Deathly Hallows Book Discussion **LoTs Of Spoilers**

[BarTopDancer]

I think every generation has its genre. We had Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Twins/High, Christoper Pike, RL Stein and VC Andrews.

Not sure what was before that - but it seems to come in waves. RL Stein started writing for younger kids and the older kids turned to what seemed to be sci-fi and fantasy.

Of course, I could be wrong since I work neither in a library nor a bookstore. Just my observations of wandering the youth section of bookstores and seeing what is in your face.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I think every generation has its genre. We had Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Twins/High, Christoper Pike, RL Stein and VC Andrews.

Though we're in the same generation, BTD, I didn't read those (though I did spend a small portion of time reading Babysitters Club.) I did, however, spend much time in libraries (summer programs, anyone) reading mostly books that'd been around for awhile. A long while in some cases. E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little... John Bellaire's youth mysteries... anything and everything Samuel Clemens... L'Engle and her various tesseract books... weird old books of fairy tales that were falling apart... strange adaptations of Robin Hood... From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler... The Westing Game...

None of these came out when I was actually reading them, but all of them have stood the test of time. I hope that the kids today are still encouraged to pick them up, even if there aren't midnight releases with costume contests and scavenger hunts and parties for them.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Though we're in the same generation, BTD.....

God, I feel old, really old...... I was reading Beverly Cleary when they wre relatively new. I did love the Madeleine L'Engle books, but I came to those much later, in fact, I was in my late 20's when those were pointed out to me.

I tried and tried and tried to read Tolkein, never could get through them.

I was reading EB White, of course, and many classics, never a Nancy Drew crossed my threshold. I did read anything I could get my hands on, thank god we had a good library, I wore out my card.

The Potter books have been enormous fun for me, and I'm happy if one kid learns to love reading from them.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Though we're in the same generation, BTD, I didn't read those (though I did spend a small portion of time reading Babysitters Club.) I did, however, spend much time in libraries (summer programs, anyone) reading mostly books that'd been around for awhile. A long while in some cases. E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little... John Bellaire's youth mysteries... anything and everything Samuel Clemens... L'Engle and her various tesseract books... weird old books of fairy tales that were falling apart... strange adaptations of Robin Hood... From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler... The Westing Game...

None of these came out when I was actually reading them, but all of them have stood the test of time. I hope that the kids today are still encouraged to pick them up, even if there aren't midnight releases with costume contests and scavenger hunts and parties for them.

Completely agree. Those books cross generations. I read all those too. As well as Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and Choose Your Own Adventure. Those books have been around for decades and will hopefully be around for forever more.

I was talking more about the passing trends. The books I listed from back then (yes, they are still around but not nearly as popular - how often do you hear of kids forming their own Babysitters Club these days?) and HP of today. Hopefully HP stands the test of time. They are children's books. Yes, they had a huge impact on our culture. It is great that adults can read them and enjoy them. But they are kids books. When I have kids I'll be making sure that along with Charlottes Web, A Wrinkle in Time and Stuart Little they also read Harry Potter.