The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
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Laura Lee Hope
Laura Lee Hope is the pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a group of children's book authors who worked together to produce numerous series of books for young readers. The true identity of the individual or individuals who wrote under the name Laura Lee Hope is not known. Under the name Laura Lee Hope, the Stratemeyer Syndicate produced several popular children's book series, including the Bobbsey Twins, the Bunny Brown series, and the Six Little Bunkers series. The books were known for their wholesome and adventurous stories, and for featuring relatable characters and family values. The Bobbsey Twins series, which followed the adventures of a pair of siblings, was particularly successful and became one of the most beloved children's book series of the 20th century. The series has been adapted for television and film several times. While the true authorship of the books written under the name Laura Lee Hope may never be known, their impact on children's literature and popular culture are undeniable. The books continue to be read and loved by generations of young readers around the world.
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Reviews for The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I read the 1904 edition of this book. Text came from Project Gutenberg and then I formatted it for the Kindle.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is the first Bobbsey twin book. Those books were msotly read by girls but I read two of them--this one and The Bobbsey Twins in the Country. I must ahve been desperate for something to read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was a childhood favorite of my mom who enjoyed it back in the 1920s and 1930s. The story details the adventures and misadventures of the Bobbsey Twins -- Bert and Nan (8 years old) and Freddie and Flossie (4 years old). It harkens back to a much simpler time. Children's literature has progressed a great deal since this book was published, but I found myself enjoying it. There are certain words used (such as "queer") that have entirely different connotations for today's readers. There are times when children are left unsupervised to play outside which would never happen in today's books. It's a dated, but still enjoyable book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is probably of interest only to collectors of vintage series books and people interested in books for children from the turn of the century. I first read it when I was eleven years old, and though I enjoyed it then, I was already discovering an interest in popular fiction from the past, and The Bobbsey Twins definitely is that.I don't feel that it's a particularly well written book, and in my most recent reading, I had to push through to the end. There is no real overarching plot, rather it's a series of vignettes of the daily life of the Bobbsey children during the winter. The first takes place sometime in November, shortly before the first snowfall of the year, while the last is in February or early March. The vignettes often have very little to do with one another, and they would make for perfectly lovely bedtime stories for children, except that rather than being split into chapters by scene, the splits tend to occur during the middle of the vignette in order to force a cliffhanger.There are two things that tie the vignettes together. The first is Danny Rugg, a boy from school who bullies Bert terribly. He is probably the primary recurring character outside of the household. The second is a 'ghost' who appears at night to Bert early in the book, then shows up again towards the end to Nan, but other than the chapters expressly concerned with the ghost, no mention is made of it.What made the Bobbsey Twins worth reading through for me is its record of life in 1903. Though it is fiction and cannot be completely trusted to share popular opinion of the upper middle class, there is still value in the way this book was read by children from that period and so must be at least somewhat representative, if rather utopian.Two scenes especially stand out as "quaint" to me. The first is chapter two, "Jumping Rope, and What Happened Next," where Nan's friend Grace is skipping rope with the other girls. Her mother warns her to not do it too much or she'll be sick, but Grace decides that doesn't mean she ought to stop, so she dares the other girls that she can jump to 100. Unfortunately, she overexerts herself and faints dead away while in the 70s and the other girls fear they've killed her by turning the ropes and allowing her to continue jumping. This seemed awfully odd to me when I first read it, considering the modern opinions on jump rope, then I recalled that girls of this class and time would have been wearing constricting garments to make too much of certain kinds of exercise unwise (plus, girls simply weren't supposed to exert themselves too much).The other scene is a short bit later in the book that describes Nan's dolls. She has five which are described from the most beautiful and important to her to the least, which is Jujube - a "colored" boy doll that was a gift from Sam and Dinah. It's really rather appalling to read the condescending description of the thing, which does all it can to say "look how good Nan is for not rejecting the gift, but also keeping it quite separate from the others, letting it know it is unwelcome." It's an example of the racism that is prevalent in the book, distilled to only three or four paragraphs, and never mentioned again. So, I can't say that this is a particularly good book, or one that I would go out and recommend children read - even when I was eleven and naïve I recognized the condescending racism - but it is an interesting book, perhaps with some sociological or historical value to it.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This edition contains the original 1904 text by Edward Stratemeyer himself. It's a book that does not stand the test of time, from the toddling prose all the way to the unselfconscious racism and misogyny. It's still readable as a primary sourse and historical curiosity, and in that context it's amusing and still entertaining in parts and gives a vivid picture of the limited worldview of a well-off Victorian child in the American Midwest. But I would not put it in the hands of a child without making sure they had all of that context available to them.
