tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post9012161239495476832..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Two Classic Children's BooksStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45774119756786820832013-01-06T17:57:54.333+00:002013-01-06T17:57:54.333+00:00I really want to read The Railway Children this ye...I really want to read The Railway Children this year -- I have a nice recent hardcover edition, don't know why I've put it off. I did read The Story of the Treasure Seekers this year and absolutely loved it! I agree about the sly humor and witty asides. I think I like her realistic fiction a bit better than her fantasy.<br /><br />And I was in New York over the holidays and stumbled upon an AMAZING Beatrix Potter exhibit at the Morgan Library -- the original letters she wrote with her first animal stories to friends' children. Absolutely stunning artwork, it was worth every penny to get in (and I saw the original manuscript of A Christmas Carol as well, what's not to love?)Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73595708887997094532012-12-31T16:17:59.959+00:002012-12-31T16:17:59.959+00:00Oo, is that 1970? I should have gone for that ins...Oo, is that 1970? I should have gone for that instead... ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-59455862488631966702012-12-31T16:17:46.635+00:002012-12-31T16:17:46.635+00:00You could easily rectify Potter with ebooks, very ...You could easily rectify Potter with ebooks, very quickly! I imagine a box set of her books still exists. And Winnie needs to be on the bedside table, agreed (actually here in Somerset I have all my Tove Jansson books on my bedside table.)<br /><br />I might record my YA thoughts, but I'm pretty anti - so I might not!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77652911014667342202012-12-31T16:16:37.496+00:002012-12-31T16:16:37.496+00:00The name means nothing to me, I'm afraid, Pete...The name means nothing to me, I'm afraid, Peter! I'll investigate...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12035847566593580722012-12-31T16:16:16.459+00:002012-12-31T16:16:16.459+00:00Haha! Yes, I re-read St. Clare's during my ma...Haha! Yes, I re-read St. Clare's during my masters...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75039864383656345922012-12-31T16:15:56.905+00:002012-12-31T16:15:56.905+00:007-in-1! Gosh. That's one hefty book...
I sho...7-in-1! Gosh. That's one hefty book...<br />I should revisit my own childhood loves - basically Enid Blyton - rather than just discovering the ones I missed.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12808390989245630492012-12-31T16:15:23.279+00:002012-12-31T16:15:23.279+00:00Thanks Donna - and funny story! Hill Top is reall...Thanks Donna - and funny story! Hill Top is really lovely, as is all the Lake District, so have a wonderful trip there :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30089614349174042582012-12-31T16:14:52.039+00:002012-12-31T16:14:52.039+00:00Haha! Oh dear. I can see how Beatrix Potter would ...Haha! Oh dear. I can see how Beatrix Potter would pall after the 19th or 20th reading...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-43416216473068984322012-12-31T16:14:28.032+00:002012-12-31T16:14:28.032+00:00This is the dinosaurs one, yes!
Good guess, but no...This is the dinosaurs one, yes!<br />Good guess, but no... as you'll know now!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19364006267846333612012-12-31T16:14:00.084+00:002012-12-31T16:14:00.084+00:00Absolutely agreed! Also in terms of emotions - th...Absolutely agreed! Also in terms of emotions - the sort of writer who makes things saccharine and uncomplex is underestimating the stamina children have for more complicated emotions. Having said that, I would tire of issue-led children's books (as I tire of issue-led adults' books)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52645541970463442162012-12-31T16:12:58.347+00:002012-12-31T16:12:58.347+00:00What an unfortunate married name for an author! A...What an unfortunate married name for an author! And how silly that they were catalogued under that - they need to sort out their system...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88275428227772531812012-12-31T16:12:27.487+00:002012-12-31T16:12:27.487+00:00I have to confess that they didn't terrify me,...I have to confess that they didn't terrify me, but they definitely would have done if I'd read it first as a child! Everything did. And children don't really notice disjointedness, do they?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-1120362493956257812012-12-31T16:10:59.534+00:002012-12-31T16:10:59.534+00:00Heehee! You're welcome ;)Heehee! You're welcome ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-82389053522996703572012-12-31T16:10:45.505+00:002012-12-31T16:10:45.505+00:00Yes, thank you for saving me from a last-minute ru...Yes, thank you for saving me from a last-minute rush through H.G. Wells!<br /><br />I didn't even know E. Nesbit had written for adults - how surprising that she cut out the wit! Was she all earnest?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37018283011761604582012-12-31T16:10:06.222+00:002012-12-31T16:10:06.222+00:00Potter and Dickens is an amusing combination! I l...Potter and Dickens is an amusing combination! I like that.<br />I think The Enchanted Castle will only be beloved if it was read to, or enjoyed as, a child - but worth a visit!