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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Sadness: Lloyd Alexander


Members of Child_Lit are reporting that Lloyd Alexander died this morning.

Update:
Horn Book notice (via Fuse #8)
Tribute on NPR by Jon Scieszka
NYTimes Obit

His books are timeless and will be enchanting new readers and old ones forever.
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3 comments:

  1. Sherry8:07 PM

    Oh, dear, my third favorite fantasy author after TOlkien and Lewis, and that's high praise from me.

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  2. tanita✿davis12:22 PM

    I am one of the new readers, enchanted, and I haven't yet finished a read-through of all of his books. How sad that there will be no more.

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  3. Saints and Spinners10:27 PM

    I am going to miss the old man.

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