Once a fortnight on Sundays between 8 and 9pm, there’s a very friendly chat about children’s books on Twitter, using the hashtag #fedbkgrp. The theme for this week’s chat was “journeys”.
We discussed why journeying was such a popular theme in children’s books as well as brainstorming a great number of titles of exceptional books featuring journeys, including:
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
The Divorce Express by Paula Danziger
Children on the Oregon Trail by A Rutgers van der Loeff
I am David by Anne Holm
Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Now Is the Time For Running by Michael Williams
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke
Gareth Hind’s adaptation of the Odyssey
Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
Around the world in 80 days, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, Journey to centre of earth and Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Traveling Man by James Rumford
The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration by Nick Dowson and Patrick Benson
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Our next Twitter #fedbkgrp is on Sunday 7th of October. Anyone with an interest in children’s books is welcome to join in, whether or not you are a member of the FCBG. The topic for the next chat is “books set in schools”.
Some members of the FCBG who you can find on twitter are @fcbgnews, @fcbgadam, @librarymice and @playbythebook.
Thank you for putting this up. I kept trying to follow & join in but our broadband connection kept dropping out! A nice lot of books though to take a look out.
Thank you!
Hi Ann, how frustrating for you! Hope you find some book right for you in the list 🙂