Children's Books discussion

Very sad this morning to hear the news of the death of Diana Wynne Jones, an author loved by many of us.

https://twitter.com/neilhimself/statu...

What is your favorite DWJ book? Mine is Howl's Moving Castle. So funny and magical.Diana Wynne Jones

how sad- maybe we could read one of her books in the upcoming months?

Oh wow, Thanks for posting this, Emily. Sad! No more new books. Luckily, for me, I need to read all/most of the existing ones.

Here's an obituary from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/...

I wish she hadn't said that about J.K Rowling obviously having read her. I don't think the similarities are particularly noticeable.

You can read a wonderful autobiographical account of her childhood and her encounters with Arthur Ransome and Beatrix Potter on her website:

http://www.leemac.freeserve.co.uk/aut...

This is a very touching remembrance of Diana Wynne Jones by Neil Gaiman:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03...

Wilhelmina wrote: "This is a very touching remembrance of Diana Wynne Jones by Neil Gaiman:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03..."

Very lovely. Thanks, Mina.

Thank you so much for posting Mina what a wonderful remembrance!