I may have to take you up on that offer at some point. His attention to detail really is brilliant.
I'm going to have to read them at some point down the road, I think. Those sound wonderful.
Lloyd Alexander, hrmmmm - I'm pretty sure I've read most of his stuff. Prydain is a classic any way you look at it, but I seem to have fonder memories of his Westmark Trilogy. Vesper Holly is quite fun as well, now that I think about it.
He's not a children's book writer, per-say, but may I suggest a series of three books by Mark Helprin and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg - Swan Lake, A City In Winter, and The Veil Of Snows? I've got the first two (Swan Lake in paperback and A City In Winter hardbound) and while they're considered children's books - it's not. The first is just what it says, a retelling, the second and third deal with war and power and are rather fairy-tale-esque.
Actually, Chris Van Allsburg in general does lovely stuff... children's book illustrations, i have a weakness for them.
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Date: 2009-04-09 10:30 pm (UTC)I'm going to have to read them at some point down the road, I think. Those sound wonderful.
Lloyd Alexander, hrmmmm - I'm pretty sure I've read most of his stuff. Prydain is a classic any way you look at it, but I seem to have fonder memories of his Westmark Trilogy. Vesper Holly is quite fun as well, now that I think about it.
He's not a children's book writer, per-say, but may I suggest a series of three books by Mark Helprin and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg - Swan Lake, A City In Winter, and The Veil Of Snows? I've got the first two (Swan Lake in paperback and A City In Winter hardbound) and while they're considered children's books - it's not. The first is just what it says, a retelling, the second and third deal with war and power and are rather fairy-tale-esque.
Actually, Chris Van Allsburg in general does lovely stuff... children's book illustrations, i have a weakness for them.