tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post8278501464772558468..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: The Best Children's Novels You've Never Readfusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-46702724587667336282009-05-23T15:01:53.973-04:002009-05-23T15:01:53.973-04:00I too am searching for The Marsh Princess, with th...I too am searching for The Marsh Princess, with the Rachman style illustrations. I managed recently to find a different edition of the book, but nothing can compere with the much loved one of my childhood.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-49510021888243508302008-08-28T04:30:00.000-04:002008-08-28T04:30:00.000-04:00my fave book of all time is "Inkheart" and "Inkspe...my fave book of all time is "Inkheart" and "Inkspell" These are the first two books of Cornelia Funkes trilogy we are just waiting for the third part to come out. Inkheart is about a girl called Meggie and her father Mo. Mo has a special gift that Meggie never knew about! He can bring things alive out of paper and ink. This is a truly heart warming story and it taught me, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-40523009472032602622007-11-10T06:59:00.000-05:002007-11-10T06:59:00.000-05:00I am currently searching for a copy of "The Marsh ...I am currently searching for a copy of "The Marsh Princess" by Grace Lodge, (mentioned in a previous comment, as it was one of my favourite books as a child - beautifully illustrated in the edition I had, with Arthur Rackham style drawings and paintings. What about the works of Gene Stratton Porter? "Laddie", "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "Freckles" being the ones I read. They were my Mum's favourites too - quite sentimental and moralistic, but very moving and memorable nevertheless. We managed to get hold of new editions in recent years, as the old copies were falling apart at the seams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-30403370502810955662007-06-16T13:21:00.000-04:002007-06-16T13:21:00.000-04:00Can old books be included? If so, I think that Lou...Can old books be included? If so, I think that Louisa May Alcott's Under the Lilacs is the most charming children's book ever written. It is also filled with descriptions of what children did to amuse themselves sans TV, including elaborate Medieval Days. Anyway wonderful story.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-62960867199444470332007-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:002007-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:00My 7th/8th graders love The Lightening Thief, The ...My 7th/8th graders love <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786838655?tag=trinityprep0b-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0786838655&adid=10EFVVR5H71Q9AN6RNZ1&" REL="nofollow">The Lightening Thief</A>, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1423103343?tag=trinityprep0b-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1423103343&adid=135JS78D9866NE79V2YA&" REL="nofollow">The Sea of Monsters</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1423101456?tag=trinityprep0b-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1423101456&adid=1S12HPR5TEDNKGN6XEYN&" REL="nofollow">The Titan's Curse</A>.<BR/><BR/>They also love the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786814179?tag=trinityprep0b-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0786814179&adid=0CNK0KKSZH8777JZ025D&" REL="nofollow">Wind on Fire Trilogy</A> and <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060728272?tag=trinityprep0b-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0060728272&adid=17TXGA5ETAVWPN8YY8WJ&" REL="nofollow">The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Trilogy</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-72183781694865306432007-06-07T06:49:00.000-04:002007-06-07T06:49:00.000-04:00One of my favorites from youth is A Stranger Came ...One of my favorites from youth is <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Came-Ashore-Story-Suspense/dp/0060226528" REL="nofollow">A Stranger Came Ashore</A> by Mollie Hunter. Everyone else I've introduced to it, even years later, has loved it.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470484420916325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-42538035082961381382007-06-05T14:22:00.000-04:002007-06-05T14:22:00.000-04:00I've read so many of these books and I will have t...I've read so many of these books and I will have to go find the ones I haven't read. Thank you for the suggestions! Now for my nominations:<BR/><BR/>Bedford-Atkins, Gladys. The Luck of the House: The Story of A Family and a Sword. Chicago: A. Whitman, 1938. It traces the history of a family over nearly a thousand years in a series of stories and is simply wonderful. I lost my childhood copy and was lucky enough to find it on the Internet a few years back. Read it if you can find a copy.<BR/><BR/>Lodge, Grace. The Marsh Princess. London, 1949. I seem to be the only owner of this wonderful full-length children's fantasy on this side of the Atlantic. It's about a princess who grew up in a tower by the marsh. She loves the marsh and is strange but loved by her caretakers. Then she is summoned to court where people are wary of her because her mother was a fairy. It's about being different and finding one's own place. It's a lovely tale. If you ever find a copy grab it!!