August 25, 2017 | madame librarian
A patron recently requested reading suggestions, naming several adult authors as favorites and Enid Blyton, a popular 20th. century children's author. We've listed some contemporary children's authors and a few adult books which may also appeal to fans of Enid Blyton.
When Daniel's injury caused him to separate from the Whole, he lost his memory. When he got better and regained his memory, he did not want to give up his life on earth.
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
After World War II, Henry misses his father who died a war hero, but learns to cope with his loss when he discovers an old film camera and unravels the mystery behind its contents.
When a young girl has a series of mishaps at home one day, her mother tries not to lose her temper--and does not quite succeed.
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is more delighted than scared when a dead bird is found on the doorstep of her family's decaying mansion with a postage stamp pinned to its beak, and a short time later she comes across a man in the cucumber patch just as he is taking his dying breath.
We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renée is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building's tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence. Then there is twelve year old Paloma...