Other Children's Lit (Re: [HPforGrownups] Defend OOTP against my horribly Muggle mind!)

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 76951

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>At 05:16 PM 8/9/2003 +0000, feetmadeofclay wrote:
> >And I would like to know if Potter is the only children's lit you >are 
>reading.  Or what books you loved as kids. And of course why...
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>Admittedly I am a 3rd grade teacher so reading children's lit is my job, 
>but I just re-read James and the Giant Peach, which I had not read in 
>years, and loved it.  It, as many have pointed out, has huge similarities 
>to HP including the main character's name James Henry Trotter.  If it were 
>to have just been released (instead of on 1961) I would bet JK's crack 
>legal team would be trying to sue Mr. Dahl.
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>Of course it does not have nearly the epic flavor of HP but if you are 
>looking for a quick read I am sure you would love it.
>
>Heather Maffioli
>(Hi I'm new!)
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I read lots of juvenile literature - to me it's much more interesting than a 
lot of "adult" stuff that tries too hard to be "gritty" and winds up being 
gross.

Young adult literature, mind.

I tend to like things with historical themes and some with slightly 
fantastical but not too way-out themes.

Let me recommend to the group Lloyd Alexander's "Chronicles of Prydain" and 
Susan Cooper's "The Dark Is Rising" series for starters.

JH

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