Pinocchio. C. Collodi
[This article originally appeared in High Points magazine.] Some stories are retold so often that they become part of our cultural folklore; eventually we are able to go … Read more »
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PETER PAN. Vintage copy ca. 1909
PETER PAN Retold in Story Form from J. M. Barrie’s Dramatic Fantasy. edited by G. D. Drennan New York: Barse & Hopkins, [ca. 1909] This is a delightful … Read more »
Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators Price Guide and Bibliography
The Three Investigators series is one of the most popular children’s mystery series of all time. Unlike other popular series, such as the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew, … Read more »
Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition. A. A. Milne
This video will show you how to identify the true first edition of Winnie-the-Pooh. Sorry about all the black stuff in the beginning, but it goes away once the … Read more »
Hairy Petshop & the Sorcerer’s Bone
Okay, not exactly an educational video about books, but here’s one thing the kids and I do every once in a while: stop-action renditions of our favorite fairy … Read more »
The Golden Compass. Philip Pullman.
The Golden Compass.Philip Pullman. Del Rey: 1997. A celebrated book and rightly so. The writing is simple enough for young adults yet good enough for adults, the plot … Read more »
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Nancy Farmer
The Ear, the Eye, and the ArmNancy Farmer.Orchard Books: 1994. In Africa 2194 AD, the top General’s three kids are too over-protected by their parents and not allowed … Read more »
Truckers. Terry Pratchett
TruckersTerry PratchettDelacorte: 1990. The first in a new series for teens, Truckers has the usual (though a bit toned down) Pratchett humor and wacky mythology. This mythology is … Read more »
The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy. Terry Pratchett
The Johnny Maxwell Trilogyby Terry Pratchett.Doubleday: 1992, 1993, 1996 Humorous trilogy, geared for teens: Only You Can Save Mankind. Johnny is sucked into a video game world, while … Read more »
The Thinking Machine: Adventures of a Mastermind. Jacques Futrelle.
The Thinking Machine: Adventures of a Mastermind by Jacques Futrelle. Originally written during the first decade of the 20th century, the Thinking Machine stories introduced one of … Read more »