tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post7283179105097172139..comments2023-12-31T05:54:02.314-08:00Comments on Books Anonymous: Children's books are universalKazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-86316788163385558922015-10-13T16:07:21.700-07:002015-10-13T16:07:21.700-07:00Lovely - going to have a look now. My poor neglect...Lovely - going to have a look now. My poor neglected blog - MUST get back to posting here... I've been focusing on my other one for a while and this one has fallen through the cracks. Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-38298186717238614052015-10-13T12:58:31.906-07:002015-10-13T12:58:31.906-07:00Just to let you know I've posted a piece about...Just to let you know I've posted a piece about the Orders to Poach books on my Purple Velvet blog. Great fun books.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-48735032659457150412015-02-20T04:33:38.824-08:002015-02-20T04:33:38.824-08:00Glad to be of assistance!
If you like the Box of D...Glad to be of assistance!<br />If you like the Box of Delights (probably 1930s) the BBC made a very good series some years back which you can get on DVD. Such a good book. If you don't enjoy I'll eat... something pretty indigestible.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-75168641845215893752015-02-19T15:51:57.007-08:002015-02-19T15:51:57.007-08:00Oh my - that all sounds fabulous! I'm ripe for...Oh my - that all sounds fabulous! I'm ripe for some new stories too - haven't been buying many books of late. I'll have a trawl on Ebay and see if any of them are there... Thank you!!!<br />Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-57278608521963802882015-02-19T14:29:30.174-08:002015-02-19T14:29:30.174-08:00Orders to Poach, Steer by the Stars and The House ...Orders to Poach, Steer by the Stars and The House in the Hills by Olivia Fitzoy just pre WWII. The Stewart family live at Carrick on the West coast of Scotland. Actually Inverewe on the map. Great adventures with hunting, shooting ,fishing, hill walking, sailing and enjoying the countryside. Ninian, Fiona, Jean, Jamie and Sandy Stewart and their friend Hugh Grant just have great adventures in the Scottish countryside and are all very real characters ranging from 12 to about 24. No parents to get in the way. Quite hard to find. My books came from my mother and she told the library she had lost one, and paid the fine in order to keep it. Worth a struggle to find them though. Try Fidra books.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-23197209784229094912015-02-19T14:21:42.766-08:002015-02-19T14:21:42.766-08:00The Midnight Folk by John Masefield is about an or...The Midnight Folk by John Masefield is about an orphan boy Kay Harker who discovers magic happens in his house at night. His governess is not what she seems. He gets involved in a quest for long lost treasure. Great fun and wonderfully written. A Box of Delights is the sequel with Kay a little older and coming home for the Christmas holidays. Sinister goings on and a creepy clergyman. Lots and lots of snow and the wolves are running. Read this in winter for best effect. Two truly great books. You must read them.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-63716455090491557702015-02-19T14:14:55.429-08:002015-02-19T14:14:55.429-08:00The Twilight of Magic is by Hugh Lofting who wrote...The Twilight of Magic is by Hugh Lofting who wrote Dr Doolittle. My mother loved Dr Doolittle and tried to get me to read the books but I never got into it at all so she tried me with this stand alone (I think) book about 2 children who come by a magical shell and save the king from a plot... But I love the whole feel of the book. It has a special taste when I read it. Weird I know.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-85635174428337144142015-02-19T13:13:47.229-08:002015-02-19T13:13:47.229-08:00I've not read any of the last three on your li...I've not read any of the last three on your list. How recent are they? Just so I know where to look! And, no - I don't know that trilogy, or the Stroud books. Sounds like I have me some hunting to do!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-42452380212392428162015-02-19T05:29:52.536-08:002015-02-19T05:29:52.536-08:00Apologies for random capitals - my iPad gets ideas...Apologies for random capitals - my iPad gets ideas of its own. Have you read the Mortal Engines trilogy by Philip Reeve? Well worth a try. And then there are the Bartimaeus books by Jonathan Stroud. Both for children but I only discovered them in the last 6 years or so. <br />Which of my choices have you not read? I'd be really interested to know.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-3907542197683810132015-02-19T03:18:38.795-08:002015-02-19T03:18:38.795-08:00That's very true Becca - thanks for dropping b...That's very true Becca - thanks for dropping by! Children have the ultimate bullshit meters, so if the writing isn't up to par, the book just won't make it!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-60030974522269485002015-02-19T00:36:52.554-08:002015-02-19T00:36:52.554-08:00I detest when people think children's literatu...I detest when people think children's literature is somehow "subpar" or "easy to write". Writing for children is far more challenging than writing for adults. Kids are tough critics, really. And to be able to capture the spirit and exuberance and thought processes of children? Not everyone can do it. Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-29740295166975635482015-02-19T00:36:02.615-08:002015-02-19T00:36:02.615-08:00I detest when people think children's literatu...I detest when people think children's literature is somehow "subpar" or "easy to write". Writing for children is far more challenging than writing for adults. Kids are tough critics, really. And to be able to capture the spirit and exuberance and thought processes of children? Not everyone can do it. Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-39776890953214691982015-02-18T17:03:52.751-08:002015-02-18T17:03:52.751-08:00Oooh...you have some there I've not read Georg...Oooh...you have some there I've not read Georgina! Thank you :-) I'll have to go hunting... And MUST get myself new copies of the Narnia series, which I've been craving to re-read for a while now.Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-56193438598915421162015-02-18T15:38:35.428-08:002015-02-18T15:38:35.428-08:00And the wonderful Children of Green Knowe
Joan Aik...And the wonderful Children of Green Knowe<br />Joan Aiken's alternative history series <br />But it' stage middle if the night and I must go to sleep.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-1817450918339768952015-02-18T15:24:30.909-08:002015-02-18T15:24:30.909-08:00Goodness me.... Where to start?
Swallows and Amazo...Goodness me.... Where to start?<br />Swallows and Amazons<br />The Dark is Rising<br />Narnia<br />A Traveller in Time<br />little White Horse<br />A Wrinkle in Time<br />Eliidor<br />Orders to poach<br />The midnight folk and The Box of Delights<br />The Twilight of Magic<br />And more. Great article in the Guardian. Thanks for directing me there.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com