[kaseryn]

I saw a few books Crysia mentioned in the top 5 thread and it reminded me of some excellent 'kids' books i'd read.. and put me to wondering how many else on these forums have enjoyed these or others in the genre. As a start here's some of my favourite kids fantasy.. stuff which i still enjoy reading today. A lot of them work for adults as well as children, if unintentionally.. but perhaps in this PP era [Post Potter] such explanations are less neccessary http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/wink.gif

Weirdstone of Brisingamen/Moon of Gomrath/Elidor/Owl Service - Alan Garner

Dark is Rising sequence - Susan Cooper

Chronicles of Prydain [Welsh for England.. so a Welsh mate told me] - Lloyd Alexander

Hounds of the Morrigan - Pat O'Shea (wonderful little book)

The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy - Penelope Lively

The Snow Spider - Jenny Nimmo

And many Nicholas Fisk/Joan Aiken others..


Anyone else like these books.. or have others to add ? http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Vitriol]

I'd add Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad series (the Nome ones), as well as the new Amazing Maurice.

[kaseryn]

Hey, thanks for reminding me Vitriol.. add the Truckers series.. and The Carpet People to that then.. they were excellent http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Shadowen]

The Hounds of the Morrigan - loved that book! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif Other kids books I keep around for old times sake are Enid Blyton's The Wishing Chair and The Folk of the Faraway tree.

[kaseryn]

It's def something of an underappreciated gem Shadowen http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif I almost forgot..

The Giant Under the Snow - John Gordon

House on the Brink/Scarecrows - Robert Westall


That whole line of Puffin Plus 'teen' books is stacked with good material..

[Rob B]

A Wrinkle in Time by Madelin L'Engle was a thought provoking novel. My wife read it when she was a kid and she eventully convinced me to read it about a year ago. I liked it alot.

Since I'm posting anyway, I'll mention an obvious one in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

[Loque]

um, redwall by brian jaques, they're a bit repetative in places but good nontheless.

[Alucard]

I, for one, really enjoy a lot of childrens stories, and am in no way ashamed to admit it. As long as the stories are coherently written, and aren't the kind of stories that treat the readers like fools by talking down to them, I find I enjoy a good amount of them. Theres a lot of imagination and creativity to be found here.

A wrinkle in time was great. I really enjoyed that one. One of the few classics that I actually enjoyed.

And of course, pullmans trilogy. Great story telling and one of those stories that I think just about anyone could enjoy.

Then there's the infamous harry potter series, which IMO is simply great.

The neverending story from Micheal Ende would probably fall in this category as well, which is one of my favorites actually (it's the book that really got me into reading).

I like Roald Dahl's work a lot as well. James and the giant peach and the bfg are great. The man is very imaginative.

Another childrens story that I've always liked is Antione De Saint's The little prince. Really a great story. Love his drawing of the boa constrictor that swallowed the elephant.

[Lady Fox]

I love The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. The are fantastic for any age, IMO. I have really enjoyed the Harry Potter series as well, even if most of the people in my backwards little home town think it's Satanic and evil. What a bunch of conservative, narrow minded idiots! Okay, eoungh ranting.
A few others that haven't been mentioned yet:
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Children of Ynell series by S.R. Murphy (this one may be out of print)
The Young Wizards series - Diane Duane

[Crysania]

Also, an obscure one...

Drujienna's Harp: Ellen Kindt McKenzie

and the Riddlemaster of Hed series, of course

and

the Gammage Cup: Carrol Kendall...

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