10 Children’s Books You Didn’t Know Were From The 80s
What does a sweet little girl with a longing to learn and a young cartoon turtle have in common? If you look to children’s books of the 80s, you’ll find your answer. Matilda and Franklin are just a couple characters to come out of these great kids books of the decade. 10 Children’s Books You Didn’t Know Were From The 80s Matilda Matilda was an extraordinary little girl who read everything she could get her hands on and...
This Karate Kid Read Along Book Is Fascinatingly Creepy
Read Along Books were big business in the 1980s. These days, not so much. They’re still around but it’s rare to see kids listening to books when they can either a) see the movie the book is based on or b) watch the movie on a phone or iPad. So really, Read Along Books were like the iPads of the 1980s. Take your favorite movie anywhere, in book form, because handheld technology didn’t really exist yet. This Karate...
Choose Your Own Adventure Books
By Thomas Zizzo The 80s was an era of many changes in music, movies, fashion and technology. One such innovation was a series of books originally conceived by Edward Packard as the Adventures of You series. It was under the name Choose Your Own Adventure, published by Bantam Books, that the concept really took off. As a kid I can recall rainy days at home and what we used to do for fun. Unlike today, we didn’t have iPads, computers,...
