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JUNE 21, 2005 at 10:51 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: ALA via Yahoo! News
The American Library Association, through its Association for Library Service to Children division, released a recommended reading list
today for Harry Potter fans waiting impatiently for the July 16 release of the sixth JK Rowling novel in the series.
The list was created by children's librarians using the following criteria: "books that have similar story elements and replicate accessibility, tone and flavor; and books that are similar in theme but may be more complex."
Included in the first is Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series. More "complex" novels included Michael Ende's The Neverending Story, C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, Madaleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time and Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
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Prefect
Points: 340
Julie Stone says:
I'm not surprised about this at all. My local library has a huge display for Harry Potter.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 9:34 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2026
xxbeautifullytragic says:
Great Idea!!!!!! I'm personally re-reading Order of the Pheonix, but that's an awesome list!!!!!!! I want to read "So You want to Be a Wizard". It sounds interesting.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:03 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1685
Draco <3 Me says:
Well, dah! Ofcourse it is! It wouldnt be right if it wasnt and if it wasnt - then thered be something i could really go mad on ....
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:07 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1737
HermyG13 says:
I have already read all of the Lemony Snickets and I also read The Chronicles of Narnia like seven years ago!!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:21 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1050
Phoenix Lover says:
Wow! Those books must be really good if they are recommended
to kids. I've never read any of them except the Harry Potter series.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:22 AM EST
Witch
Points: 762
bewitched_gal says:
Oh well!i have read the series of unfortunate events but harry potter's the best!!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:23 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2976
Apollyon Pringle says:
I'm glad they made that list. But I will probably read those books AFTER the release of HBP and after I've read it about two times. :) don't want to get too confused!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:38 AM EST
Witch
Points: 823
jade_eyes says:
I've heard good things about all the books mentioned on this list! I am a huge fan of being transported to an all new world when I read books, thats why Neverending Story, Harry Potter, and Cronicles of Narnia are a few of my favorite books! :)
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:42 AM EST
Witch
Points: 870
CursedForever says:
i agree with you Cheeser - Philip Pullman's His dark materials triolgy is really good - i wonder why it didn't make the list - probably cause it's an adult book :)
i might read some of those books..
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:42 AM EST
Metamorphmagus
Points: 37946
tonks black says:
Hehe..in the list up there, there are only two books i havent read..that would be eragon and the neverending story..the rest were really good.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:48 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 580
Azael says:
It is a very interesting list and all the books names are very cool but...when the 6th HP book is going to be released less than a month these books can wait.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 10:51 AM EST
The Last Herald-Mage
Points: 2621
darrrrkwind says:
Those are some good suggestions. I really love most of Madeleine L'Engle's writing, and the Lemony Snicket books are a lot of fun. I'd also recommend the Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander. Those are some of my favorite books ever!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:01 AM EST
Witch
Points: 702
afordanglia says:
Good list! I loved the Chronicles of Narnia! But I've got to reread all the HP's again!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:15 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 9
CelticPride says:
When I was younger i reading The Chronicles of Narnia, then i got interested in Harry Potter, and i just reread those books. But "so you want to be a wizard" sounds pretty good.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:40 AM EST
Celebrity Stalker
Points: 5612
Roni <3 says:
This is a lovely list. There are a load of great suggestions there. I hope this encourages kids who enjoy Harry Potter to try other fantasy type novels and get reading more!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:41 AM EST
Squib
Points: 193
Hermione Jane ; ) says:
Here are my recommendations from that list:
T. A. Barron's The Lost Years of Merlin series. REALLY good books (there are 5) and I HIGHLY recommend them.
The Artemis Fowl series (trying to get my hands on the fourth one now - although one of my friends, who considers himself a great book critic - says it's not as good as the others, but I haven't read it yet, and the first three books were very good and very thought provoking)
Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain books were very good as well
Diane Duane's So you want to be a wizard series is good
Cornelia Funke's Inkheart and The Theif Lord are very good (although Inkheart is a little strange)
From what I've read from her so far, I like Diana Wynne Jones's books
One of my other friends (cousin to the self-proclaimed book critic) highly recommends the Charlie Bone books, though I haven't read them myself yet
The Series of Unfortunate Events books are pretty good. They can be very funny at times, but I can finish them in a day (easy reads) and have sad endings (everyone dies!)
I really like Patricia Wrede and what I've read of Jane Yolen, I've liked pretty well.
A Wrinkle in Time was kind of weird, but I did read it in fourth grade, so...
[i]Ella Enchanted is very good (better than the movie - much better...sound familiar anyone?)
Chronicles of Narnia are good! I raced a friend reading them in third or fourth grade, and I won (even though he cheated and skipped every other chapter - but I still beat him!) I don't really remember them that well, but I think I liked the first one a lot.
Eragon is VERY good! Next book in the series comes out this summer!
