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.)
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
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."
Gris - Jan 27, 2009 2:42:07 am PST #8363 of 28431
Hey. New board.
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.
javachik - Jan 27, 2009 7:51:10 am PST #8366 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
Laga, YES! I still remember the story of the girl who wouldn't bathe who got tomatoes planted on her skin!
Toddson - Jan 27, 2009 7:58:18 am PST #8367 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There's also a book called "Red Moon, Black Mountain" by Joy Chant - several children in a family step from their trip in the English countryside into a different world with all kinds of adventures. Possibly for an older audience than the Narnia books, but well written.
Typo Boy - Jan 27, 2009 8:08:33 am PST #8368 of 28431
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Went with "A Wrinkle in Time". Actually never read it because I heard it many times read out loud by "Uncle Ruthie" on KPFK. Which now that I think of it is a great way to absorb it. But I'm keeping the other suggestions for the future, because I'm friends with her father and her Grandma, and I strongly suspect there are more gifts from me in her future.
meara - Jan 27, 2009 9:09:24 am PST #8369 of 28431
Oh, sorry, didn't catch that we were suggesting for an 8 year old. In that case, yeah, the Circle of Magic ones might be a better intro, Gris is right.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2009 9:16:13 am PST #8370 of 28431
brillig
Have the literistas here put together a Big List of Cool Kids' Books, ie, a compliation of all the posts on that subject?
sj - Jan 27, 2009 3:38:48 pm PST #8371 of 28431
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
John Updike passed away today.
Barb - Jan 28, 2009 1:45:31 pm PST #8372 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”