>I'm working on my masters in library science and info. technology. My
>current project is a bibliography of SF and fantasy for children (including
>picture books). Anybody have any suggestions?
>
>Debbie
Let's see, beyond the obvious L'Engle series, be sure to include some
Daniel Manus Pinkwater, especially LIZARD MUSIC and ALAN MENDELBAUM, BOY
FROM MARS. (For really young children, there's also the delightful FAT MEN
FROM SPACE).
As a kid, I especially enjoyed Lester del Rey's TUNNEL THROUGH TIME and THE
RUNAWAY ROBOT, Ray Bradbury's collections THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, R IS FOR
ROCKET, S IS FOR SPACE, John Christopher's Tripods/WHite Mountains series
(a prequel book was added to the trilogy), Isaac Asimov's collection WHERE
DO WE GO FROM HERE?. Alexei Panshin's RITE OF PASSAGE, Robert Heinlein's
HAVE SPACESUIT--WILL TRAVEL, FARMER IN THE SKY, RED PLANET, CITIZEN OF THE
GALAXY, SPACE CADET, THE STAR BEAST, Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea series
(granted more fantasy than SF), Andre Norton's Witch World books, Alan
Garner's Red Shift, James Blish's A LIFE FOR THE STARS (part of the CITIES
IN FLIGHT series), Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,
George Stewart's Earth ABides, Pat Frank's ALAS, BABYLON, Alan Nourse's The
Counterfeit Man and Others, ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS and MUTANT by Henry
Kuttner, Wylie and Baum's WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE.
James Schmitz's WITCHES OF KARRES, and Wilmar Shiras' CHILDREN OF THE ATOM.
Some major authors such as Isaac Asimov, Anne McCaffrey, and Arthur C.
Clarke have written series for children, but their adult writing is much to
be preferred, in my opinion.
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