I went to X's Kissy Kissy Read Any Good Books Lately thread a couple of days ago to recommend the wonderful book below as a holiday present for any child from 8 to 12. (They say 9-12, but I'm giving it, and Kipling's Kim, to my 8 year old grandson for Christmas, and it will be just right. Kim will be for reading aloud.)
But I'll take this opportunity to recommend the book here, since I when went to X's book thread I found that I was banned from there--and the subject of banning coincides conveniently with my impulse to recommend this book.
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
by Dino Buzzati and Frances Lobb
It's a New York Review Children's Collection book. That's an excellent source for children's book recommendations, btw, and at the Bears Famous Invasion link, there are some other NYRB recommendations.
Out of curiosity, I just checked X's Bigot thread, where I posted a few months ago, and see she hasn't banned me from that one, oddly enough.
The explanation is that she really hates my literary taste!
Just kidding. I don't know the explanation for that oddity.
P.S. I'm rereading, all on audiotape (which has certain disadvantages, but they are outweighed in my life by the advantages) all of Dickens that I find on the shelf in the local libraries. Dickens is so wonderful that one loves him, just loves and admires him, the whole time one is reading. Everybody should reread Dickens! |
