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Curiosity brought me to this site. I, too, thought I was the only one to read this book when I was young. Of course, since I kept borrowing it from the library, no one else really had a chance. The Diamond in the Window was my first introduction to Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, and the whole idea of transcendentalism. Whenever I tried to describe the book to anyone, I received many odd looks, so I kept the magic to myself. This book can be enjoyed by anyone, but I think it's meant to reach those children/people who march to their own drummer. Read it if you can.
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I have been searching for this book for years! I read it as a child, and still remember what it was about--especially the snail/poem scene. I have wanted to find it to share w/my children (my son's now 16--but he'll still appreciate it!). This was my first visit to Amazon and I am hooked now!
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I have been searching for this book, along with The Swing in the Summerhouse and The Astonishing Stereoscope, since I began working as a children's librarian. It's on the Must-have list. When will the other two be available? This series was a much read favorite when I was a child and a favorite of my boys a few years ago.
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Over a year ago, my then-boyfriend loaned this book to me. Well, he may not be my boyfriend anymore but the book remains one of the most creatively intelligent (and fun!) 'childrens books' I've ever read. I have vowed to find and purchase it and its sequels for the someday that I have children.
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My sister and I thought we were the only kids in America who grew up reading and loving this book. How wonderful to see that many others treasured it as well. The story is imaginative, intelligent, haunting, beautiful, loving, scary, and so much more. As the years went by I found myself remembering the book again and again. In school, when I learned of transcendentalism and met Thoreau, Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott, they were all old friends, introduced to me by Jane Langton. Now, when I write poems and stories I find that imagery reminiscent of Langton creeps into my work. (The chambered nautilus and its lessons, the haunting song of the wind chimes in the tree, love lost and regained) I am so grateful to Jane Langton for writing this book, and to Amazon for keeping it alive
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