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The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge - Laura Lee Hope
Old Mr. Carford
Stop the horses!
Yes, grab them, somebody, or they’ll run into the girls!
Look out, everybody, they’re coming right this way!
I’m going to get my bob to a safe place!
It was Danny Rugg who called out this last, and the other boys had shouted the previous expressions, as they watched the oncoming, runaway horses.
Bert Bobbsey had thrown himself on his sled and was coasting toward the group of girls, of whom his sister Nan was one. They were on their sleds in the very path of the team. It seemed that nothing could save them. But Bert had a plan in his mind.
And, while he was preparing to carry it out, I will take just a moment to tell my new readers something about the characters of this story, and the books that have gone before in the series.
Bert and Nan, Freddie and Flossie Bobbsey were the twin children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bobbsey, who lived in an Eastern city called Lakeport, at the head of Lake Metoka. Mr. Bobbsey was a prosperous lumber merchant. Other members of the household were Dinah and Sam Johnson. Dinah was the cook, fat and good-natured. Sam was her husband, slim and also good-natured. He did all sorts of work about the place, from making garden to shoveling snow.
Then there was Downy, a pet duck; Snoop, a pet black cat, and, of late, Snap, the fine trick dog, who had come into the possession of the Bobbseys in a peculiar manner.
In the first book of this series, entitled The Bobbsey Twins,
I told of the good times the four children had in their home. How they played in the snow, went coasting, helped to discover what they thought was a ghost,
and did many other things. Bert even went for a sail in an ice boat he and Charley Mason had made, though it was almost more than the boys could manage at times.
The second volume, called The Bobbsey Twins in the Country,
told of the good times the four had when they went to the farm of Uncle Daniel Bobbsey and his wife, Aunt Sarah, who lived at Meadow Brook.
Such fun as there was!
There was a country picnic, sport in the woods, and a great Fourth of July celebration. A circus gave a chance to have other good times, and though once there was a midnight scare, it all turned out happily.
But though the twins had much happiness in the country they were destined to have still more fun when they went to the ocean shore, and in the third book, called The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore,
I related all that happened to them there.
They went on a visit to their uncle, William Minturn, who lived at Ocean Cliff, and their cousin Dorothy showed them many strange scenes and sights. They had most delightful times, and toward the close of their visit there was a great storm at sea, and a shipwreck. The life savers were on hand, however, and did such good work that no one was drowned. And if you want to learn how a certain little girl was made very happy, when she found that her father was among those saved, you must read the book.
Then, after the storm ceased, there were more happy days at the shore. The time for the Bobbseys to leave came all too soon. School was about to open, and even the smaller twins must now settle down to regular lessons.
In the fourth book of the series, called The Bobbsey Twins at School,
there is told of the start for home.
But many things happened before the family arrived. There was the wreck of the circus train, the escape of the animals, the meeting with the very fat lady, and the loss of Snoop, the pet cat. Then, too, a valuable cup the smaller Bobbsey twins had been drinking from, seemed to be lost, and they were very sorry about it.
On the way home something else occurred. They were followed in the dark by some strange animal. At first they feared it was some wild beast from the circus but it proved to be only a friendly dog.
How Flossie and Freddie insisted on keeping the dog, now that their pet cat Snoop was gone, how they named him Snap, and how it was discovered that he could do tricks, are all part of the story.
There were many more happenings after the twins started in at school. Mr. Bobbsey’s boathouse caught fire in a mysterious manner. Snap was found to be a circus dog, and it was pretty certain that the fat lady in the train had also belonged to the show, and that it was she who had the valuable silver cup.
In time all was straightened out, and how Snoop came back from the circus in far-off Cuba, how Snap was allowed to stay with the Bobbseys, and how even the cup was finally recovered—all this you will find set down in the fourth book of this series.
And now winter had come in earnest, though even before this story opens the Bobbsey twins had had a taste of snow and ice. The accident on the coasting hill now occupied the attention of all.
Oh, Nan! Nan will be killed!
cried Flossie, as she stood with Freddie gazing down the slope.
No, she won’t!
exclaimed Freddie, Bert is going to save her—you’ll see!
Oh, if he only can!
murmured Nellie Parks, one of Nan’s