My brother reads Goosebumps to my 6 year old nephew. There were points when I was there that D. was on edge, but he likes that. My brother lets him watch a lot of shit that I wouldn't. BUT. The things that give that kid sobbing nightmares are the death of his beloved Miss Kitty and Oscar the cannibalistic fish. So.... Reality is much more upsetting to him than fiction. But again, his dad kills mice for a living, so.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sarameg - Jan 26, 2009 5:45:16 pm PST #8356 of 28431
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 5:49:45 pm PST #8357 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
circle of magic ;the circle opens
protector of the small ( Song of the Lionesse leads into this but I never read it)
those are the ones I like the best
Ginger - Jan 26, 2009 7:24:23 pm PST #8358 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I somehow missed reading it as a kid.
That's sad. "There is such a thing as a tesseract." "Wild nights are my glory. I just got blown off course." "I do fact facts. They're a lot easier to face than people."
I loved Edward Eager. Seven Day Magic is a stand-alone. Half Magic starts a series of interlinked books, but the story is complete in each book.
The Borrowers? Stuart Little?
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2009 7:43:08 pm PST #8359 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Doesn't Seven Day Magic have a part where they meet the kids from Half Magic ? I loved those books too.
Ginger - Jan 26, 2009 7:48:30 pm PST #8360 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Do they run across a girl picking up the charm? I can't remember. I may have to reread.
meara - Jan 26, 2009 8:56:43 pm PST #8361 of 28431
Tamora Pierce has a few different sets of books, most set in the same "world". You could probably start her either with the "Song of the Lioness" quartet ("Alanna: The First Adventure" being the first book in it, then "In the Hand of the Goddess", "Woman Who Rides Like a Man" and "Lioness Rampant").
The other quartet of hers that's a good intro to her characters would be the Keladry books--First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight.
Fay - Jan 27, 2009 12:57:02 am PST #8362 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What meara said.
Although I'd put in a good word for the Oz books too. With the proper illustrations. Classic fantasy for the win!
Gris - Jan 27, 2009 2:42:07 am PST #8363 of 28431
Hey. New board.
I was going to recommend the Song of the Lioness quartet as a good start, but on rethink it might make sense to go with the Circle of Magic series. They're aimed at a slightly younger set, so might be a better intro to the author for even a very precocious 8-year-old. If she likes them, but wishes for something a tad older-feeling, then she's ready to jump into the Alanna and Keladry series (which do include some very fade-to-black love-making scenes as the characters get older, as a warning.)
Laga - Jan 27, 2009 6:23:18 am PST #8364 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Does anyone else remember Miss Pigglewiggle?
Scrappy - Jan 27, 2009 7:21:07 am PST #8365 of 28431
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Mrs. PiggleWiggle. And,. yes, they are wonderful books.