Archive for the 'Novels for children' Category

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

The Little White Horse is a children’s fantasy novel by Elizabeth Goudge which won the 1946 Carnegie Medal for children’s literature. The original edition was illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. It has been adapted for film and television.
Plot summary
It is 1842 and Maria Merryweather, a thirteen-year-old orphan, is on a journey to the mysterious Moonacre [...]

Jon J. Muth

Jon J Muth is an American comic artist. His works include J. M. DeMatteis’ graphic novel Moonshadow, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Wake (along with Michael Zulli, Charles Vess), Mike Cary’s Lucifer: Nirvana and Swamp Thing: Roots. Muth has gone on to an award-winning career as a children’s book writer and illustrator. He received a [...]

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide By Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide is the first book in the Spiderwick Chronicles series, a popular series of illustrated children’s fantasy books written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The books are designed for school age and middle school age children. Like the A Series of Unfortunate Events series, volumes of this book are [...]

Sixth Grade Secrets : Louis Sachar

Sixth Grade Secrets is a novel by Louis Sachar that follows sixth-grader Laura Sibbie and her friends as they create a secret club in violation of school rules. Laura aspires to be a leader and learns the three Rs of what leadership can entail – Relationships, Rivalries and Responsibility.
 Plot summary
Laura Sibbie, a sixth-grader, is the [...]

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the [...]

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children’s literature and is the author’s best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954 and illustrated by Pauline Baynes, The Chronicles [...]