<BR/><BR/>Ward, Patricia. The Silver Pencil. London: Collins, 1959. Not the US book of the same title. This one is about a magic silver pencil that helps a lonely girl on a summer vacation and makes the vacation very special for her. It's a special tale.<BR/><BR/>How many people reading this have actually read the Oz books, not just the Wizard of Oz but all the other ones, particularly the ones by Ruth Plumly Thompson?? I particularly love The Purple Prince of Oz and The Yellow Knight of Oz and Ojo in Oz for example.<BR/><BR/>I could go on and on....<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>Jenny in ChicagoJenny Schwartzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346217514073560797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-25143648817823117332007-06-04T23:27:00.000-04:002007-06-04T23:27:00.000-04:00Two of my childhood favourites, recently rediscove...Two of my childhood favourites, recently rediscovered and just as good as I remembered them: <I>The Plum Rain Scroll</I> and its sequel <I>The Dragon Stone</I>, by Ruth Manley. An odd-job boy with a secret destiny; a Celestial Princess on the lam; an aunt who turns out to be a fox; a yoni who collects poetry and a tengu who is simply bored with life... It is a brilliant and at times laugh out loud funny story set in mythological Japan. Highly recommended! I have seen copies on abebooks, but not in huge numbers.(<I>The Peony Lantern</I>, the third in the series, published after Manley's untimely death, is extremely disappointing and reads as if the publisher grabbed her manuscript notes and printed them without allowing an editor anywhere near it.)Anonymous Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510577169350029895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-69505250396862559502007-06-04T14:56:00.000-04:002007-06-04T14:56:00.000-04:00I LOVE Girl with the Silver Eyes. When I was a kid...I LOVE <I>Girl with the Silver Eyes</I>. When I was a kid I kept repeatedly trying to move things with my mind, but to no avail.<BR/><BR/>Zilpha Keatley Snyder's books are great--I'll have to put those on the re-read list. I also really liked <I>The Westing Game</I> as a kid.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-23511389500984076862007-06-04T14:16:00.000-04:002007-06-04T14:16:00.000-04:00While I am hard pressed to name a *bad* DWJ book, ...While I am hard pressed to name a *bad* DWJ book, and thus count pretty much all of them very highly in my favorites list, I think my favorite favorite is Hexwood. because while I claim I am over all King Arthur stories ever, I really just mean the bad ones, not this one at all. <BR/><BR/>I also adore Hounds of the Morrigan. I got given a copy that sat around for maybe even a year before I read it. And after I read it, I reread it until it fell apart, and was ever so pleased to find a copy in paperback years later (though the paperback is not really as pretty, particularly so far as the conversational sweets are concerned.(Also, i want conversational sweets like that.)). And the fox isn't bad, but I'd have to say it's a toss up between the ducks and the earwigs. Oh, nevermind, I just love them all.Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807075228555127417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-59160123587136923762007-06-04T13:46:00.000-04:002007-06-04T13:46:00.000-04:00Eleanor Farjeon's Martin Pippin in the Apple Orcha...Eleanor Farjeon's <I>Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard</I>, 1921, a beautiful love story within love stories, with a Sussex wandering minstrel as the title character. <BR/><BR/><I>Archer's Goon</I> is also my favorite DWJ book, along with her underread Tam Lin retelling <I>Fire and Hemlock</I>.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393838366732279182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-12033503835188061542007-06-03T21:11:00.000-04:002007-06-03T21:11:00.000-04:00I also love Kara Dalkey's Little Sister. Did you k...I also love Kara Dalkey's Little Sister. Did you know she wrote a sequel to it? I have Little Sister here on my shelf, but I must have checked the sequel out from the library, because it's not in my personal book collection. I remember it being good, but not as good as Little Sister.<BR/><BR/>My favorite Diana Wynne Jones is Power of Three. Haven't tried Dark Lord of Derkholm or Archer's Goon. Or any of the rest, actually. More books to add to the TBR pile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-3556479092839674922007-06-02T21:24:00.000-04:002007-06-02T21:24:00.000-04:00I loved the Below the Root series - as I did all o...I loved the Below the Root series - as I did all of ZKS's books. They're on my reread list.<BR/><BR/>Another favorite is Kate Seredy's The Good Master.<BR/><BR/>In the picture book category, my love goes to The Maggie B by Irene Haas. I've passed the love along to a three year old and could now die in peace.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563414055936087654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-69543713063229083122007-06-02T15:03:00.000-04:002007-06-02T15:03:00.000-04:00I'm always glad to see Diana Wynne Jones mentione ...I'm always glad to see Diana Wynne Jones mentione ANYWHERE. She is so much better than Rowling, and so under appreciated.<BR/>Garfield's "The Sound of Coaches" is terrific.<BR/>Anything by Peter Dickinson is worth readng an rereading. I highly recommend "Rope" and "The Blue Falcon."