Comments on: Anthony Buckeridge

By: harry

harry — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 20:29:55 +0000

Thanks Ophelia, that’s great. I suspect you’d like the books. Lenore, the first is Jennings Goes to School. It is good, but not the best, because I think he improved (as people tend to). It is the only one that matters for order purposes—the others all exist independently of each other, but JGTS is the one in which he and Darbyshire start school. Take Jennings For Instance is a personal favourite, but for no particular reason. If you DO like them you should also try Richmal Crompton’s Just William books (which are a little more complex, and never went out of print). I managed to get an extensive quote from William-The Hero into a law review article last year, and am aiming to find a good quote from Jennings for my next trick….

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:45:56 +0000

‘Front Row’ had a segment on him a couple of days ago, so it can still be heard.

By: Backword Dave

Backword Dave — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:42:14 +0000

The Telegraph had an op-ed page article by Harry Mount on the same theme. I hadn’t known that he was still alive; I’m still sad he’s dead. Lenore, I think ‘Jennings and Darbishire’ was the first, but it’s been a while …

By: Lenore Ealy

Lenore Ealy — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 17:28:48 +0000

Thanks for bringing these to our attention. I’m always on the lookout for read-aloud material. I’m not familiar with Buckeridge at all. Is there any particular order in which one would want to read the books?