Do you mean The Humming Room, Kitty?
I want to read it.
That's the one! I knew someone would know it here. It sounds like an interesting book and I'm curious to see how the Secret Garden stuff is worked in to it. And my library has it, huzzah!
Do you mean The Humming Room, Kitty?
I want to read it.
Don't forget that other classic of the Non-Creepy-Little-People-Who-Live-In-Your-Walls-But-Totally-Don't-Watch-You-While-You're-Getting-Dressed genre, The Littles! Like the Borrowers, but with tails!
I also left Arietty thinking hmmm ... how could I write about that? I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, CheG, but yeah, I predict an influx of little-people-in-the-walls manuscripts hitting agents' inboxes in the next six months.
LOL! I TOTALLY remember The Littles from Saturday morning cartoons! I'm guessing they were a knock-off of the Borrowers but changed enough so no one had to pay the author! LOL! I don't know really, I'm sure they have a wiki page...
Pervy little people in the walls!
Edited to ask: Did anyone read Bliss? I saw it in BN today. It looks good and has cupcakes on the cover, always appealing to me. I was talking books with an aquaintence I ran into there. Her MG daughter goes through books like crazy. She likes series. I saw Bliss and was curious.
No! The Littles are a kids book series from the 60s. The cartoon is based on the books.
I've only read Breadcrumbs from that list, so I can't advise.
I am feeling rather frustrated right now. I really like the novel I'm currently reading, What the Dog Said, but the authors (it was a team effort) are driving me nuts about using every possible word they can come up with in order to avoid using 'said'. I counted nine alternates on one rather short page.
I mean, they use the word in the title! It's okay to use.
Other than that little irritant, the book is quite enjoyable.
I bought Bliss yesterday, along with the new Benedict Society for my kiddo.