You. Hey, guys. Thank you for joining me with another episode of Grown and bookish with Michael Knight. So tonight, I am going to cover the book, my favorite book from childhood, Matilda. Now, I don't know how many of you have read this book. International bestseller. Been out since 1988, so I'm pretty sure some of you have actually heard of it. If not read it, seen the movies, but the book is always better. Quote me on that
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 0:32
I think that doesn't get enough credit because James and the giant Peach is probably my second favorite after Matilda. So, yeah, it sounds like you have a good taste
Hey there, thanks for the reply. Sounds like we have similar tastes because I really enjoy James and the giant peach quite a bit. I actually of all of the raw doll book to film adaptations I think that that's probably my favorite one. Maybe because of who was responsible or who was in charge of the project in Henry Selik. A lot of people don't know know
Nicole Thomas
@NicoleT5 · 1:05
And the premise of it all is just freedom. And it's beautiful. And I absolutely love that book. When I was growing up, I read it so many times, and I recently found it at, like, a friends of the library book sale or something like that. And I bought it for my own collection. So, yes, I absolutely love this book. You should check it out. The people who could fly by Virginia Hamilton
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 0:12
Nicole, thank you so much for suggesting this book I've never heard of. It's so weird. It's going to the top of my list for Black History Month. Again, thank you
Jayne Carson
@wsjayne · 0:30
My favorite book growing up through elementary school was Pippi along stalking. In fact, I think by fifth grade they told me I'd stop with the Pippi and go on to a new book. That was my go to for a book report. She was funny, creative and definitely unique. Also independent
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 0:17
You know what's sad is I don't think I ever read the book. I used to watch the movie, though. A lot. Like, maybe even way too much. I remember the theme song, too. Pippi. Long socking. Wow. Brought back a memory there. Now I have to look for the book. Thank you so much
April Ehrig
@Blitzandmillie · 1:06
My favorite book as a child were those books that my parents would read to me. They divorced when I was younger so I felt like reading was one on one time with my parents that was kind of treasured by me. So my favorite books would be the hobbit. My father read me the Hobbit at I was fairly young but I sat through the whole and was fascinated by it and still love fantasy today
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 0:34
It. I think it's really sweet that that's the memories that you hold on to, your parents reading to you. For me, like, my parents definitely stoked my fire for reading. Like, every week, my dad would buy me one of those books from, you know, the golden books that they used to have back in the 80s. Like, he would always come back home with one of them after work, and
Isoellen Writes
@Isoellen · 4:28
It is hard for kids to sit and listen for 30 minutes or 20 minutes as a teacher reads or a parent reads, and it's very sad. And so that you found value in that book as a kid is just remarkable. However, I do have a beef with english authors. Why do they always. I mean, what is it? I have a friend who's from England, and every time I get together and we talk about children's books, because he's got kids
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 0:47
They were s, by people who went through the war, and they went through such horrible austerity there especially, you got to remember, England was actually bombed, and there was, like, a lot of destruction, a lot of orphanages. So children were treated like garbage for a while there. So I'm not really surprised that that kind of influenced their writing. But you know what? Good observation. I never really thought too deeply into it before you mentioned it