tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post5539595800835784133..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: Grandma's Bookshelfmonixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-56962262777207308572008-06-07T14:58:00.000+01:002008-06-07T14:58:00.000+01:00Thank you, Peter, 'The Edge Chronicles" are new to...Thank you, Peter, 'The Edge Chronicles" are new to me and I had forgotten about the lovely Orlando.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-14328776709903025882008-06-07T14:37:00.000+01:002008-06-07T14:37:00.000+01:00Moomins, Jennie (Gallico), certainly Orlando, earl...Moomins, Jennie (Gallico), certainly Orlando, early Paddington, Wind in the Willows (though I did not warm to it as a child, my son loved it), Alan Garner, Rosemary Sutcliff (particularly the trilogy that commences with Eagle of the Ninth), "The Edge Chronicles" (Paul Stewart) - actually far too many to list!<BR/><BR/>Dark PussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-79605660675705394492008-06-06T15:52:00.000+01:002008-06-06T15:52:00.000+01:00Yes, Cath, I put Jill Murphy's 'Peace at last' on ...Yes, Cath, I put Jill Murphy's 'Peace at last' on my wishlist as soon as you recommended it. You might have noticed that I have one or two of her earlier books in the pile. Again, I haven't seen any of the Lrge family so that is something to look out for and Milly-Molly-Mandy will be a must! I shall keep watching out for your reviews and recommendations and blame you when I am very, very poor!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-41654713812015768062008-06-06T15:47:00.000+01:002008-06-06T15:47:00.000+01:00I don't know the Pookie books or Toby Twirl, D. I ...I don't know the Pookie books or Toby Twirl, D. I must search them out. The rest are old favourites and all except the Moomins should be around the house if I look hard enough!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-83095245613561350002008-06-05T18:03:00.000+01:002008-06-05T18:03:00.000+01:00Well, I would certainly add the author I mentioned...Well, I would certainly add the author I mentioned a few weeks ago, Jill Murphy. My grandson's favourite is 'Peace at Last' but 'Whatever Next' is also fun. And the 'Large' family books by the same author are also a delight. And for when Millie is a bit older, how about the Milly Molly Mandy books?<BR/><BR/>I do think you've already got a lovely collection there though.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-51728741081485025372008-06-05T14:10:00.000+01:002008-06-05T14:10:00.000+01:00Apart from all the very old favourites, I'd defini...Apart from all the very old favourites, I'd definitely add the Moomin books by Tove Janssen. Funny, clever, wise and different - and accompanied by the most wonderful line drawings. I've just reread them for the first time in over 50 years and enjoyed them as much this time round as I did when I was a child in the '50s.<BR/><BR/>I have very fond memories of The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett (betraying my roots here!), and all of Noel Streatfield.<BR/><BR/>For younger children, any of Ivy Wallace's Pookie books, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, Kathleen Hale's Orlando (the famous marmalade cat) books and, if you can find them anywhere, any of the Toby Twirl stories written by Sheila Hodgetts. (I always preferred Toby Twirl in his red dungarees to Rupert the Bear in his check trousers . . .)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com