Trixie Belden fans, post here!

[alliecats]

Since so many of us Rabbiters got it from Trixie Belden, I am inspired to see how many of us are out there.
So,
Did you love Trixie? YES
Which was your favorite book? Red Trailer Mystery (if you don't remember the title, describe it briefly. Sadly, I will know EXACTLY which one you mean. I collect them!
What other childrens' books did you love? Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, Betsy-Tacy, Beany Malone, Rosamund du Jardin, Little House books, Shoes books by Noel Streatfeild, Anne of Green Gables books, Raggedy Ann books, and many others.

 

[denisem]

Gleeps, Mart! I sure was!

Funny, I passed along my TB books to my niece, who collected them for her daughter.

Favorite? The Mystery off Glen Road.

Denise < --- also a fan of Donna Parker and Nancy Drew.

 

[KathyTX]

Oh, my. A real blast from my past!

Crabapple Farm, and the wealthy but lonely Honey Wheeler...

I haven't thought of these books in years- I read them all, probably in 4th and 5th grades.

 

[Teejay32]

Argh, I don't remember titles, and I get her mixed up with Robin Kane all the time. (Don't hate me.) The first one I read had to do with an idol, when they were on a trip to Manhattan.

I had all the Little House books, most of Anne of Green Gables and about 50 Nancy Drews.

 

[Poohnatic]

OMG, I was thinking of this series the other day! I ended up living about an hour away from the area of Virginia that was in one of the books. I was a big Nancy Drew reader (had the original 45, until the rest came out) and my mom would give me any new kid's mystery books she could at b'day and Christmas time!

I'd read anything I could get my hands on. I was the kid with the nose in the book constantly. I'm volunteering in my son's school library, and it's so neat to see the books I loved as a kid and point other kids to them!

Suzanne

 

[alliecats]

OMG, I was thinking of this series the other day! I ended up living about an hour away from the area of Virginia that was in one of the books.

That would be #14, The Mystery of the Emeralds! That is so cool!

 

[bengalbelle]

Me!! I LOVED Trixie Belden. My mom would take me to the book exchange every week so I could get a new one!! I also collect them, but had to start over because the one's at my mom's house disappeared . I have a hard time finding them.

It's so hard to pick a favorite. I liked the first one, The Secret of the Mansion, because of Jim. I LOVED Jim. I also loved The Red Trailer Mystery, Black Jacket Mystery, and the one at the Ozarks. Bob White Cave, I think.

Other books I read: I read a little Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, but wasn't really into them. Loved Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Witch of Blackbird Pond, Judy Blume, gosh, it's hard to remember that far back.

Nothing, though, brings back the memories like Trixie Belden.

 

[disykat]

I only read one of them that I got as a gift - I don't think our library had them. I think it was Mystery of Cabbots Cove or something like that. I loved it.

 

[alliecats]

I only read one of them that I got as a gift - I don't think our library had them. I think it was Mystery of Cabbots Cove or something like that. I loved it.

Cobbett's Island? Were they on an island and the power went out in a big bad storm? Lots of sailing?

 

[danacara]

OH MY GOSH.
I loved those books.
I loved how Trixie wore bell bottoms, and she drove a station wagon that they called a "jalopy" - if you remember, Ned, Nancy Drew's boyfriend, also drove a "jalopy" - and how her brothers always seemed so cool, and how they lived in what was described as a very rural area, but it seemed like it was an easy walk to all her friends' houses.
I don't remember the book titles. I just remember they were yellow hardcovers with round pictures on the front, and they were on the top shelf of the young adult section at the Boonton (NJ) Library.

 

[disykat]

Cobbett's Island? Were they on an island and the power went out in a big bad storm? Lots of sailing?

That's the one - I wanted to help the neighbor clean out the attic and serve at his mothers party in a fancy old dress so bad!

 

[alliecats]

Me, too, Me, too. That is one of my favorites. I also liked it when Trixie and Jim went undercover to the seedy diner. It's too bad you missed out on the others, you would have loved them!

 

[Imzadi]

I loved, Loved, LOVED Trixie & the BWG. I can't tell you how many times I re-read those books.

My favs were the Christmas in Arizona one. Always wanted to move to AZ after that. I found I really do love AZ, after visiting as an adult. Also, the one in the in the Bob White Cave.

The one with the idol while visiting Manhattan was so scary back then, all those premonitions. Who knew I'd finally end up living here.

Other books I loved back then were, "A Wrinkle in Time," and the Beverly Cleary books with Ribsy the dog. "Encyclopedia Brown" books.

I also read Nancy Drew & The Dana Girls mysteries, but found them all too prim & proper after reading Trixie, who was so down to earth.

 

[bengalbelle]

OMG we should start a club ! Who knew there were so many Trixie fans here .

 

[alliecats]

OMG we should start a club ! Who knew there were so many Trixie fans here .

We should. And I have a brilliant, original name for us. How about, The Bob-Whites of the Glen!
I bet there will be even more Trixie-philes online tomorrow.

 

[tar heel]

Back in the Dark Ages when I read the Trixie Belden books, there were only 15! I was at the library with DH and the kids a few years ago and saw that there were new ones. So, what did I do? I checked them out and read them!

I would have trouble picking a favorite, but I've recognized all the titles listed so far. It's funny how it's been 30+ years (yikes) and I can still remember Trixie finding the emeralds behind the brick marked with an "x" in the passageway between the two plantation houses, Trixie finding the portrait of Di's imposter uncle and seeing he had blue eyes, Jim holding Trixie's hand on the airplane . . .

 

[alliecats]

Back in the Dark Ages when I read the Trixie Belden books, there were only 15! I was at the library with DH and the kids a few years ago and saw that there were new ones. So, what did I do? I checked them out and read them!

I would have trouble picking a favorite, but I've recognized all the titles listed so far. It's funny how it's been 30+ years (yikes) and I can still remember Trixie finding the emeralds behind the brick marked with an "x" in the passageway between the two plantation houses, Trixie finding the portrait of Di's imposter uncle and seeing he had blue eyes, Jim holding Trixie's hand on the airplane . . .

Exactly! They may not be great literature, but how many books leave that kind of impresson on you?? So they did something right. Did anyone know that Julie Campbell, who wrote the first 6, was a real person, but Kathryn Kenny was just a name used for a stable of writers who wrote the rest. That explains a lot about the quality in the later books.
Well, if you didn't already know I was a nerd, you know after that last bit!

 

[LuvN~Travel]

I loved them too as a kid, but could never find many of them. Of course now at the bookstores they have plenty. I just bought one for my niece at Christmas with some other books to let her 'try it out' as a read.
Kim

 

[firstmickey]

I loved and read them all! I have them all somewhere in my parents attic but they cant find them!

I bought the first couple for my DD but she hasnt shown much interest in them so far. I think she read the first two. She is more interested in American girl Doll books and Harry Potter.

I reread them however! It was like something nice and fun from my childhood...and I remembered every word! LOL

I like the Red Trailer Mystery and the one where she finds the emeralds.

I read just about anything I could read (and still do!)
But I still love mysteries best!

 

[bballmom56]

Wow, what a blast from the past (40 years, maybe?). I read them all, but I don't remember the titles!

My other favorite series was the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.