On page 143, Mary tells Laura to keep her sunbonnet on or 'You'll be as brown as an Indian, and what will the town girls think of us?'.The word 'Indian' appears 12 times in the book, most of them about their time in Indian Territory. Number 85 is On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I think I'll have to find some time to study Swallows and Amazons. On page 267, Nancy writes that John had 'come at risk of his life to warn you that savage natives were planning an attack on your houseboat.'.On page 231, Nancy shouts 'Honest Injun'.Ransom's use of 'Red Indian' was (is?) common in the United Kingdom. On page 137, the children come across what they call a 'Red Indian wigwam' from which emerges 'a very friendly savage'.On page 16, Roger is 'keeping a sharp lookout lest he should be shot by a savage with a poisoned arrow from behind a tree.'.(Note, April 17, 2010: I'm adding this book today.) Number 94 is Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom, published in 1930. Today, I'm taking a quick look at books between #90 and #66. On Feb 10, I wrote about two of the books on the list: Indian in the Cupboard, and, Caddie Woodlawn. With that info, she's compiling a list, providing quite a lot of information about each book that is on the list of Top 100. She asked readers to send her a list of their all time favorite novels. A week ago (Feb 10, 2010), I wrote about Elizabeth Bird's survey at SLJ.

On the shores of plum creek