Yes, I’m keen to add some E Nesbit. My daughter loved Five Children and It as an audiobook last year, and tried The Story of the Treasure Seekers recently but it didn’t grab her. I have terrible memories of Treasure Island at school, painfully slow and dull. This is a barrier to trying to introduce it to the children in an unbiased way!
We loved Five Children and It, but didn’t love any other of the Nesbit we have read (Enchanted Castle, Railway Children). The sequel Phoenix and the Carpet was good, but not as great as the first one!
And yes I agree; overcoming those early biases is difficult!
Fantastic list of read-alouds! I would also add Edith Nesbit’s *Five Children and It* and Treasure Island.
Yes, I’m keen to add some E Nesbit. My daughter loved Five Children and It as an audiobook last year, and tried The Story of the Treasure Seekers recently but it didn’t grab her. I have terrible memories of Treasure Island at school, painfully slow and dull. This is a barrier to trying to introduce it to the children in an unbiased way!
We loved Five Children and It, but didn’t love any other of the Nesbit we have read (Enchanted Castle, Railway Children). The sequel Phoenix and the Carpet was good, but not as great as the first one!
And yes I agree; overcoming those early biases is difficult!