Children's Books

So I decided to start The 39 Clues. Decent stuff so far, has a very "theatrical" feel to it IMO.

There's a series called Spy Cat, featuring a cat named Pete (the author jokingly cites him as her co-writer) that I quite enjoy. The author clearly has a lot of fun writing from the cat's perspective, so it appeals to my love for xenofiction- but I also like that it focuses on a house cat, and the way that he ends up solving mysteries.

I find Picture Books to be fascinating. I think I like them more as an adult than I did as a kid. There's just so many of them, with so many different ideas. The art and writing in picture books is not given enough credit. I'd like to get into collecting picture books some day.

Despite the Brian Regan sketch about how simple they are, picture books seem difficult to make. Writing an exciting, but simple, story is a challenge. Getting the art right is also a challenge. I could never publish picture books.

A lot of books in the Expanded Universe of The Little Mermaid provide excellent character interactions and world building.

Like which? I know about the comics but it's hard finding info on the books.

Here's a list.

Ariel's Dolphin Adventure

Ariel's Royal Wedding

Ariel and the Aquamarine Jewel

The Birthday Surprise

Ariel's Baby Beau

Ariel's Night Lights

Sweet Dreams at Last

Ariel is My Babysitter

The Holiday Treasure Hunt

Edited by BrightLight on Aug 27th 2019 at 11:23:18 PM

Thanks.

When I was little, one newspaper attached classic children literature like The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy or A Little Princess. I enjoyed them even if I was skimming them rather than really reading. They're still in my attic if I'm not mistaken. I gotta get them back.

I'm 19 and I still read Kids books, since my High School has only teen/adult literature (aside from a few comic books I occasionally read) I would go to the Library borrow some books to read at my school.

I read A Wrinkle in Time last year, read Momo this year, and I'm currently reading Der Satanarchaeoluegenialkohoellische Wunshpunsch.

I think the Pandora books are for kids and I read those.

Anyone else notice that some books(like Harry Potter) that were considered kids books at the time are now considered YA?

I think with Harry Potter it had the thing where they were supposed to grow up with the reader, so half are middle grade and than they morph to YA, but I have noticed a lot of people calling middle grade YA.

I'm 23 years old, and I love kids' books: read The Witches only four years ago, for example, although admittedly it's one of Dahl's darker works. And as for my old favorites, I reread them very often as well, and some of them, like the works of Sofia Prokofieva, are really special to me.

But it does often feel different reading them now, especially for an avid fanfic writer like myself. Reading Tales of the Magic Land at the age of seven was, like: "Living wooden soldiers taking over the Emerald City! Eeeek!" Now it's like: "There's that wooden general and there's Jinjur. I ship it!"

My adventure of how I fell in love with Der Struwwelpeter (sort of).

I found out about Der Struwwelpeter in 2016. It was mentioned in an anthology of children's literature I was reading.

In 2018, I saw that it was referenced in The Office and became more intrigued.

In 2021, I came across the movie version of the book, which has a much sweeter ending than the book.

And in 2022, I made my own versions of the stories, which also have happy endings.

(I know of Max and Moritz as well, but their movie doesn't have a happy ending.)

I will read a children book if it is interesting, sure.

My opinion in fiction is that a good work is a work that make me want to know what happens later. I do not care about genre or age.

Edited by jawal on Feb 23rd 2023 at 2:40:14 PM

How did you change the story with the matches?

I put the cats's brains in the right time zone. That is, the cats don't cry over the girl's ashes/shoes, but rather over her while she's still up in flames.

Anyone still read Goosebumps?

I rewatched the TV series lately for nostalgia.

That opening used to scare me as a child . Particularly the part when the dog's eyes change color (0.25)

Edited by jawal on Oct 1st 2023 at 3:16:35 PM

So I've already made a whole thread on Dork Diaries but i'm reposting what I wrote there on here as well.

I wouldn't call myself a fan of Dork Diaries but I've been wanting to review more obscure pieces of media, or at least media I don't hear people talk about. In fact I have a review of the first book on my blog: https://kiritoxasuna2002.wixsite.com/arwdangerzone/post/dork-diaries-review

I'm also currently reading the second book and I'm looking to review for that as well. I'm more than halfway done reading it. I can't give an ETA on when it will be out yet but it's not going to be until at least March.

While I think I'll be able to finish the book before the end of February, writing the review is probably going to take a lot longer. I started writing the first book's review back in June but I only finished it until this month.

Unlike the first book, I'm taking notes this time so I don't forget some important details because I probably missed some for the first book. Here's a peak of what I wrote:

I've wanting to do a review of the books because ever since I was 6 years old, I've always saw these books laying on the shelves at every single library and bookstore but nobody I knew every talked about them.

So I'm curious to anyone who has read the books and might even be a fan, what are your thoughts on the whole thing?

Update: I've finished reading the second Dork Diaries book but I haven't started writing the review yet. To give a bit of a teaser, my brief thoughts are that I have similar feelings of this book as the first.

It won't be finished within the next week as I'm currently busy with college work. I have three different exams one day after another.

I still have a lot to say about this book so stay tuned when it eventually arrives.