Bergman.SoftArts@MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix.UUCP (09/22/83)
Fantasy: Anything by Edward Eager or E. Nesbit. SF/Fantasy: Merlin's mistake, I'm not sure who it's by. Peter Dickinson's "The Weathermonger", "Heartsease", and a couple others. Joan Aiken writes some good stuff in each category. The White Mountains series, by John Christopher (I think). "The City of Gold and Lead" is one of the titles. He has also written some other good stuff. SF, after holocaust (TWM series is about a war of the worlds style invasion). "The Standing Stones" and whatever else the author (whoever she is) has written. fantasy, set in Ireland. "Magic to Burn". Fantasy. Leprechauns transported to America. "The Night Life of the Gods" by Thorne Smith. Read this one yourself before deciding whether it's kids stuff. I read it as an impresionable child, didn't understand the parts that would have been "bad" for me. Enjoyed it anyway. Fits in both categories. The Narnia books. I know they've already been mentioned. "Dolphin Island" Arthur C. Clarke. One of the few marine biology sf books. Ben Bova has one, too. Both have youg protagonists, Clarke's in particular is a runaway. Also Gordon R. Dickson's "Home from the Shore" and sequels. And the aforementioned "Arm of the Starfish", and "Sea Siege" by Andre Norton. Follow with "The Day of the Dolphin" when the kid gets older. Diana Gwynn Jones "Charmed Life" and others. Fantasy. Robert Asprin's "Another Fine Myth". Start 'em young, they'll keep rereading it 'till they get all the jokes.