Memories of old comprehension textbooks and short story books are a part of everyone's childhood. It's Thursday, let's go down memory lane and have some fun.
Here are popular Macmillan textbook stories like..
'Edet lives in Calabar, he is 8 years old...'
'Mr and Mrs Salami'...........
'Ali is a boy, Simbi is a girl'........
'Agbo lives in the town of Lagoon....'.......
'Mr Giwa is a shop keeper...'
Even books like 'Eze goes to school', 'Ralia the Sugar girl' etc
I loved Eze goes to school.....
Who remembers any other one and which was your favourite literature textbook back then.
Which ones are being used now?
Time changes yesterday, first book my dad gave me as a present!!
ReplyDeleteRalia the sugar girl
ReplyDeleteAkin goes to school
As you go to college
Without a silver spoon
France afrique
The gods are not to blame
Our husband has gone mad again
Stories my mother told me
And the list goes on.......
Pokipo....or something like that.
ReplyDeleteAhaannhaan Bootylicious i'm twenty something and I read Mallam Shehu(africa night entertainment) in Jss1 too, I also wore basket sandal, so maybe you enter Jss1 at 18 ni yen...
ReplyDeleteRalia the sugar girl..
ReplyDeletePace Setters series, blood bath at lobster close, ebvu my love etc...
Chike and the river
Eze series
Drummer boy
Lady bird series
Without a silver spoon
Dizzy Angel
Koku baboni"baby born with a perfect set of teeth
And the list goes on...lol
*ticktock
Yea I had 'my book of bible stories' those days mehn!!! So many memories to cherish...we were little then, didn't know there was more to life than the fulfilment we had then, lol
ReplyDeleteOmg!! Bata and cortina shoes, what a reminder, I remember konki and tinka too o, oh my days...those days were good ol days
ReplyDeletePassport of Mallam Iliya.
ReplyDeleteLmao!!old roger is dead and gone to the trees, um ah, gone to the trees, he planted an apple tree over his head, um ah, over his head, the apple grew ripe and ready to drop, um ah ready to drop blah blah....cant remember the other jare....fun fun days
ReplyDeleteThen came the quantitative aptitude test and that other one I can't remember the name, lol
ReplyDeleteMy book of Bible Stories was da bomb.
ReplyDeleteMy kids went to my mum's house,saw mine and brought it to our house.
Now they write on their books what I wrote in that book.
This book belongs to .........
Do not steal
Angels are around it.
(Then I drew crosses on every page,then my name,nickname ,school ,mum n dad's names n my siblings names . Chei,I dey deface book then.)
I read Enid bottom in school too! Still. Have them sef, lol... Childhood memories... Twas fun then sha, played a lot, Oga, square, will u take my bread nd butter, hide nd seek, who will u marry etc! Break time was my best time in school, hehe
ReplyDeleteOMG, I'm just grinning from ear to ear as I remember those books. I love books like craaaazy! Read Akin the drummer boy when I was five. I remember passport of mallam illia, the boy slave 1and 2, bottled leopard, trouble in form six, all those books by lantern readers series..
ReplyDeleteMy God, I lived for books. Enid Blyton books, malory towers. So many of them, Cyprain Ekwensi's books. Can't even remember the names o. Oh, lord.. I miss the days when life was simple, man!!
Oh,my.. I'm even tearing up. I miss those daysss!!
ReplyDeleteHahaha@sizwe banzi is dead ooo! Sons and daughters. I especially loved the joys of motherhood.
ReplyDeleteOmg.. I remember without a silver spoon. Because of that book, I still don't put a spoon in my jollof rice when it's cooking till today. I skso remember my mother's daughter. Oh,my.. the memories.
ReplyDeleteYesss!!! Dizzy angel oooo!
ReplyDeleteLmao@six year old missing classmate. The world has turned upside down oooo!
ReplyDeletePower rangers...lol
ReplyDeletePacesetters and the African Writers Series (AWS)...
ReplyDeleteReading is still my hobby but una say make I de go hang out ALONE so that husband go locate me.
Baba God, abeg put hand for my matter oh, I like my peace and quiet.
Hahaha.. Enid blyton was my favorite author o. Mallory towers, famous five. Who remembers Darrell in Mallory towers? I read everything readable, man. Even my dad's books by pastor Daniel odukoya in primary school. Read the last outcast by Chris okotie in primary 4. Please who has read that book? Say what you want about Okotie but he is a gifted man.
