tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post2867224008562815717..comments2024-02-04T10:42:07.020-05:00Comments on Light reading: In York to collect the payJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-15723533320485339722006-10-06T04:10:00.000-04:002006-10-06T04:10:00.000-04:00I keep on buying Rosemary Sutcliff books for my da...I keep on buying Rosemary Sutcliff books for my daughters, in the hope...<br />I adored them as a child, and read them all.<br />Interestingly, many years later, when I met the MP (Mad Professor), turned out he had been as addicted as I.<br /><br />I know Harry Potter is a different genre,but its britishness did not stop it selling well in the US either. I am not sure how well Philip Pullman does over there. Tolkein, of course.<br /><br />Cue platitude about good writing transcending geographical boundaries! But apart from that, I think that J K Rowling put it well when being interviewed once about her early childhood reading favourites -- she loved the "details" -- I think she was talking of Elizabeth Goudge's "The Little White Horse" and about what filling they put in their sandwiches for their picnic. Her point was that children have a universal fascination for detail of whatever provenance.<br /><br />I think there is definitely something in that.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com