Memories of Sneezing: Books
There were quite a few books that caught my eye when I was young. I used to read them over and over again (or look at the pictures). I can remember being about 5 or 6 when I felt a little silly for reading them so much and from them on, did so much more privately so my parents would not ask questions. Here is a collection of ones I remember. I've scanned in some pictures/pages from a few of them.
| Perhaps what made me think it was silly was the fact that I really loved looking the word 'sneeze' up in the dictonary, as well as the related 'sneezing', 'cold', 'ill', 'flu', 'sick', 'sniff', 'sniffle', 'snuffle', and even 'cough'. I remember liking the definition of 'snuffle' quite a lot! My frist dictionary was a picture one featured to the right here. I have fond memories of sneaking the book out of the bookcase just to see the picture of the sneezing snake, or the picture of the sick man in bed. The 'Flinstones' picture dictonary was my second, with pictures of Fred looking ill and Dino sneezing. Then of course I 'graduated' to actual dictionaries. |  |
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Here are a few more of my
favorites (click on the thumbnail for the larger pictures of them) from
when I was a kid. I remember making my mother read them to me many, many
times before I could read them for myself. I was in love with the Teddy
Bear's book and always wished I could jump in there and hug William,
though my favorite was the studious bear(Charles) who made the temperature
chart for some reason.
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And these are from a randomhouse poetry book, the colored one from the front cover, even.
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I loved the Berenstain Bears series when I was growing up- read every one of them I could. My absolute favorite was 'Berenstain Bears go to the Doctor'. The cubs were a little scared to be going for their check-ups and Papa bear spent the entire book boasting about how he never got sick but sneezing anyway. So of course, at the end of the story, Papa Bear lets out a tremendous sneeze (as he has come down sick). I never got up the courage to ask my parents to buy the book, but every time we went to the bookstore and I saw the series, I'd look for it and sneak a peak at the last page or two at the very large sneeze. Sometimes I'd do the same at the library but never, ever had the courage to check the book out. heehee I just felt a little silly to like seeing him sneeze so much and didn't want to seem weird, even though I never thought I was a freak or anything. I just liked sneezing, just like some people like sports. Well.. not just, but it was an interest among many. I always wanted to hear it in audio though...
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This is a list of books I liked as a kid that had sneezing (or colds in at least one case) in them. It's probably not all of them, but I'll keep adding as I remember them, of course.
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| Johnny Lion's Bad Day is another book from my past. I used to absolutely love it even before I could read and got it out of the library countless times. The plot is one of a little lion who has "a bad, bad cold" The poor thing's in bed with a red nose and tissues throughout the whole book. Afraid my scanner didn't do a good job at it so I didn't scan many in, but still a very cute book. | 
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| I came across another book I hadn't thought about in years. In fact, I didn't remember it even had sneezing in it until I saw it in a used bookstore- the cover reminded me I'd read it as a kid. Arthur's Nose is Arthur's realizing he doesn't like his nose. A realization he gets from having a cold and red nose. I bought the book of amazon.com as I didn't have the courage to buy the book in person even now. :-) |   |
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