Monday, January 19, 2009

Related Reading: More Childhood Tales That Will Make You Laugh

A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana and
She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
Born in 1965, Kimmel humorously writes about her childhood and rural small-town life in Mooreland--population 300.


Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Sedaris' childhood dramas and his quirky family are often the topics of discussion in these hilarious essay collections.

Why I’m Like This: True Stories by Cynthia Kaplan
Often compared to David Sedaris, Kaplan's honestly frank essays recall summer camp, school crushes, and growing up into the world of adulthood.

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