tarzan, Pellucidar, Venus, Mars (Barsoom), and Moon series were read. I'm told they were great adventure/romances! Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, and Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand were also memorable enough to become part of this post! (What a contrast there)! This side of Perry has fond memories of reading Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne to her offspring. There were many others, but this is the one that causes a smile.
 

For now this is the last of the 'what we read as kids' post. What a fun project this has been! Thanks to all of you who sent back such wonderful responses to my query! :-)
 

Reading Hermit With Dog