ReplyDeleteJames Hadley Chase is an amazing writer, my dad didn't mind us reading anything even harlequin and M and B but if he dares see any james Hadley chase book, na to tear am finish.
I loved reading, man.. I still do actually but books don't even come in hard copy anymore. The Internet has taken over everything. God bless my childhood days o, it really helped in making me the person I am today.
Menhhh, My book of bible stories, we stil have it o...my dad guided it so well n my niece is using it now .Infact d way she's handling d book carelessly is tearing my heart
ReplyDeleteOh, my.. Mother's choice oooo!
ReplyDeleteJesu!! Peter and Jane!!!
ReplyDeleteYou remember plenty oooo!
ReplyDeleteYes oooo, born to win. Man of the people..
ReplyDeleteSuperted was my best cartoon den
ReplyDelete@Dika I can relate with d flying n bouncing..lol
Sweet memories
Without a silver spoon by Eddy Iroh
ReplyDeleteNobody mentioned pepper soup by elechi amadi
ReplyDeleteI saw goody goody one day at one aboki's shop...if u see d way I rush am ehn!!! Lol. Why did I grow up nau?
ReplyDeleteTales by moonlight was d bomb then...okorokoroko tin, tin, tin, okorokoroko tin, tin, tin...dat was d way I sang mine den
ReplyDeleteI remember @mrs D, miss those days mehn!
ReplyDeleteAnimal farm o...dat song was d best then
ReplyDeleteIyawwo Dimka kilowa she Loja ? no way RA ewedu no ewedu else lo ewedu onisisi tete maa loole won to fe pa Dimka puu puu
ReplyDelete@esohe, u just spoke my mind. I love dt song n still sing it till date
ReplyDelete@rubbynia, I do. I read all the stories back to back. I loved dt book . our crk teacher den taught frm d bok
ReplyDeleteThe drummer boy, In the pot pourri,Beautiful ones are not yet born................
ReplyDeleteMine was Second chance! Read that book 1 million and one times.
ReplyDeleteGood ol'days, i remember Enid Blyton books, Famous Five, Secret Seven... Chai. I miss my childhood.
ReplyDeleteI remember african night entertainment, the of kurumi rukiki hahaha.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading ade our naughty little brother, yoruba novel bashorun ga, m&b, james hadley chase. My favourite was titled the way the cookie crumbles.
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting reads, but this song gets to me. Here goes: my mother told me not to have many friends. Beware (or the ways , can't recall) of your friends they can easily kill you. I throw the arrow away into the sky high high....can't remember again. someone knows?
ReplyDeleteGo to jw.org and download it for free, just type 'my book of Bible stories ' in the search column and u will get it. I did mine some days ago
ReplyDeleteChai....queen primer...a cat, a fat cat, a mat. a fat cat sat on the mat......Alawiye.....Mr Sara is a farmer, he lives in Sapele...Akiti the ghost
ReplyDeleteHahaha Hahhahahahhahhah Tanigororo....i remember
ReplyDeletelizzy 1st yr in school
ReplyDeleteour husband has gone mad again
beggers strike
Iroko man and the wood carver. Nostalgic
ReplyDeleteTinka and Konki, Brighter Grammer, NOEC, General Mathematics,, then my grandfather had loads of Agatha Christie series and Readers Digest. God bless him, Childhood was just perfect!
ReplyDeleteSo is only me that read, "bibiana, I did not know, the evil forest, the 5 frogs, etc". This generation children are playin games oo, they have missed a lot.
ReplyDeleteTinka and Konki, Brighter Grammer, NOEC, General Mathematics,, then my grandfather had loads of Agatha Christie series and Readers Digest. God bless him, Childhood was just perfect!
ReplyDeleteOmg anthills of savannah!!!!
ReplyDeleteHahaha lazy u @bdb
ReplyDeleteI just remembered *sweet valley high* the novel...good ol days
ReplyDeleteMy favorites were .. Without a silver spoon , drummer boy , the beautiful ones are not yet born , the Abiku poem too ** old good memories ** brings butterflies in my tummy hehe ��
ReplyDelete@rubbynnia spot on Brighter grammar ehh!!
ReplyDeleteThe cat
The fat cat
The fat cat sat
The fat cat sat on a mat ... Mehn growing up is a trap "sobbing "
Same here !!
