tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post1443972215255349220..comments2023-07-06T16:12:35.437+01:00Comments on Fantastic Reads: A reading list for Tim LottUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-35821512395718437812012-05-20T10:54:29.787+01:002012-05-20T10:54:29.787+01:00I've never heard of her! Thank you so much Jon...I've never heard of her! Thank you so much Jongleuse, I'll definitely look out for those books.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-19077917665603533632012-05-18T21:24:23.562+01:002012-05-18T21:24:23.562+01:00Cannot resist adding one more, Flora Segunda and s...Cannot resist adding one more, Flora Segunda and sequels by Ysabeau Wilce. Not only is the narrator, Flora, feisty, fearless and very funny, the fantasy world as well as being a magnificently weird, twisted version of California is very gender-equal, girls are soldiers, pirates and rangers. Better known in the States, Wilce is majorly talented.jongleusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754014776263314905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-26143358013098412702012-05-12T17:46:51.540+01:002012-05-12T17:46:51.540+01:00Thanks Saranga! I'll check out the Princeless ...Thanks Saranga! I'll check out the Princeless comic. How could I have missed out The Paperbag Princess? It's wonderful!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-6534575305310260482012-05-11T21:46:54.584+01:002012-05-11T21:46:54.584+01:00I'll add The Paperbag Princess, the Princeless...I'll add The Paperbag Princess, the Princeless comic (I will not stop recommending this, ever), and I second the Alanna books and Discworld books. Actually all of Tamora Pierce's books are great, the Circle of Magic ones were the first I read and they enchanted me. I'd have loved them as a child, has I found them then.Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-68427048055181682382012-05-07T06:46:50.249+01:002012-05-07T06:46:50.249+01:00Thank you for commenting, Ms N! Some great books t...Thank you for commenting, Ms N! Some great books there. I'd also suggest Helena Pielichaty and Anne Fine if they like Jacqueline Wilson, and when your 9 year old is a little older, Catherine Johnson's Brave New Girl is a brilliant book about a girl growing up in Hackney in the run up to the Olympics.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-26717027653967057922012-05-06T21:42:52.691+01:002012-05-06T21:42:52.691+01:00Ohhh, sorry, my posts are multiple and deleted and...Ohhh, sorry, my posts are multiple and deleted and multiple....apologiesMs Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-69554220355138958752012-05-06T21:41:52.632+01:002012-05-06T21:41:52.632+01:00As the mother of the younger two girls Tim Lott ta...As the mother of the younger two girls Tim Lott talks of in the column, I can safely say that you are right in your introduction. His tongue was, of course, firmly in his cheek. There was some bile on Twitter about the way the column portrayed girls, but in truth my girls, (particularly the 9 year old) are avid readers of much that is way outside of the fairy genre. They both hate pink, and are pretty much fairy averse. It just so happened that, on the day in question, a fairy event was taking place - shame that.<br /><br />Just to reassure you further, here is my own (with help from my older girl) list of all time great reads for girls and boys alike that she has enjoyed over the last few years. <br /><br />The Deepwoods Trilogy (The Edge Chronicles) by Chris Riddle and Paul Stuart<br />Ottoline by Chris Riddle and Paul Stuart<br />Checkmate by Malory Blackman<br />The Game of the Goose by Ursula Dubosarsky<br />Watership Down by Richard Adams<br />The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater<br />Anything by Jacqueline Wilson (she insisted I put this in)<br />The Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams<br />The Magicians Nephew by C S Lewis<br />Lionboy by Zizou Corder<br /><br />and finally, but best of all, Fearless by Tim LottMs Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-91367347910829041712012-05-06T21:41:14.515+01:002012-05-06T21:41:14.515+01:00As the mother of the younger two girls Tim Lott ta...As the mother of the younger two girls Tim Lott talks of in the column, I can safely say that you are right in your introduction. His tongue was, of course, firmly in his cheek. There was some bile on Twitter about the way the column portrayed girls, but in truth my girls, (particularly the 9 year old) are avid readers of much that is way outside of the fairy genre. They both hate pink, and are pretty much fairy averse. It just so happened that, on the day in question, a fairy event was taking place - shame that.<br /><br />Just to reassure you further, here is my own (with help from my older girl) list of all time great reads for girls and boys alike that she has enjoyed over the last few years. <br /><br />The Deepwoods Trilogy (The Edge Chronicles) by Chris Riddle and Paul Stuart<br />Ottoline by Chris Riddle and Paul Stuart<br />Checkmate by Malory Blackman<br />The Game of the Goose by Ursula Dubosarsky<br />Watership Down by Richard Adams<br />The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater<br />Anything by Jacqueline Wilson (she insisted I put this in)<br />The Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams<br />The Magicians Nephew by C S Lewis<br />Lionboy by Zizou Corder<br /><br />and finally, but best of all, Fearless by Tim LottMs Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-15499117621865742012-05-06T21:38:53.667+01:002012-05-06T21:38:53.667+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ms Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-41853602667492400772012-05-06T21:38:24.799+01:002012-05-06T21:38:24.799+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ms Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-52315897620184295012012-05-06T20:58:54.929+01:002012-05-06T20:58:54.929+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ms Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343253315425005268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-87397996898532531552012-05-06T16:10:13.123+01:002012-05-06T16:10:13.123+01:00Thanks for commenting, Jenny Wren! I recommend the...Thanks for commenting, Jenny Wren! I recommend the Dido Twite books for reading aloud to children. I would think that Ronia would be good to read aloud too.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907149953224165300.post-28377093630255830352012-05-06T07:38:21.525+01:002012-05-06T07:38:21.525+01:00Thankyou for these, I'll be introducing my dau...Thankyou for these, I'll be introducing my daughter to them in due course (she's only 6 but her tastes skew older). I'm glad you've put The Ordinary Princess in; I love that book and included it in a blog topic on a similar theme here: http://jennywrenandbellawilfer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/three-princesses-for-my-daughter.htmlJenny Wrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146092687410096857noreply@blogger.com