6.06 Childhood Favourites: 2008

Welcome back to the series in which I revisit favourite books from my childhood. We began in 2007 with Enid Blyton and The Boxcar Children, and today we’re exploring 2008 with Anne of Green Gables and Ballet Shoes.

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Books mentioned

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 1877

• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, 1908

• Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 1880-1881

• Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter, 1913

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911

• Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space by Amanda Leduc, 2020

• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streadfeild, 1936

2008 references

• So Fresh: Hits of Autumn 2008 (Wikipedia / Spotify playlist)

• High School Musical 3 (2008)

• Wild Child (2008)

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