Linnets and Valerians as influence on JKR

[Janet Anderson]

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erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com says:

>JKR has said that
>Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse was one of her favorite
>childhood books, and, after reading it, I liked it so much I decided
>to read Goudge's Linnets and Valerians.  Well, in Linnets and
>Valerians, there are bees that provide protection and guidance to the
>characters in the books.  I'm wondering if that could have been JKR's
>inspiration to give Dumbledore a name that means "bee."
>
>There are also mandrakes and a character named Tom Biddle in Linnets
>and Valerians, but I'll discuss those another time!

I like that book too, and come to think of it, there are also:

A person believed dead who turns out to have been alive under everyone's 
nose all the time (okay, he's not a bad guy, but still ...)

Extremely helpful and intelligent animals who are, in several cases, a 
better judge of character than the humans

A servant with a heavy regional accent, a penchant for overdrinking, and a 
strong friendly relationship with the children who are the main characters


Janet Anderson
(who really, really hopes Hagrid lives through the entire series)


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