Favourite of these children's authors
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Topic: Favourite of these children's authors
Posted By: condor
Subject: Favourite of these children's authors
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 12:46
| 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. |
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:01
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Dahl -------------  
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:12
| Jane Yolen |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:26
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I've only read Pullman, Dahl, and Lewis from that list and I liked Pullman's 'Golden Compass' series the best,,,though Lewis Narnia books are good. Dahl never really was my thing as a young adult. And I read the Pullman books of course as an adult. btw....not many 'children' would understand some of those novels....more for young adults or teens..imho.
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:43
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Dahl is the man ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:46
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Horowitz by far, used to read a lot by him ------------- 
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Posted By: condor
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:54
Which is your favourite Alex Rider?
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twseel wrote:Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 13:57
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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) -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 14:15
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 15:52
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Norton Juster. And Maurice Sendak for his art. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 05:32
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.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 05:34
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should have Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson i think also two important 1800s autheors who inspired alot of those on the list were the friends H C Anderson and Charles Dickens   -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 07:30
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While I'm unimpressed by Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, I did enjoy his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nome_Trilogy" rel="nofollow - 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? |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 08:36
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I love the Discworld series. Pratchett put social criticism into a fantasy world and added a lot of humor. My favourite of his books are those featuring the City Watch, the witches, Death or Moist von Lipwig. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 09:43
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. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 09:45
Death is his finest creation (no doubt inspired by, but different to, Neil Gaiman's Death/Azra'el from Good Omens). The spoken humour is okay, but I find the visual humour is a bit too obvious, as are the plots in the later books in the series....If he had stopped after Guards! Guards! I would rate them more highly. I still think his writing better suits children's books. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Skalla-Grim
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 10:37
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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. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 12:47
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CS Lewis over Roald Dahl |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 13:24
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. |