I have to agree about the appropriateness. Just because the stories are lovely and superbly written doesn't mean they're for all ages. Of Gaiman's catalog, I guess Coraline, The Graveyard Book and Mirrormask would be good for tweens?
But she was naked! And all... articulate!
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2013 5:12:08 pm PDT #20782 of 28370
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Kat - May 09, 2013 5:17:11 pm PDT #20783 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Coraline and The Graveyard Book for sure. Also the picture book about trading dad for a goldfish because it's funny.
JZ - May 09, 2013 5:26:49 pm PDT #20784 of 28370
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Stardust, maybe? It's been ages since I even skimmed through it, but I don't remember anything glaringly inappropriate.
sj - May 09, 2013 5:29:39 pm PDT #20785 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
He really prefers graphic novels to books, but I don't know what he has read, so I bought him the book on drawing superheroes instead, because I heard he recently started becoming interesting in drawing.
DebetEsse - May 09, 2013 5:30:57 pm PDT #20786 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Stardust is sort of a hybrid of text and image, at least in the One True Edition (IMO), but it does include a sex scene in the beginning.
erikaj - May 10, 2013 5:39:42 am PDT #20787 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks, JZ. Glad you like them. Your check's incoming. I started reading a lot of stuff ahead of my age, so I would be terrible at assessing what to give a kid to read.
-t - May 10, 2013 5:45:12 am PDT #20788 of 28370
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I feel like there's a significant different between eleven-year-olds who picking up Sandman on their own, and giving a copy to them. But I don't really have an opinion as to appropriateness.
erikaj - May 10, 2013 5:52:27 am PDT #20789 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
I would definitely not stop a kid from reading what they like. But, yeah, I could see handing it out is sort of an endorsement. Or at least leaves you open in a "Where did you get THAT?" conversation.
sj - May 10, 2013 5:55:09 am PDT #20790 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I feel like there's a significant different between eleven-year-olds who picking up Sandman on their own, and giving a copy to them. But I don't really have an opinion as to appropriateness.
I agree with this completely. My mother still worried about what movies I saw and TV I was watching at 11, but I pretty much read whatever I wanted.
JZ - May 10, 2013 9:00:29 am PDT #20791 of 28370
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Thanks, JZ. Glad you like them.
Not blowing smoke up your ass, either. I wish that people with more money than us would notice your work and pounce on it, because it's seriously fucking good, tight storytelling.