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| Which modern day children's books will become classics? | Which modern day children's books will become classics? |
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| Many of you got slightly peeved with the BBC’s best children’s books of all time list which only included books that were published more than 35 years ago; not even newbie Harry Potter made the grade – and that was published last millennium! | |
| Related: BBC chooses best children's books of all time - do you agree? | Related: BBC chooses best children's books of all time - do you agree? |
| So we wondered, what if such a list was published in 50 or even 100 years time? | So we wondered, what if such a list was published in 50 or even 100 years time? |
| Jump into your time machine and share which books published more recently, let’s say in the last 20 years, will still be making their mark on the next generations of readers – and will become the new future classics? And what sort of books can make the grade? | Jump into your time machine and share which books published more recently, let’s say in the last 20 years, will still be making their mark on the next generations of readers – and will become the new future classics? And what sort of books can make the grade? |
| To start you off we’ve got some suggestions from authors and readers. Please send yours and we will add them to this blog. Do it by email childrens.books@theguardian.com headed “future classics” or on Twitter @Gdnchildrensbks #futureclassics. | To start you off we’ve got some suggestions from authors and readers. Please send yours and we will add them to this blog. Do it by email childrens.books@theguardian.com headed “future classics” or on Twitter @Gdnchildrensbks #futureclassics. |
| SF Said, author of Varjak Paw and Phoenix | SF Said, author of Varjak Paw and Phoenix |
| I think Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials will be read as long as there are readers, it’s a timeless story that tackles the eternal questions. I think Kate Saunders’ Five Children on the Western Front will one day be as highly regarded as Nesbit’s originals. A future classic for sure! And finally I predict that Peter Dickinson’s epic human origins story The Kin will be rediscovered and hailed as the classic it is. | |
| Rowena House, contributor to War Girls | Rowena House, contributor to War Girls |
| A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond, lyrical, rhythmic, timeless. | A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond, lyrical, rhythmic, timeless. |
| Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers | Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers |
| I vote Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials and David Almond’s Skellig - tough-minded enough, structurally, to withstand time & beautiful enough to last forever | I vote Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials and David Almond’s Skellig - tough-minded enough, structurally, to withstand time & beautiful enough to last forever |
| Imogen Russell Williams, mega reader | Imogen Russell Williams, mega reader |
| Stephanie Blake’s Poo Bum: As long as small kids find poo funny and parents enjoy a joke at their expense, this mordant tale of rude rabbits and dyspeptic wolves will find loyal readers. | Stephanie Blake’s Poo Bum: As long as small kids find poo funny and parents enjoy a joke at their expense, this mordant tale of rude rabbits and dyspeptic wolves will find loyal readers. |
| Brian Floca’s Locomotive: Caldecott Medal winner about the construction of the American railroad. Spare, onomatopoeic, deeply involving text, extraordinary illustrations. I hope it’ll be read forever. | Brian Floca’s Locomotive: Caldecott Medal winner about the construction of the American railroad. Spare, onomatopoeic, deeply involving text, extraordinary illustrations. I hope it’ll be read forever. |
| Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre’s first exuberant outing is bursting with original, surreal wit and humour, but also full of heart. Welcoming to young readers (and lovely to read aloud) but not formulaic in the slightest.Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, all but classics already; Northern Lights won the Carnegie, The Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread (now Costa). They move me more with every re-reading. | Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre’s first exuberant outing is bursting with original, surreal wit and humour, but also full of heart. Welcoming to young readers (and lovely to read aloud) but not formulaic in the slightest.Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, all but classics already; Northern Lights won the Carnegie, The Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread (now Costa). They move me more with every re-reading. |
| Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea (I am a massive cheerleader for these, but I think their balance of cosy, compulsive readability and astute observation is unparalleled and can easily see kids reading these for mystery/school story fixes from here to eternity! Timeless-feeling, too - but in no way mindless escapism.) | Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea (I am a massive cheerleader for these, but I think their balance of cosy, compulsive readability and astute observation is unparalleled and can easily see kids reading these for mystery/school story fixes from here to eternity! Timeless-feeling, too - but in no way mindless escapism.) |
| David Almond’s Skellig: powerful, poetic, spare, distilled. Always makes me cry, in the heart-changed way only the best books do. | David Almond’s Skellig: powerful, poetic, spare, distilled. Always makes me cry, in the heart-changed way only the best books do. |
| Andrew Smith’s Grasshopper Jungle: genre-defying, filthy, tender, insane. Vivid window on adolescent state of perpetual horniness and sexual curiosity - with a metamorphosing giant carnivorous grasshopper apocalypse in the background.Louise O’Neill, Only Ever Yours: I was one of the judges who awarded this debut the Bookseller YA prize. I think people will be reading it, and feeling hurt, challenged and shaken by its revelations, for the foreseeable (and unforeseeable) future. | Andrew Smith’s Grasshopper Jungle: genre-defying, filthy, tender, insane. Vivid window on adolescent state of perpetual horniness and sexual curiosity - with a metamorphosing giant carnivorous grasshopper apocalypse in the background.Louise O’Neill, Only Ever Yours: I was one of the judges who awarded this debut the Bookseller YA prize. I think people will be reading it, and feeling hurt, challenged and shaken by its revelations, for the foreseeable (and unforeseeable) future. |
| @EmilyDrabs A Hole is To Dig by Krauss/Sendak, Olivia by Ian Falconer, How To by Julie Morstad... | @EmilyDrabs A Hole is To Dig by Krauss/Sendak, Olivia by Ian Falconer, How To by Julie Morstad... |
| @EmilyDrabs ...2/2 Lost and Found by @oliverjeffers. Any picture book you loved as a child or loved giving your child.... #futureclassics | @EmilyDrabs ...2/2 Lost and Found by @oliverjeffers. Any picture book you loved as a child or loved giving your child.... #futureclassics |
| @GdnChildrensBks Also, @satoshikitamura , Michael Foreman, @OliverJeffers write wonderful timeless picturebooks that deserve to be classics. | @GdnChildrensBks Also, @satoshikitamura , Michael Foreman, @OliverJeffers write wonderful timeless picturebooks that deserve to be classics. |
| @EmilyDrabs I was discussing this with someone just this morning! Rooftoppers and The Last Wild trilogy, for sure. | @EmilyDrabs I was discussing this with someone just this morning! Rooftoppers and The Last Wild trilogy, for sure. |
| @GdnChildrensBks Heard you're looking for future Children's Classics - Can I throw London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd into the ring please? | @GdnChildrensBks Heard you're looking for future Children's Classics - Can I throw London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd into the ring please? |
| @GdnChildrensBks @burstofbeaden This is Not My Hat and @OliverJeffers Once Upon an Alphabet HAVE to be there. | @GdnChildrensBks @burstofbeaden This is Not My Hat and @OliverJeffers Once Upon an Alphabet HAVE to be there. |
| @GdnChildrensBks I think probably When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and (if young adult is allowed) I'll Give You The Sun. | @GdnChildrensBks I think probably When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and (if young adult is allowed) I'll Give You The Sun. |