<BR/>I've read some William Mayne but can't remember any titles now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-61858329210375061512007-06-01T23:49:00.000-04:002007-06-01T23:49:00.000-04:00Our last paperback copy of The Fairy Rebel finally...Our last paperback copy of The Fairy Rebel finally fell apart and had to be discarded. Broke my heart, it did. I insist on now keeping our slowly dying paperback of The Girl With the Silver Eyes (which I really should have included on this list) in circulation despite its increasing rattiness.<BR/><BR/>I'm devastated, by the way, to hear about Adelaide Harris as I read the new paperback. Off to find a hardcover!fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-42101104866321934862007-06-01T22:50:00.000-04:002007-06-01T22:50:00.000-04:00I think that Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Casse...I think that Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy is underappreciated. <BR/><BR/>I love The Fairy Rebel by Lynne Reid Banks and I feel that it is better than The Indian in the Cupboard series.<BR/><BR/>Hurrah for Zilpha!Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-38327740833063852962007-06-01T21:46:00.000-04:002007-06-01T21:46:00.000-04:00Bring back the BLUEBERRY PIE ELF !It was my favori...Bring back the BLUEBERRY PIE ELF !<BR/><BR/>It was my favorite book to use in storytime, and when I came back to work from having kids, it was OP and has remained so. sob<BR/><BR/>-librarian, writer, momAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-45716123988755737722007-06-01T21:27:00.000-04:002007-06-01T21:27:00.000-04:00Your favorite Diana Wynne Jones is my favorite Dia...Your favorite Diana Wynne Jones is my favorite Diana Wynne Jones. <BR/><BR/>And for an addition to the list, does anyone anymore read <I>The Story of a Bad Boy</I>, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-11886362544369522212007-06-01T16:58:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:58:00.000-04:00Re: Winged Girl of Knossos, what with all the Ligh...Re: Winged Girl of Knossos, what with all the Lightning Thief love, couldn't it do well in a reprint? I haven't read it, sounds great.<BR/><BR/>Lots of kids in my school love The Wind Singer.<BR/><BR/>My personal favorite: Family Sabbatical by Carol Ryrie Brink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-47376947500273033112007-06-01T13:51:00.000-04:002007-06-01T13:51:00.000-04:00"The Nine Questions" by Edward Fenton. I interlib..."The Nine Questions" by Edward Fenton. I interlibrary loan this one every few years. A boy leaves home to seek his fortune with a few treasured items, meets a girl who can't cry and a mysterious con man who turns up in different guises. A little magical, a little mystical...something about it just captured me at 10 years old and still does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-35088603433423239092007-06-01T11:24:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:24:00.000-04:00Oh! And William Mayne! Tell me that some of you ...Oh! And William Mayne! Tell me that some of you guys have read books by William Mayne.<BR/><BR/>--SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-60377790813151479422007-06-01T11:23:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:23:00.000-04:00I don't think I could ever pick a favorite Leon Ga...I don't think I could ever pick a favorite Leon Garfield, but my first exposure was The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, which I still love (though BEWARE the new paperback edition with the cover illustration by Brett Helquist--the entire printing left off the last couple of pages! Devestating!). My little sister loved his picture book--Fair's Fair--and no one's _ever_ heard of that one. The Sound of Coaches is the one that I loved when I was in college, though. I'd better stop now before I list them all.<BR/>--SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-62915762424678738182007-06-01T10:38:00.000-04:002007-06-01T10:38:00.000-04:00What fun! I've read some of the authors on your li...What fun! I've read some of the authors on your list, but nary a one of the books you listed. I must add them to my ever-growing list.<BR/><BR/>My favorite under-appreciated classic? Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott. Everyone's at least seen the movie of Little Women, but I think Eight Cousins and its sequel Rose in Bloom are much better.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-63360663539408806472007-06-01T10:22:00.000-04:002007-06-01T10:22:00.000-04:00I haven't read Black Jack, but loved SMITH by the ...I haven't read Black Jack, but loved SMITH by the same author--completely Dickens! I'll have to look up the other.<BR/><BR/>You have read the rest of the trilogy that comes after Under the Root, yes? Just as good. Trying to get my 11-year-old to dig in. Maybe this summer.<BR/><BR/>I know, the series isn't that old, but the best book (series)I put off reading for way too long are the Joey Pigza books. I think, in my head, they were going to be light stuff about ADD and I just didn't pick them up. When I did, it was like being hit with a sledgehammer, at high speed. Incredible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-84509017918654342662007-06-01T10:07:00.000-04:002007-06-01T10:07:00.000-04:00I loved, loved The Ship that Flew, back in the day...I loved, loved The Ship that Flew, back in the day. Could not get my daughter to read it, though. I also loved The Diamond in the Window (Langton)-but none of the subsequent ones in the series- and Minnow on the Say (Pearce).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com