Good children's books...

[Batty]

Welcome, Cherry74! You obviously have a keen sense of what a good upbringing should contain!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Hi Cherry74 welcome to the forum.

 

[cols]

Welcome Cheery74

 

[Grymm]

My 10yr old...erm, well he was 8 when he started reading them, is a big fan of the Barnaby Grimes series
Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf
Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull
Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead
Barnaby Grimes: Phantom Of Blood Alley
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell all set in a psuedoVictorian London and since has gone on to the Edge Chronicles by the same chaps.
I've also read them, purely to see if they are suitable y'unnerstand, and would happily recommend them.

 

[theoldlibrarian]

As an avid reader of children's literature I am more than impressed with the selection of books I've seen here. Personally I recommend the children's novels by J R R Tolkien (Roverandum, Tales of the Perilous realms and the Hobbit is suitable for older children as well) Later in life they have a huge selection of Tolkien (Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion etc.).
The Roald Dahl books are great and he has also written many fantastic adults books. For anybody who has visited Dublin, read Roddy Doyl's children's trilogy. They are hilarious and original.

 

[meerkat]

I always liked the Wierdstone of Brisingamon but there was another one, prequel or sequel about the dwarfs and I can't remember it. Written by a guy called Green : Anyone know what I mean?

I used to fancy the tall hero/tragic ani hero in black. Long before Strider came along...ahhh

 

[Tonyblack]

Alan Garner and the sequel was The Moon of Gomrath.

 

[Lady Vetinari]

I am starting William Horwood's Hyddenworld Quartet. I will say more when I have finished the book.

 

[meerkat]

The moon of Gomrath! oh that takes me back!
After reading that I wanted my Dad to take us on holidy to Cheshire but he insisted on Southend cos we were hard up then.

Happy memories....

 

[Lady Vetinari]

I've never heard of the Moon of Gomrath ... !

 

[meerkat]

It's really good. I have them somewhere up in my loft. First editions too!

It was my first taste of Dwarfs in stories and that was it, I was hooked.

 

[Lady Vetinari]

I have an idea for this forum ... I seen it on a book forum ... Can you tell me what they are about?

 

[meerkat]

MOB -Two children go and stay with a farmer relation. They go exploring and find a barrow. Sitting on the barrow is a dwarf and he takes them into many adventures where the outcome is to retreive the Godess Freja's necklace - the Wierdstone of Brisingamem. Elves in that if I remember rightly.

MOG - is where the children are still on the farm having had whooping cough and the baddies are after the wierdstone that the girl now owns.

Nice escapism.

 

[mystmoon]

I still maintain that Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) is an excellent children's series.

Seconded! I would also recommend the Roman Mysteries series and His Dark Materials for older kids. I've managed to persuade my sister to try The Wee Free Men finally, I'm trying to free her from Jaqueline Wilson's influence

 

[Lady Vetinari]

Roman Mysteries - by Caroline Lawrence? I love those!

Could never get on with either Eoin or Philip.

 

[mystmoon]

I have to be in the right mood to enjoy Pullman, but that's mainly because after the 1st book, I think the Dark Materials trilogy went downhill

 

[janet]

A good, honest to goodness childrens' Christmas story is 'The story of Holly and Ivy' by Rumer Godden. Not pertinent to this season but worth finding if you can. I used to read it to my classes of 7 - 9 year olds in my teaching days and they adored it, as did I!

 

[alexdwsn12]

Children's Books :

1. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
3. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
4. Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
5. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
6. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
7. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
8. Corduroy by Don Freeman
9. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
10. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

 

[author3]

Redwall Brian Jacques
Cherub Robert Muchamore
Hendersons Boys Robert Muchamore
Wardstone Chronicles Joseeph Delaney
Young Bond Charlie Higson
Alex Rider Anthony Horowitz
Narnia C.S.Lewis
Edge Chronicles Paul Stewart
Demonata Darren Shan
Harry Potter J.k. Rowling
Maximum Ride James Patterson
Lord of the Rings J.R.R.Tolkien

 

[author3]

I began reading this really cool book today called The Dead by Charlie Higson
It's about when this disease affects adults and teenagers over the age of 14
so all the people affected turn into zombies and try and kill everybody aged 12-14,It's a really good book but definitely for kids over the age of 12