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Re: Harry Potter and young people's books
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:51:41 GMT
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some of my favorites:

Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson
Where the Wild Things Are - by Maurice Sendak
The Giving Tree - by Shel Silverstein

I also liked the Chronicles of Narnia.. but i haven't read them in ages.  Bridge
to Terabithia and The Giving Tree always make me cry, so I can't read them very
often... but I love Where the Wild Things Are and I even have a copy in hebrew
:)

(will think of more later) :)



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  Re: Harry Potter and young people's books
 
(...) Bridge (...) very (...) I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to my son a few years ago. It was okay, but that was about it. The Hobbit was much more to my taste. Where the Wild Things Are is a great illustrated book. Loved it. I've (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Harry Potter and young people's books
 
(...) I'm pretty sure this is a Newberry or Caldecot winner. (...) To this very day, I cry if I read the giving tree. I always feel silly, and my son (almost six) doesn't get it, but that's OK. I bet he will someday. Chris (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Harry Potter and young people's books
 
All those strange permutations of debate based off the Harry Potter books becoming a Lego line. Which leads into... The actual Harry Potter books. My wife bought it for my son (9) to read, but he seems to have stopped. Having some time to kill, I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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