Tamora Pierce - I LOVE her stuff!!!! Especially the books that take place in Tortall! She's written more than 20 books (all of them either take place in the kingdom of Tortall or are about these four kids in the Circle of Magic series)
His Dark Materials series is very good. (I agree with Cheeser!)
And LotR was pretty good, although not as good as I had expected it to be. (I couldn't get through The Hobbit though. It was like Harry says of Professor Binns: "In another teacher's hands, it would be vaguely interesting" but I just couldn't get into the story. The "exciting" parts seemed boring to me and it was one of the only books I've ever started and not finished (course, I tried to read that a long time ago and if I tried reading it now, I might like it. Who knows?)
That concludes my book review. To summarize, the best ones on the list, I would have to say, would be T. A. Barron's The Lost Years of Merlin series, The Artemis Fowl series, Eragon, and Tamora Pierce's books.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:43 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1401
Dobby`s Friend says:
The Narnia books are great, I really like them. The Hobbit is also a very good book. I haven't read the other ones, mabye I should? But most important, I am going to read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!!!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:53 AM EST
Squib
Points: 146
~Mrs. Manda Radcliffe says:
I think I'll wait until after hbp comes out. I have read the series of unfortunate event, and they are pretty good (still don't compare to harry potter) the chronicles of narnia sounds pretty interesting, but what exactly are they abut? But for now I think I'll just stick to Harry Potter until after book 7 comes out.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:56 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1805
Swimangel57 says:
Thats good idea! However, I have started rereading the Harry Potter books and I actually have to read quite a few pages a day in order to finish OOTP by July 16th! I have read some of those books already too!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 11:57 AM EST
Witch
Points: 809
~Hermione <3's Ron~ says:
I've read some of those book sthat the librarians recommended, they are defiantly not as good as the Potter series!
mwa
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:01 PM EST
Goddess of the South
Points: 6101
Mrs S Black says:
My daughter loves the series of unfortunate events books, I'm going broke trying to buy them as fast as she can read them, there are quite a few of them out there!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:06 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1266
AsiaLovesHP says:
I really want to read The Chornicles Of Narnia so bad..So I'll definetly read that one..I don't really read as much as I'd like to read..So I'll look forward to getting these books and start reading more..I only read Harry Potter books :/
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:13 PM EST
Magical Experimentalist
Points: 6699
Preet says:
I know some few very good complex novels, but none can match HARRY !!!
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:18 PM EST
Witch
Points: 885
Rachyracho says:
I love the Chronicles of Narnia. I started reading them for the first time when I was in third grade and ahve reread them countless times since. Along with Harry Potter they top my list of favorite books. Also they are making new movies of these books as well, I believe it will come out in the fall.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:19 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 78
Michael22 says:
I've read all the "Dark Is Rising" books several times apiece. The books in the series are as follows:
*Over Sea, Under Stone
*The Dark Is Rising
*Greenwitch
*The Grey King
*Silver On The Tree
These books are excellent and give HP and run for it's money. One of the coolest elements of these books is the poems in them that sum up what is going on in the books. They're in the first book, but they basically tell you what is gonna happen but you don't really understand them at first. Here they are:
On the day of the Dead, when the year too dies
Must the youngest open the oldest hills
Through the door of the birds, where the breeze breaks
There fire shall fly from the raven boy
And the silver eyes that see the wind
And the light shall have the Harp of Gold
By the pleasant lake the Sleepers lie
On Cadfan's Way where the kestrels call
Though grim from the Grey Kind shadows fall
Yet singing the Golden Harp shall guide
To break their sleep and bid them ride
When light from the Lost Land shall return
Six Sleepers shall ride, six Signs shall burn
And where the Midsummer's Tree grows tall
By Pendragon's sword the Dark shall fall
............................................
When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back
Three from the circle, three from the track
Wood, Bronze, Iron, Water, Fire, and Stone
Five shall return and one go alone
Iron for the birthday, Bronze carried long
Wood from the burning, Stone out of song
Fire from the candle ring, water from the thaw
Six signs to the circle and the grail gone before
Fire on the mountain shall find the Harp of Gold
Played to wake the Sleepers oldest of the Old
Power from the Greenwitch lost beneath the sea
All shall find the Light at last Silver On The Tree
The books are really good. I think The Dark is Rising and Silver on the Tree are by far the best of them but the others are really good as well. I recommend these books to EVERYONE.
Eragon is also very good. I've read it 2 or 3 times since I've got it. I recommend it to everyone as well.
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:23 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2042
Catz says:
Great list. I already have loads to read, though, so I don't think I'll need it this summer. Right ow I'm on the 35 HP book (HBP PReparation) and after I've read HBP I'm planning on reading the CHronicles of Narnia.
Laura
Posted Jun 22, 2005 at 12:27 PM EST
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