Happy Birthday, Trixie!
When I was home, Shelley and I found this book in the back of a closet. It’s a second edition of ONLY my favorite kids series of ALL TIME.
The series ran from 1948-1986 and has 39 books in its repertoire. Do I own every single one? You betcha. My mom and I made it a goal to scour used book stores until we had the entire collection. The gatehouse mystery, above, was published in 1951 {third in the series}, which makes it 60 years old this year.
Trixie Belden is a teenage sleuth with more angst, spunk, and relatability than Nancy Drew. I was never a big fan of her, anyway; lesser-known Trixie was always my girl…I wanted to be just like her! The books are being reproduced, but looking at the random house site kind of pains my heart…only because The new Trixie looks nothing like the old.
PS:Â I love it when you buy old books and they have signatures inside them. “This book belongs to ________.” Let’s bring that back!
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
I think we discussed this before but I, too, loved Trixie. It took me forever to figure out what a Jalopy was. I haven’t read those in years. I should re-visit.
I get a lot of books for Milo that have the “book belongs to,” but since I get them at Savers they are sometimes filled in. I had forgotten all about them until I started buying books for him. Interested to hear your take on e-readers.