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38258923444685726662012-12-31T16:09:06.797+00:002012-12-31T16:09:06.797+00:00I never have had a proper read through of her book...I never have had a proper read through of her books, and I must do so. And ten years ago I bought a biography of Potter - one day maybe I'll read that!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79099952666400660952012-12-29T14:16:59.071+00:002012-12-29T14:16:59.071+00:001970 = I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Ang...1970 = I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou?AEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593709036699350033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56497183064884523782012-12-29T00:06:18.345+00:002012-12-29T00:06:18.345+00:00I have to admit that I don't believe I've ...I have to admit that I don't believe I've ever read Nesbit or Potter. Shameful! And I have The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It waiting on my bookshelf. I've been on the lookout for some sort of collected works of Beatrix Potter - not sure if that exists, but wouldn't it be a lovely collection to keep near one's bed, along with the complete tales of Winnie the Pooh? Thanks for these reviews; I feel newly inspired to pull my Nesbit off my to-read shelf.<br /><br />On another note, I would love to participate in a discussion about children's lit vs. YA fiction, and whether adults should or perhaps should not read both. I hope you collect and record your thoughts on this topic!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233753953845020779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13619841761479859432012-12-28T21:41:05.919+00:002012-12-28T21:41:05.919+00:00To answer your challenge question, how about Satos...To answer your challenge question, how about Satoshi Kitamura?Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-74841357690469939092012-12-28T19:40:14.737+00:002012-12-28T19:40:14.737+00:00Really want to read Tge Enchanted Castle - not a E...Really want to read Tge Enchanted Castle - not a E Nesbit novel I've come across. <br /><br />I remember reading Beatrix Potter and Winnie the Pooh to distract me from (chemistry) finals at university. <br /><br />KirstyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63380507849873881542012-12-28T18:06:16.744+00:002012-12-28T18:06:16.744+00:00Thank you for the E. Nesbit reminder. A rather una...Thank you for the E. Nesbit reminder. A rather unattractive but 7-Books-in-One of hers arrived earlier this year and I've just pulled it out. (It was sitting next to Daddy Long-Legs which I remember you didn't love as I did when I was 10 or so!).<br /><br />No, no guesses on 1970.Sarah Wrightsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53018160077617703772012-12-28T15:09:14.319+00:002012-12-28T15:09:14.319+00:00Lovely blog Simon. It brought back memories of two...Lovely blog Simon. It brought back memories of two of my favourite children's authors. Like you I know The Railway Children and Five Children and It the best of the Nesbits, but I always loved all the Beatrix Potter books and must have read them with enthusiasm to Miranda right from the start. I remember my shock though, when at just 2 and a bit, she picked up A Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit and read it out loud in perfect parrot fashion back to me. Gave me faith that in many, if not most cases, reading to a child frequently is all the preparation for them to read themselves that's needed. In fact we're both hoping to go to the Lake District in 2013 primarily to see Hill Top Farm!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517709316514173919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79991041127119663272012-12-28T15:05:59.189+00:002012-12-28T15:05:59.189+00:00I don't think I've read 'The Flopsy Bu...I don't think I've read 'The Flopsy Bunnies' with my daughter yet, I'll have to dig it out. She got quite fixated on Mrs Tiggywinkle sometime back so I had to hide the book as I just couldn't face reading it again!Karolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613986841074083598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7808570105549215552012-12-28T08:31:16.297+00:002012-12-28T08:31:16.297+00:00I love E.Nesbit and so pleased when the concrete d...I love E.Nesbit and so pleased when the concrete dinosaurs in one of them (is it the Enchanted Castle? I don't have all of them now, after an unfortunate cat pee incident) turned out to be the ones in Crystal Palace Park!<br /><br />Ruthiella - The Sword and the Stone was a huge influence on my childhood; I read it over and over again. But when Morgan La Fay does that thing with the skin - eeeps!<br /><br />And my guess: BARBARA PYM!Liz Broomfieldhttp://www.librofulltime.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30403587396563401512012-12-28T05:28:56.040+00:002012-12-28T05:28:56.040+00:00I have never read any Nesbit but would like to, es...I have never read any Nesbit but would like to, especially after having read Byatt's The Children's Book. <br /><br />I recently listened to The Sword and the Stone by T.H. White, which I first read in my early teens. Granted, this book is a little beyond Beatrix Potter reading levels, but I was also impressed by the complexity of the storytelling and vocabulary. That is how children learn words and ideas...in context. So books which talk down to the children are really doing the reader a disservice.Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.com