[HPFGU-OTChatter] Book list

[Shaun Hately]

On 20 Jul 2005 at 11:17, Tim Regan wrote:

> The Arthur Ransome books are dated, but none the less important.
> 
> You don't mention the age range? But you might want to include some
> holocaust stuff, e.g. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Secrets
> by Jacqueline Wilson is a great 'retelling' of Frank's diary) Maus a
> Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History Maus II : A Survivor's Tale:
> And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman are great graphical
> novels on the holocaust. Well sort of on the holocaust, really on a
> man's relationship with his father and the memory of his mother. But
> they would not work for young kids at all.
> 
> What about poetry?

Thanks for the suggestions.

Age range - any. I have no idea what age range I may wind up teaching 
yet - potentially it could be anywhere from 5 to 15. And poetry is 
great as well. I'd forgotten about Arthur Ransome completely - I 
loved those as a kid.

On 20 Jul 2005 at 12:21, (Mrs.) Lee Storm (God is the  wrote:

> Interesting book list.  Quick note: I saw "Adventures Of The 
> Wishing Chair" listed twice??

Very different editions - one is an unedited edition, the other is 
edited for modern political correctness, but is wonderfully 
illustrated.

And thanks for the other suggestions, they are all going on the list.

On 20 Jul 2005 at 11:08, Sherry Gomes wrote:

> follow my leader
> James Garfield
> Not sure if this is available anymore.  It's the story of a boy who
> goes blind at age 11, learns braille, the use of a white cane and
> other techniques of functioning with blindness.  then due to 
> special family circumstances, he is allowed to get a guide dog, 
> even though he is well below the age limit.  it's the story that 
> inspired me when I was a little girl and made me say, I'm going to 
> get one of those someday!

Even if it's not available, I still want names - I collect books, I 
can often track down out of print books reasonably easily - and 
something like this is definitely something I want in the collection.

On 20 Jul 2005 at 22:51, Steve wrote:

> bboyminn:
> 
> Shaun, I'm surprised after our recent conversations that you didn't
> include "Ender's Game" and "Ender's Shadow" By Orson Scott Card. 
> These books were not created as children's books even though they 
> are both about children, but they are very popular with young 
> readers. They are also very deep and poignant books, that have a 
> strong moral center combined with humor and courage. Well, you've 
> read them, so you know what they are like.

The list, at present, is only of books I currently have in my 
possession, and at the moment I don't own a copy of either Ender's 
Game or Ender's Shadow. Because I use these books so much in my work 
with gifted kids, I'm always giving away my copies of them!

But they are definitely going onto the lists of books to buy again.

On 20 Jul 2005 at 23:26, davewitley wrote:

> Any Biggles book, Capt WE Johns,
> thrillers - I know it's crap writing and totally politically 
> incorrect but I lapped them up so others might

I own about 50 Biggles books, but they're not on the list because 
these are not editions that I am going to typically lend to kids. I 
might lend them to a kid who'd read the others and wanted to continue 
reading because so many are out of print and they can't read them any 
other way. But they're not on the general list. I think I will get 
some newer editions though and stick them on the list, because I 
loved them as well.

Thank you to everyone who is making suggestions.



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