09-05-2020, 11:19 AM | #136 |
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My almost nine year old daughter loves our Asterix and Obelix series. She also enjoys the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.
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09-06-2020, 12:55 AM | #137 |
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Have you come accross the books of Enid Blyton?
DEfinitely not scary and there are loads of them. They were a children.s staple in the 1950's and are still very popular today. |
09-06-2020, 01:43 AM | #138 |
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They can be considered problematic today, so I'd head over to FadedPage and check them out there first. Basically, they're very whitebread - often set in pre-war middle class Britain. While there's no overt racism I recall, the bad guys are usually 'other'.
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The racism and xenophobia may not have been explicit, but it was just barely implicit - VERY well lampooned in parodies like "Five Go Mad in Dorset"
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09-06-2020, 10:40 AM | #142 |
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Does anyone else here remember Walter R. Brooks and the Freddy the Pig books? One of my co-workers says that she picked up a couple of them for her 8 year old daughter but was appalled by the racism in them. My memories are rather vague since I read them decades back but I don't remember any racism, speciesism perhaps.
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I saw a great quote about historical figures, which likely applies to fiction written in a previous eras - "You are a tourist visiting the past, don't act like the ugly American mad because they don't have McDonalds."
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10-07-2020, 08:35 AM | #145 |
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Hi there. I am a big fan of Harry Potter and I think lots of people can say that it can be a classic.
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10-08-2020, 10:40 AM | #146 |
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If your niece likes horses at all then the Saddle Club books might be a hit? I devoured them as a child. There's horses, mystery, adventure, friendship.
As for if Potter will be a Classic or not... they're fine books but I think it's too early to say. Many books loved by one generation are forgotten a few generations down the line even if they were great in their heyday and got people reading. |
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10-14-2020, 10:01 AM | #148 |
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There are also the "classics": Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys.
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10-18-2020, 11:54 AM | #149 |
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As a child, I loved Blyton and others, but one book which always stayed in my mind was The Silver Sword. I think I was maybe 9 or 10 when I read it. Loved it.
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the...-9780141362649 |
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