on the heels of the last one

[slammerkinbabe]

But oo oo oo, I have a more interesting poll! That is to say, it's more interesting to me. That is to say... oh, hell with it.

It's the battle of the children's books! And Lord of the Rings. Um, so most of these are fantasy novels, but some are not; most are series, but some are not; most are at least somewhat specific (i.e., a specific novel or series) but sometimes it's a question about an author's general body of work. I don't know, do the best you can. It's not a perfect survey, as if one were to get nitpicky one could argue that it's hard to evaluate an author's body of work as if it were all of a piece, as it is often not. But none of you are going to get nitpicky, right? Because you love me. And because this is a stupid poll.

I never claimed to be... anything, really. In the last five minutes, anyway, and that's about the expiration date on any of my sentences, as I am flighty and whimsical and - damn! I just claimed to be flighty and whimsical.

Um, never mind? Vote in the poll? I'ma go hide now.

ETA: OMG how did I forget Madeleine L'Engle? I must go die of shame now. You can tell me which you prefer in the comments if you want.

[Poll #533240]

Comments

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Well, I picked Castle in the Attic over HP because I'm thinking it is this one book I really loved, but I'm not sure. Is it the book where the boy has this toy soldier, and it comes to life and then he finds himself in this castle that was a toy they played with during the day?

Because that was an awesome book.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Sort of... he has a toy knight and it comes to life in the castle, and he has a nanny who is leaving and he wants her to stay with him, so he does some kind of magic to make her small and put her in the castle. And then he figures out that was mean and he has to save her, so he has to get small and go into the castle too and do some magic stuff, I forget exactly what. I liked it a lot when I was a kid.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Oh. Not the same book.

*Looks it up*

My book was called Knight's Castle and it is about Four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, have an extraordinary summer when, after an old toy soldier comes to life, they find themselves transported back to the days of Robin and Ivanhoe.

It's by Edward Eager who should totally be on your poll, because he wrote some wonderful fantasy stories.

And Elizabeth Enright was awesome too

And Ruth Chew.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

The Wednesday Witch was my fave as a child. I think I had 3 copies of it.

[beeeeeep.livejournal.com]

Edward Eager! Oh, wow, I loved his books. Half Magic was, I think, my favorite. I also remember really liking the one when the same kids from Half Magic (who are the parents of Roger Ann Eliza Jack? maybe.) go to the lake for the summer and find the magical turtle. I can't remember the title, but it might be Magic by the Lake.

I'm going to have to raid my sister's bookshelves and reread all these now.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I remember the one with the magic turtle! The girls wish they could be grown up, and turn into teenagers and, since it was the twenties, said things like 23-skidoo, or something.

E Nesbit is another good one.

I could talk about this for days, can you tell?