ReplyDeleteHow can I forget God's case no appeal ...
ReplyDeleteThe incorrigible jugge or so " brain cracking "
Aww dear....
ReplyDeleteBeaming ear to ear with smiles .... "Fond memories " hmmm
ReplyDeleteMe too!
ReplyDeleteCheck !!
ReplyDeleteLolzzz@ Don jazzy !!chai chai chai
ReplyDeleteChildhood was fun...I remember
ReplyDeleteLadybird series...Cinderella, snow white & the 7 dwarfs etc
Eze goes to school
Oliver Twist
Aduke makes her choice
Wedlock of the gods
Enid blyton famous 5 series
Mills & booms
James hardly chase
Drummer boy
Great expectations..was so scared of miss havisham..lol...
And of course can't forget my bestest and all time favorite Sesame Street...if u send us on an errand when they are showing Sesame Street na cry oh...lol..
You never went to school
ReplyDeleteI loved all these primary titles, but pacesetters did it for me then...
ReplyDeleteFor mbata and Rebecca
Hopeful lovers
Evbu my love
And the likes...
Bought a couple on amazon and still loved reading them in this my old age.
Thanks dear.
ReplyDeleteWhat about " Jimmy Johnson , Koku baboni, Chike and the river, The gods are not to be blame, Ige Adubi... Choi! I miss my childhood @Morayo
ReplyDeleteEze goes to school, Edet lives in Calabar, he was 8 years old, Chike and the River, Oliver Twist, is it This is our chance? Chimere, Elelie Nw'ite ya agbonyuo oku, Obi is a boy-Ada is a girl, Robinson Crusoe, etc.
ReplyDeleteEze goes to school, Edet lives in Calabar, he was 8 years old, Chike and the River, Oliver Twist, is it This is our chance? Chimere, Elelie Nw'ite ya agbonyuo oku, Obi is a boy-Ada is a girl, Robinson Crusoe, etc.
ReplyDeleteMamodu ou es tu? Dan ma chambre maman.
ReplyDeleteTon Ami Kofi est la.
Entre Kofi assetoi.
Ta chambre ou est agreeable.
CE sant te vetement?
Oui.
Ils sont tres chic
I Miss those days wen we went to school, lined up & the headmistress & teachers inspect our nails & uniform & den we match to our classrooms,U Remember na??• D days of Nasco Biscuit, okin biscuit, Trebor, Iced Colored water tied in nylon we called it "lolly"• D days of Goody-Goody & pako Biscuit. X_X• D days of ali & simbi, Mr Salami & Mrs Salami, Agbo lives in Calabar....,Edet is a boy• Chei, i remember those days wen one naira na money,wen groundnut was 5kobo & choco milo sweet was 5 kobo• days of messing game,who is in d garden, police and thief• D days of mama & papa play• days wen we use to build houses wit sand, play suwe game,tinco tinco,change Uя style, ten ten,skipping, stop! U remember nau!• those days wen we used to fly kite on streets, wen boys used to use d paint bucket cover as tire & their daddy's hanger as d steering• those days wen rubber band was stock exchange• Days wen votron, jimbo, power rangers, spider man was our favourite cartoons• D days of limca soft drinks& choco milo advert on black & white tv & sunday rendevous by1:30pm• when we say 'leke leke give me white finger'• Those days wen eleganza pen was d best• D days wen we used to drink water from d tap even suck out d water if its not coming out• The days wen NTA will show rainbow color for 30 minits then national anthem b4 they resume program @ 4pm• The days wen basket sandals,simbi & Bata sandals were d best• Days wen we all sing sandalili sandalili songs, Dstv has come. No more old fun.I'm really proud to have experienced all this. If u re not smiling it means u were not born in my generation. Which means u ar d INDOMIE generation! Abeg share make others laugh
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, how time flies, I still remember all dz wonderful stories, "ralia the sugar girl, koku baboni, chike and the river, the gods are not to be blamed, Oliver twist, Mr gandoki, Ali and simbi, edet, agbor, n so many others. Lol. Dz stories I thought about has just made my day again. Missing my childhood days.
ReplyDeleteSmiles. Childhood memories. I can’t forget “ Mr Sada is a farmer, he lives in Sapele, he has a big farm. He grows crops like corn, cassava etc. every Sunday he goes to church and on and on. Smiles
ReplyDeleteAkin goes to school
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