| @EmilyDrabs Varjak Paw, across nightingale floor, Jimmy Coates books. Most exciting adventures with heart. Overlooked now but quality lasts. | @EmilyDrabs Varjak Paw, across nightingale floor, Jimmy Coates books. Most exciting adventures with heart. Overlooked now but quality lasts. |
| @GdnChildrensBks @EmilyDrabs Feather Boy by Nicky Singer. #futureclassics pic.twitter.com/gXKQ3iE3ht | @GdnChildrensBks @EmilyDrabs Feather Boy by Nicky Singer. #futureclassics pic.twitter.com/gXKQ3iE3ht |
| @EmilyDrabs Rooftoppers - Katherine Rundell has timeless classic feel + Boy in Striped Pyjamas for emotional impact @GdnChildrensBks | @EmilyDrabs Rooftoppers - Katherine Rundell has timeless classic feel + Boy in Striped Pyjamas for emotional impact @GdnChildrensBks |
| @GdnChildrensBks I think probably When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and (if young adult is allowed) I'll Give You The Sun. | @GdnChildrensBks I think probably When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and (if young adult is allowed) I'll Give You The Sun. |
| @EmilyDrabs @GdnChildrensBks In India, The Forest of Stories by Devdutt Patnaik. Skellig by David Almond. | @EmilyDrabs @GdnChildrensBks In India, The Forest of Stories by Devdutt Patnaik. Skellig by David Almond. |
| @EmilyDrabs @GdnChildrensBks The Book Thief - will always be topical with WWII theme, beautifully written & utterly heartbreaking. | @EmilyDrabs @GdnChildrensBks The Book Thief - will always be topical with WWII theme, beautifully written & utterly heartbreaking. |
| @EmilyDrabs @whatSFSaid @philipreeve1 Harry Potter classics. Illustrations will take on new form as in this interpretation bit,ly/1wyAm72 | @EmilyDrabs @whatSFSaid @philipreeve1 Harry Potter classics. Illustrations will take on new form as in this interpretation bit,ly/1wyAm72 |
| @GdnChildrensBks @theprettybooks Definitely Rooftoppers and The Wolf Wilder by @kdbrundell & 5 Children on Western Front by Kate Saunders! | @GdnChildrensBks @theprettybooks Definitely Rooftoppers and The Wolf Wilder by @kdbrundell & 5 Children on Western Front by Kate Saunders! |
| @EmilyDrabs 100 years is a really, really long time, but Rebecca Stead's 'Liar and Spy' is brilliant enough to stand the test, maybe... | @EmilyDrabs 100 years is a really, really long time, but Rebecca Stead's 'Liar and Spy' is brilliant enough to stand the test, maybe... |
| @whatSFSaid @EmilyDrabs Culture is changing faster and faster. I'd be surprised if there are still books at all. | @whatSFSaid @EmilyDrabs Culture is changing faster and faster. I'd be surprised if there are still books at all. |
| @EmilyDrabs Probably Harry Potter, given the age & gender span of its fans. Relatively timeless setting. | @EmilyDrabs Probably Harry Potter, given the age & gender span of its fans. Relatively timeless setting. |
| @EmilyDrabs How I Live Now because of its authentic approach to a deadly, rural setting and how uniquely relatable it is to teenagers. | @EmilyDrabs How I Live Now because of its authentic approach to a deadly, rural setting and how uniquely relatable it is to teenagers. |
| @GdnChildrensBks Fangirl by @rainbowrowell | @GdnChildrensBks Fangirl by @rainbowrowell |
| @EmilyDrabs @janeharyott @GdnChildrensBks His Dark Materials by @PhilipPullman Chaos Walking by @Patrick_Ness Holes by Louis Sachar | @EmilyDrabs @janeharyott @GdnChildrensBks His Dark Materials by @PhilipPullman Chaos Walking by @Patrick_Ness Holes by Louis Sachar |
| @GdnChildrensBks Wonder by @RJPalacio,The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by @john_boyne & Hetty Feather by @FansofJWilson #futureclassics | @GdnChildrensBks Wonder by @RJPalacio,The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by @john_boyne & Hetty Feather by @FansofJWilson #futureclassics |
| @GuardianBooks @GdnChildrensBks 'Holes' by Louis Sachar #futureclassic | @GuardianBooks @GdnChildrensBks 'Holes' by Louis Sachar #futureclassic |
| @GdnChildrensBks Has to be "The Book of Lost Things" by @jconnollybooks and His Dark Materials by @PhilipPullman #futureclassics | @GdnChildrensBks Has to be "The Book of Lost Things" by @jconnollybooks and His Dark Materials by @PhilipPullman #futureclassics |
| @GdnChildrensBks @PiersTorday The Dark Wild by Piers Torday #futureclassics | @GdnChildrensBks @PiersTorday The Dark Wild by Piers Torday #futureclassics |
| I can see The Hunger Games being one of the #futureclassics. George Orwell's 1984 did it! @GdnChildrensBks |