Favourite of these children's authors - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I have deliberately left J K Rowling out because I am sure she would win the poll...This list is not meant to be comprehensive, just the ones I am interested in who have written more than a few novels.

Jane Yolen

Dahl is the man

There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...

twseel wrote:

Horowitz by far, used to read a lot by him

Which is your favourite Alex Rider?

condor wrote:

twseel wrote:

Horowitz by far, used to read a lot by him

Which is your favourite Alex Rider?

I don't recall

BaldJean wrote:

some of the best are missing here: Lewis Carroll, Frank L. Baum, Selma Lagerlöf, C.S. Forester, Otfried Preußler. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (though "The Little Prince" is very much for grown-ups as well)

I don't even know the ones in the MCQ list of the OP, and from yours, only Lewis Carrol and St-Ex

When a kid, when reading of my own (not talking of Belgo-French comics here), most of my memories relate to Enid Blyton: Noddy and - later - The Famous Fives mainly (and Secret Seven to a lesser extent )... I later on moved (age 9, I guess) to Henri Vernes' Bob Morane and many more

but when my parents read me to sleep, I suppose that they read Grimm tales and stuff like that... but I got no memories of that.

While I'm unimpressed by Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, I did enjoy his Nome Trilogy, I think his writing better suited children's books.

From the list, Pullman - once he got into his stride with His Dark Materials he produced some great writing.

What?

Read this when I was about 12 or 13....not sure what condor means by children . As I said many of those authors and books are more for young teens, than what I consider children.....5-10 years old.

Edited by dr wu23 - November 03 2015 at 09:45

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

When I was a child, Astrid Lindgren's works were my favourite children's books. I like Ronia the Robber's Daughter very much, for example. It is like a Nordic saga with fairytale elements.

Sean Trane wrote:

BaldJean wrote:

some of the best are missing here: Lewis Carroll, Frank L. Baum, Selma Lagerlöf, C.S. Forester, Otfried Preußler. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (though "The Little Prince" is very much for grown-ups as well)

I don't even know the ones in the MCQ list of the OP, and from yours, only Lewis Carrol and St-Ex

When a kid, when reading of my own (not talking of Belgo-French comics here), most of my memories relate to Enid Blyton: Noddy and - later - The Famous Fives mainly (and Secret Seven to a lesser extent )... I later on moved (age 9, I guess) to Henri Vernes' Bob Morane and many more

but when my parents read me to sleep, I suppose that they read Grimm tales and stuff like that... but I got no memories of that.

Selma Lagerlöf was a Nobel Prize winning author. Her most famous book is "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils". telling the story of a boy who flies with the wild geese.

Frank L. Baum was the author of the Oz-books, most notably the famous "The Wizard of Oz".

Otfried Preußler is a German author, most famous for his book"The Robber Hotzenplotz". He died in 2013. Over 15.2 million copies of his books have been sold in the German language, and his works have been translated into over 55 other languages.

C. S. Forester wrote "Poo-Poo and the Dragons", a book which I loved as a kid.

Carlo Collodi could also have been mentioned; he wrote "Pinocchio"

BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.

Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Joan Aiken	1	[7.69%]
Anthony Horowitz	1	[7.69%]
Philip Pullman	2	[15.38%]
Philip Reeve	0	[0.00%]
Roal Dahl	6	[46.15%]
Arthur Ransome	1	[7.69%]
C S Lewis	2	[15.38%]
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