Children's books: A List

During a long, boring experience today I decided to write down a list of as many good children's books I could think of - not toddler books, but ones that would be appropriate for the ages of, say, eight to fourteen.

That's a rough range, though. I still read all of those books myself. Feel free to make witty comments about my mental age, if you wish. :D

• Aiken, Joan - Black Hearts In Battersea
  
• Allum, Tom - Emperor of Space (vt. "Boy Beyond The Moon")
  
• Averill, Esther - Cat Club, The: Or, the Life and Times of Jenny Linsky (series)
  
• Brinley, Bertrand R. - Mad Scientist's Club, The (http://www.madscientistsclub.com/)
  
• Brock, Betty - No Flying In The House
  
• Cameron, Eleanor - Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The (series)
  
• Collier, James Lincoln - Teddy-Bear Habit, The (sequel: Rich & Famous)
  
• D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin - D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
  
• Del Ray, Lester - Runaway Robot, The
  
• Fitzgerald, John D. - Great Brain, The (series)
  
• Grahame, Kenneth - Wind In The Willows (unabridged please)
  
• Keith, Donald - Mutiny In The Time Machine (from Boy's Life magazine)
  
• Keith, Donald - Time Machine To The Rescue (from Boy's Life magazine)
  
• Kingsbury, Alison Mason - Adventures of Phunsi, The
  
• Kipling, Rudyard - Jungle Books, The
  
• L'Engle, Madeline - Wrinkle In Time, A
  
• Lewis, C.S. - Chronicles of Narnia, The (series)
  
• Lofting, Hugh - Story of Doctor Dolittle, The (series; the first book is often censored)
  
• Pearl, Jack - Space Eagle, The: Operation Star Voyage (series)
  
• Pene du Bois, William - Twenty-One Balloons, The
  
• Platt, Kim - Blue Man, The
  
• Rockwell, Thomas - How to Eat Fried Worms
  
• Rockwell, Thomas - The Portmanteau Book
  
• Saroyan, William - My Name Is Aram
  
• Snyder, Zilpha Keatley - Black and Blue Magic
  
• Speare, Elizabeth George - Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
  
• Tolkien, J.R.R. - Hobbit, The
  
• Travers, P.L. - Mary Poppins
  
• unknown - Doorway Through Space?
  
• Vreeland, Alida - Lars & Lisa In Sweden
  
• White, E.B. - Charlotte's Web
  
• White, T.H. - Sword In The Stone, The

I'd have written comments or even a review for each one, but that would take too long. I might do it anyway, eventually, but for now I'm just slapping the list up here.

Children's books: A List

During a long, boring experience today I decided to write down a list of as many good children's books I could think of - not toddler books, but ones that would be appropriate for the ages of, say, eight to fourteen.

That's a rough range, though. I still read all of those books myself. Feel free to make witty comments about my mental age, if you wish. :D

• Aiken, Joan - Black Hearts In Battersea
  
• Allum, Tom - Emperor of Space (vt. "Boy Beyond The Moon")
  
• Averill, Esther - Cat Club, The: Or, the Life and Times of Jenny Linsky (series)
  
• Brinley, Bertrand R. - Mad Scientist's Club, The (http://www.madscientistsclub.com/)
  
• Brock, Betty - No Flying In The House
  
• Cameron, Eleanor - Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, The (series)
  
• Collier, James Lincoln - Teddy-Bear Habit, The (sequel: Rich & Famous)
  
• D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin - D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
  
• Del Ray, Lester - Runaway Robot, The
  
• Fitzgerald, John D. - Great Brain, The (series)
  
• Grahame, Kenneth - Wind In The Willows (unabridged please)
  
• Keith, Donald - Mutiny In The Time Machine (from Boy's Life magazine)
  
• Keith, Donald - Time Machine To The Rescue (from Boy's Life magazine)
  
• Kingsbury, Alison Mason - Adventures of Phunsi, The
  
• Kipling, Rudyard - Jungle Books, The
  
• L'Engle, Madeline - Wrinkle In Time, A
  
• Lewis, C.S. - Chronicles of Narnia, The (series)
  
• Lofting, Hugh - Story of Doctor Dolittle, The (series; the first book is often censored)
  
• Pearl, Jack - Space Eagle, The: Operation Star Voyage (series)
  
• Pene du Bois, William - Twenty-One Balloons, The
  
• Platt, Kim - Blue Man, The
  
• Rockwell, Thomas - How to Eat Fried Worms
  
• Rockwell, Thomas - The Portmanteau Book
  
• Saroyan, William - My Name Is Aram
  
• Snyder, Zilpha Keatley - Black and Blue Magic
  
• Speare, Elizabeth George - Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
  
• Tolkien, J.R.R. - Hobbit, The
  
• Travers, P.L. - Mary Poppins
  
• unknown - Doorway Through Space?
  
• Vreeland, Alida - Lars & Lisa In Sweden
  
• White, E.B. - Charlotte's Web
  
• White, T.H. - Sword In The Stone, The

I'd have written comments or even a review for each one, but that would take too long. I might do it anyway, eventually, but for now I'm just slapping the list up here.

Birthday

On Saturday I'll become the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (thanks for pointing that out, aurora_lamour ).

Nobody ever knows what to get me. And that's okay, because I'm getting some stuff for myself.

I could ask everyone to pimp my journal, I suppose, but that didn't do a lot for me last time; and, to be honest, it would feel kind of selfish. I'm really awfully glad about the recent additions to my flist.

And thinking about that, I have to say that what I like is people that are interesting to read and talk to. In other words, when it comes to my flist I'm learning to appreciate quality over quantity.

So if anyone feels like it, rather than generally pimping my journal: maybe, if you're bored, you could pick just one or two people on your flist that you think would be a good match, and make a recommendation? I'd like a few more interesting people to read.

And to be read by, of course.

Birthday

On Saturday I'll become the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (thanks for pointing that out, aurora_lamour ).

Nobody ever knows what to get me. And that's okay, because I'm getting some stuff for myself.

I could ask everyone to pimp my journal, I suppose, but that didn't do a lot for me last time; and, to be honest, it would feel kind of selfish. I'm really awfully glad about the recent additions to my flist.

And thinking about that, I have to say that what I like is people that are interesting to read and talk to. In other words, when it comes to my flist I'm learning to appreciate quality over quantity.

So if anyone feels like it, rather than generally pimping my journal: maybe, if you're bored, you could pick just one or two people on your flist that you think would be a good match, and make a recommendation? I'd like a few more interesting people to read.

And to be read by, of course.