Children's Literature on the Internet

Children's literature is a pretty varied field, and we both have our own and shared interests in it.

Katie is a fan of girls' school stories, and is a member of the GirlsOwn email list.
This has a web home at The Girls Own Web Page.

• The Chaletian: a fan page for Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet Schoolbooks, and a starting point for the Chalet School WebRing.
• An Antonia Forest page at Barbara Cooper's Book Collectors' site (which includes many other children's authors, and provides a handy jumping-off point for the Children's Literature WebRing [from 40 sites 22-i-98 to 140 sites 1-vi-00]).
  • Another Antonia Forest page by Katherine Ferguson
• A biographical page dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl, author of `Little House on the Prairie' (and a jumping-off point for the Laura Ingalls Wilder WebRing [15 sites 22-i-98]).
• A new page put up by the Charlotte M. Yonge Fellowship.

Some articles from back issues of The WEB, a now-discontinued newsletter about classic children's books, are available on-line.

C.S. Lewis: We both like the Narnia stories: for more about these and all aspects of C.S. Lewis's life and works, visit the C.S. Lewis Web Page Into the Wardrobe (maintained by John Visser).

J.R.R. Tolkien: Katie thinks Jeremy is a Tolkien fan. Having met some real `fans', Jeremy is not so sure he fancies the description, but he is a particular admirer of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, and contributes to the email Tolkien List (under the alias of Celebrimbor). All you'll ever need is at The J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page: unquestionably the centre of Tolkien information, with links to everything.

Geraldine Harris: One of Jeremy's ongoing projects is the Web Page for Geraldine Harris's four-volume young adult fantasy called Seven Citadels: come and visit the introductory page.

A.A. Milne: You can find Winnie the Pooh and friends at An Enchanted Page

Tove Jansson: Visit the Finn Family Moomintroll at The Moomintroll Home Page
(and read about The Moomins and the Great Flood (1946) in a new translation by David McDuff).

Elisabeth Beresford: The Wombles, those furry-nosed denizens of Wimbledon Common who make good use of the things that everyday folk leave behind, are at last making a comeback with a new series on British TV (Channel 4, I believe). Rediscover Great Uncle Bulgaria and company at Wombles on the Web.

Oliver Postgate: One of the world's best-ever children's television programmes is celebrated at the Clangers website. Other productions from the same inspired source are featured at the Smallfilms Treasury website (including Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, and Pogles Wood).

And for something completely different, try the satirical Teletubbies page: not literature, but a totally bizarre site which offers a detailed mock-serious analysis of the famous British TV programme aimed at those for whom Play School is too intellectually advanced. Unfortunately, this and other Teletubbies sites (even the serious ones for children) suffer from draconian copyright protection by the BBC. Never mind: the Noo-Noo (the Teletubbies' cute and long-suffering vacuum cleaner) has a committed fan here, at any rate!

And a special for Harry Potter fans: the latest revelations about its Satanic influence in The Onion (note: not for people of a nervous disposition, nor for those who do not understand satire).

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