The Children's Book Meme
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lil_shepherd because I'm feeling memeish
Books selected for The Independent by Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, Katy Guest, John Walsh, Michael Rosen.
Meme rules:
Bold those you read as aged 0-18.
Italicise those you read aged 19-now.
Underline those you started but didn't finish.
Strikethrough those you have never even heard of.
1843 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Not a children's book
1865 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. horrible books and I hated the movies. Even Johnny Depp couldn't improve the last one.
1868 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Boring.
1883 - Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Read the picture book version aged about 7 but that probably doesn't count, does it, especially since I hated it (and the movie).
1883 - Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson.
1888 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.
1891 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not a children's book. It's on my try again list.
1902 - The Elephant's Child From The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
1910 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett. Because I felt as though I should.
1922 - Just William books by Richmal Crompton. Really not my style
1925 - Carry On, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse. Not a children's book.
1929 - Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner.
1930 - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. I could never bring myself to read a book with a character called Titty
1937 - The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein.
1939 – date - Beano Annual. A few of them in the late 1950s, anyway.
1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell. Not a children's book. Had to read it for school
1946 -Mistress Masham's Repose by TH White.
1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.
1951 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. This is so NOT a children's book.
1953 -The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono.
1954 - How to be Topp by Geoffrey Williams and Ronald Searle. I read St Trinians, but that doesn't count, I guess.
1954 - Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson.
1956 - The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. Can't remember much about it.
1958 - A Hundred Million Francs by Paul Berna.
1961 - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Loved this!
1961 (Tr) - Finn Family Moomintroll (and the other Moomin books) by Tove Jansson. (see 1954)
1963 -The Castafiore Emerald by Hergé.
1964 - Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken.
1967 - The Owl Service by Alan Garner. This was just plain weird (but not as weird as Red Shift) The Weirdstone of Brisingmen and The Moon of Gomrath are still my favourites
1971 - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. Brilliant book, This and all later books weren't published until after I was 19.
1979 -After the First Death by Robert Cormier.
1983 -People Might Hear You by Robin Klein.
1990 - Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. Not a children's book, though I enjoyed it immensely.
1990 -The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy.
1992 -Greek myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
1998 - Skellig by David Almond.
2000 - Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz.
2001 -Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.
2001 -Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah.
2001- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
2002 -The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson.
2003 - Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo.
2003 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Enjoyed this against my expectations, but surely not a children's book
2004 -The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
2007 -Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.
2007 -Red Cherry Red by Jackie Kay.
2007 -The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.
2007 -The Tygrine Cat (and The Tygrine Cat on the Run) by Inbali Iserles.
2010 -Einstein's Underpants and How They Saved the World by Anthony McGowan.
2010 -Talkin Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah. See above.
What a random list. I wonder if Michael Morpurgo selected his own? These guys are pretty out of touch with what kids are reading. I used to read 5 books a week from the local library at the age of 7 - 12 and not one that I read is listed here. Of course it would have had to have been published before 1961, so the books I grew up with are pretty well off the radar for most of these guys. CS Lewis, Monica Edwards, Elyne Mitchell, Sheila Chapman, Primrose Cumming, Enid Blyton, Hugh Walters, the Pullein-Thompsons, Ruby Ferguson, Marguerite Henry etc... and from 12 onwards every yellow jacketed Gollancz SF book that the mobile library carried plus Peter O'Donnell, Ian Fleming, Monica Dickens, a few Jean Plaidys and others of that ilk. And too many children's books read post-19 to count (well, it was my job for a while.)
lil_shepherd because I'm feeling memeishBooks selected for The Independent by Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, Katy Guest, John Walsh, Michael Rosen.
Meme rules:
Bold those you read as aged 0-18.
Italicise those you read aged 19-now.
Underline those you started but didn't finish.
Strikethrough those you have never even heard of.
1843 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Not a children's book
1865 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. horrible books and I hated the movies. Even Johnny Depp couldn't improve the last one.
1868 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Boring.
1883 - Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Read the picture book version aged about 7 but that probably doesn't count, does it, especially since I hated it (and the movie).
1883 - Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson.
1888 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.
1891 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not a children's book. It's on my try again list.
1902 - The Elephant's Child From The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
1910 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett. Because I felt as though I should.
1922 - Just William books by Richmal Crompton. Really not my style
1925 - Carry On, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse. Not a children's book.
1929 - Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner.
1930 - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. I could never bring myself to read a book with a character called Titty
1937 - The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein.
1939 – date - Beano Annual. A few of them in the late 1950s, anyway.
1945 - Animal Farm by George Orwell. Not a children's book. Had to read it for school
1946 -
1948 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.
1951 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. This is so NOT a children's book.
1953 -
1954 - How to be Topp by Geoffrey Williams and Ronald Searle. I read St Trinians, but that doesn't count, I guess.
1954 - Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson.
1956 - The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. Can't remember much about it.
1958 - A Hundred Million Francs by Paul Berna.
1961 - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Loved this!
1961 (Tr) - Finn Family Moomintroll (and the other Moomin books) by Tove Jansson. (see 1954)
1963 -
1964 - Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken.
1967 - The Owl Service by Alan Garner. This was just plain weird (but not as weird as Red Shift) The Weirdstone of Brisingmen and The Moon of Gomrath are still my favourites
1971 - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. Brilliant book, This and all later books weren't published until after I was 19.
1979 -
1983 -
1990 - Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. Not a children's book, though I enjoyed it immensely.
1990 -
1992 -
1998 - Skellig by David Almond.
2000 - Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz.
2001 -
2001 -
2001- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
2002 -
2003 - Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo.
2003 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Enjoyed this against my expectations, but surely not a children's book
2004 -
2007 -
2007 -
2007 -
2007 -
2010 -
2010 -
What a random list. I wonder if Michael Morpurgo selected his own? These guys are pretty out of touch with what kids are reading. I used to read 5 books a week from the local library at the age of 7 - 12 and not one that I read is listed here. Of course it would have had to have been published before 1961, so the books I grew up with are pretty well off the radar for most of these guys. CS Lewis, Monica Edwards, Elyne Mitchell, Sheila Chapman, Primrose Cumming, Enid Blyton, Hugh Walters, the Pullein-Thompsons, Ruby Ferguson, Marguerite Henry etc... and from 12 onwards every yellow jacketed Gollancz SF book that the mobile library carried plus Peter O'Donnell, Ian Fleming, Monica Dickens, a few Jean Plaidys and others of that ilk. And too many children's books read post-19 to count (well, it was my job for a while.)
