Good children's books...

[Anonymous]

Oh, I love this one Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson.

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Many years ago, I had read to my younger sister the "Herdmans" book, which has the real name of "The best Christmas pageant ever !" and was written by one Barbara Robinson.

This is a true classic.

And it makes one think. In a similar way than Pterry's "Maurice and his educated Rodents" book.

 

[Tonyblack]

Many years ago, I had read to my younger sister the "Herdmans" book, which has the real name of "The best Christmas pageant ever !" and was written by one Barbara Robinson.

This is a true classic.

And it makes one think. In a similar way than Pterry's "Maurice and his educated Rodents" book.

I love that book! It's one of Sharlene's favourites and she got me a copy.

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Yes, I love it, too.

Only a few years ago I found out that there are a few more books with them !

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

George McDonald wrote quite a few children's stories,from the early 1900's and Tolkien was said to have been inspired by him.
The Golden Key
The Wise Woman
The Light Princess
The Gray Wolf
Princess and the Goblin
Princess and Curdie

 

[AuntyVague]

I will have to look out for some of the stories by George McDonald.
In fact, I'll cut and paste a lot of this thread due to having a voracious young reader in the house and always being on the look out for new reading suggestions.

We've just discovered Eva Ibbotson via Journey to the River Sea and I have tucked away a couple more by her for Christmas. She tried the Owl Service by Alan Garner, but found the blend with mythology a bit hard to grasp just yet (I enjoyed re-reading it though )

She has also really enjoyed the Tiffany books, although I haven't handed over the last one just yet. Which probably just means that she has read it while I wasn't looking

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Two of his Fantasy adult books are Phantastes, Lilith.

 

[snowwhite]

Little Doll Lost

I just finished reading a great children's book called Little Doll Lost. It is a perfect fantasy novel and reminded me a lot of Alice in Wonderland. It is the first book in a trilogy so I'm looking froward to the next edition. I bought it as an ebook on Amazon. Highly recommend!

 

[Tonyblack]

Re: Little Doll Lost

I just finished reading a great children's book called Little Doll Lost. It is a perfect fantasy novel and reminded me a lot of Alice in Wonderland. It is the first book in a trilogy so I'm looking froward to the next edition. I bought it as an ebook on Amazon. Highly recommend!

Welcome to the site, snowwhite!

 

[Antiq]

The Winnie the Witch series is awesome for younger kids
http://www.winnie-the-witch.com/flash.php

 

[Tris]

Two good books for... maybe 10 years and up?

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart

 

[hattie]

I just found a new little book series called "Joy of Spooking" by PJ Bracegirdle
I loved them and have thought about maybe asking if I could translte them into German...
It's like a toned down Ghost/ scary story for children and I thought it was really well written!!

 

[Tris]

2 good YA books for maybe 12 years and up:

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

 

[Catch-up]

I'm reading The Girl Who Could Fly to the girls. It's really good so far!

 

[konnichiwa]

Narnia
Moomin (Tove Jansson)
H. C. Anderssens books
Astrid Lingrens books
Books from Mauri Kunnas (he's finnish childrens books author but his books have been translated to many languages, he has these pictures and his style of drawing is one of a kind hence one would always know it's his work)
Winnie the Pooh

and then there're lots of others also ^^

 

[high eight]

The Giant Under the Snow - John Gordon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Under_The_Snow
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen & The Moon of Gomrath - Alan Garner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weirdstone_of_Brisingamen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_of_Gomrath
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Is_Rising_Sequence