BOTM for December - A WRINKLE IN TIME

[Stephen]

Bridget wrote: "Oh, so happy to hear I'm not too late. Yes, A Wind in the Door really caught my imagination. There was a powerful, enigmatic character who served as a sort of spirit guide to the Murray children wh..."

Bridget, I feel the same way as you. For me, the notion that young readers aren't going to get some of the heavier references only adds to the book's mystery... while increasing the interest for the adult reader :-)

[Megan]

That's why I love the Madeleine L'Engle quote: She said, "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

And: in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and adult literature meet and sometimes merge, and we wonder then whether a given work is truly for children or truly for grown-ups. The answer, of course, is: for both.” Lloyd Alexander

[Bridget]

Oh, what amazing quotations! Thanks, Megan!

I also agree with Stephen...I think that reaching is a really good way to grow in the right direction...up

[Dixie]

I can't imagine my life without a few favorite books and this was always on the list. A favorite teacher read it to us and then I read it to my Grandma and I've never been without a copy since. But I'm still a bit wishy washy about the other books in the series. At times I love them and at other times I regret having ever found them. To me this book said all that needed said and the others were just frosting.

[Cheryl]

I've no doubt you're right - I just never happened to have heard of Lytton before. Interesting.

I do love those quotations, thank you.

And I have checked out Wind in the Door from my library - we'll see.... ;)

[DeAnna]

Megan wrote: "I have a little collection of books in which 'helpful' editors have done this - both versions of Harry Potter (English and US) but one of the books which has the most terrible changes is Alexander ..."

Thank you for answering a question I've had for a long time -- I always wondered where the Australia-published version of Alexander in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day wanted to go!