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05-16-2003, 09:03 PM
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Hobbit
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Animal Narration?
Has anyone read any books with animals telling the story? What did you think of them? I personally enjoyed some like Watership Down, and recently one called Warriors: Into the Wild...
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05-16-2003, 10:03 PM
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Domesticated Swing Babe
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I liked Watership Down, also The Wind in the Willows. Some people have objected to the "Bambification" of animals, (giving animals human feelings, popular in Disney movies) There is a better word I'm sure.
  I don't mind it, but young children might get confused at first! Oh yes, Charlottes Web!
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05-16-2003, 11:21 PM
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Elven Warrior
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I enjoyed reading "Watership Down". It was a little disconcerting at first because they were rabbit views. I also liked "Charlotte's Web" and "The Secret of N.I.M.H". The book "Raptor Red" (about a dinosaur) is a little gritty but I enjoyed it also. I don't see books written from the point of views of animals as being all cutesy and fluffy. I noticed they usually have to do with surviving and dealing with death, at least the books I have mentioned above deal with these issues to some extent.
Oh, another book is "Animal Farm", which is on my list of to-be-read. I think it's about Old MacDonald's Farm going communist. |
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05-17-2003, 09:54 AM
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Mirthful Maiden
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Yes, those are all great.
Have you read the Redwall sreies? They are very good.
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05-17-2003, 11:54 AM
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Hobbit
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I've read a few of the Redwall series, but not all of them...
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05-21-2003, 02:01 PM
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Lady of Letters
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I really liked stories from an animal's perspective when I was younger, like Beatrix Potter and the Wind in the Willows. Animal Farm is a bit different though
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05-21-2003, 02:01 PM
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Enting
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I loved Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty'. It's old and sad, but definitely worth it.
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05-21-2003, 05:33 PM
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William Horwood's Duncton Chronicles. They follow the moles of the English countryside as if they were their own independent civilization struggling to survive, and in the later books they even fight religious wars and everything. It's not first-person, but animal-focused third-person, and certainly my favourite works of animal personification. Highly recommended.
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05-21-2003, 05:50 PM
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05-21-2003, 07:25 PM
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Mirthful Maiden
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Black Beauty is *sniff* beautiful.
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05-21-2003, 11:58 PM
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Before I got into any other book series I had read a lot of the Redwall series. I found it entertaining at all times when I was younger. I also remember a book called "Racso and the Rats if Nimh" or something like that. That was my favorite book through all of 3rd and 4th grades.
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05-24-2003, 05:25 PM
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hmmmm.......
*thinks back to long lost childhood* Tarka the Otter White Fang 101 Dalmations (and the second book, the name escapes me at the mo') And I half remember a book about a dog, cat and hamster that have to travel across america to find their owners.......called The Amazing Journey (or something like that). Quote:
(in fact, I think I'll re-read 'em soon) |
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05-24-2003, 06:35 PM
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Mirthful Maiden
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Charlotte's Web is one of my all time favorites.
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06-12-2003, 09:57 PM
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Fire Bringer and The Sight are both narrated by animals, and they're both wonderful books! They're by David Clement-Davies, and if you like fantasy, you should definitely read them. They both have somewhat similar plots, and they both have poemy prophecies.
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06-13-2003, 01:14 AM
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Anyway, I have read books where they have chapters that dogs tell. I enjoyed it, it was always funny.  I also like the brave little toaster!
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08-06-2003, 07:18 PM
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Elven Warrior
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If you're going to mention Charlotte's Web, you have to mention Stuart Little... one of my favorite books as a kid.
I never did get through Black Beauty... dunno why.
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08-09-2003, 09:17 AM
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The Negative Soul of Entmoot
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I loved Fire Bringer, Watership Down, and some others already mentioned. I liked the Redwall books at first, but in my opinion they all seem to follow the same plot line, and it gets rather boring.
LOVED Black Beauty. Was an all time favorite book around fifth grade. The movie was pretty good too.
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