anyone remember the jack and jill magazine for kids? during the 50s and
early 60s we subbed to that. one of my favorite stories was called "the
money cat". it was a condensed book, reprinted in serial form, about some
kids who explored a boarded up house and found a cabinet behind the
wallpaper. the cabinet held a china cat with something that rattled in it.
turns out that the 'something that rattled' was a key item to help a woman
regain her inheritance. i have no clue as to how to find the author of that.

the 2nd favorite from that mag was about a girl and her younger sibling who
found a coin that looked kind of like a nickle, but while the kids were
holding the coin, one of them wished something and they got half of what
they wished for. as the story rolls along the power of the coin diminishes
and ultimately, they have to throw it away for someone else to find. don't
know the title or author of that.

i'd like to read both stories again.

any suggestions?
mad

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Blessed is he who can laugh at himself for he shall never
cease to be amused.

From: zookeeper
Organization: Oregon Public Networking
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:10:13 -0700
Subject: OT Harry Potter OT

sandra wrote:
When I was a child in the 60's we used to have a newspaper sort of item
called "weekly reader" ... Also had an opportunity to
pre-order short story type cheap paper backs in school.

They still have Weekly Reader (my boys had them in grades 3-5), and
Scholastic Books (and another two or three companies) still have the
inexpensive books that can be ordered and purchased in group by
classroom. And as someone mentioned, Scholastic Books also has a web
site and books can be ordered there (and credited to a school -- the
school then receives free books based on the number of books ordered).

My favorite childhood book: The Secret Garden -- checked it out so many
times in 3rd grade, the librarian finally made me check out 8-10 other
books before she'd let me read it again. :-) Wise lady, although I did
plenty of grumbling then. Every time we visit a local book reseller I
look for that particular edition and will pay whatever it costs when I
find it.
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zookeeper




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