# What children's books are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238 "2004-11-05T19:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238/41 "2004-11-10T15:47:13Z")
Yes! The image of Lewis in the tunnel with his back to Mrs. Izzard’s Hand of Glory scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and is still good for a shudder. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238/42 "2004-11-10T17:03:36Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I tried to read Julie of the Wolves recently, but I can’t get into it. (Mostly I wanted to see why it had been challenged in a library.) I like some of Jean Craighead George’s other books, though, mainly My Side of the Mountain. I haven’t read _Julie_ in years, but I rather liked it. I think it’s one of those books that’s far more disturbing to adults than it is to the target age group. The first time I read it, I remember thinking, “Whoah, I can’t believe Mom let me read that!” but then I didn’t really think much more about it. The second time, when I was much older and fully understood the implications, it disturbed me so much I’ll never read it again. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238/43 "2004-11-10T19:02:32Z")
I want to find copies of _Calico Captive_ and _The Witch Of Blackbird Pond_. I don’t know if they’re still in print, but they made me fall in love with historical costuming. Read them in the 8th grade, I think. I read _Julie_ earlier. She runs away because of attempted rape, right? We had to read it in the 6th grade, for school. Now I think about it, that’s pretty harsh for a 11- 12 year old. The thing that always really, really scared me from Bellairs’ books was one scene (I think it’s in _The Curse Of The Blue Figurine_) when the main character was walking home at night, and he sees something blowing along the pavement towards him. He thinks it’s newsprint, and then realises it’s a death mask. Aagh! I can’t remember how many I read. They blur into one big feeling of fear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Page\_Fault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Page\_Fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Page_Fault)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238/44 "2004-11-10T20:26:45Z")
The **Young Wizards** series by Diane Duane… geared toward teens, modern fantasy like… a more “realistic” Harry Potter or something. They have a community and list of books [Here](http://youngwizards.com) I really need a sig… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-books-are-you-reading/273238.md?page=2)