Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Authors I'd Love To Have At My Thanksgiving Feast


Mo Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!)



Lois Lowry (The Giver)

Katherine Paterson (The Great Gilly Hopkins)


E. B. White (Charlotte's Web and many books of essays for adults)

Cynthia Rylant (The Relatives Came; The Wonderful Happens)


William Steig (Sylvester and the Magic Pebble)


Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie; Tale of Despereaux)



Roald Dahl (The BFG; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)



C. S. Lewis (Narnia books)


Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer; Huck Finn)


Who would you choose?
What about children's authors?
Any suggestions for my party?


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27 comments:

  1. Sophia ChangNovember 22, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    You know what I love most about this list? How many authors have photos with their adorable dogs!

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  2. Teacher/LearnerNovember 22, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    What a fantastic group! I love the blend of classic and contemporary authors. I'd add Judy Blume and J.K. Rowling.

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  3. TrishNovember 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    Roald Dahl would be a fun and quirky guest, wouldn't he? Mark Twain, also.

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  4. MJ ThomasNovember 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    Good choices all ... and I suspect it would be a fun, noisy and completely enjoyable holiday!

    Thanks for visiting my blog. :-)

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  5. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzNovember 22, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Perhaps I'll invite their dogs, too!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    you know I haven't read a single one of these books?! ~ Maggie

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  7. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Wow, can you imagine the conversations. What a great list of authors. And it is funny how many have dogs, or pigeons, with them.

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  8. DvoraNovember 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    I agree, love all the photos with the dogs!
    But to be honest, I'd invite Julia Child! (and hope she would do the cooking) Bon Appetit!

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  9. Jenni ElyseNovember 22, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Fantastic list. I love many of your choices! I wish I had thought of them.

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  10. Melissa (Avid Reader)November 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Lewis and Twain, how did I miss them? They are wonderful choices!

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  11. ClaireNovember 22, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    Wow! Those are some awesome choices. I didn't even think of Roald Dahl.

    Thanks for stopping by Project to be Read :)

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  12. Lady In ReadNovember 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    love your list too.. I have Roald Dahl on my guest list as well but Twain and C.S.Lewis just got dropped at the very last...

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  13. Lady In ReadNovember 22, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    am following you now.. my top ten is up as well..

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  14. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Great list! Mark Twain would definitely be a good choice. I forgot to add him to my list, though: http://palmtreesbarefeet.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/top-ten-tuesday-authors-i-want-at-my-thanksgiving-dinner/

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  15. MotherReaderNovember 22, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Those are great choices, but I'd be so intimidated at that dinner...

    Definitely Mo Willems though. In fact, I'd have it at his house with the chalkboard walls in the dining room. I'll have to think about my other guests though...

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  16. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzNovember 22, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    I like the idea of having chalkboard walls in my dining room. I wonder what my husband would think....

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  17. Julie@My5monkeysNovember 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Great list and would love to meet those too.

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  18. VasillyNovember 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    I definitely agree with you on Steig, Lowry, and Rylant. I would probably invite Melanie Rae Thon, Junot Diaz, Toni Morrison, and a few more.

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  19. StephTheBookwormNovember 22, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    I spy lots of doggies in those author pictures! LOL. Great list! Mo Willems - cool choice!

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  20. Sue JacksonNovember 22, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    Wow, I want to come to your house for Thanksgiving!! What a great group of children's authors - I would love to be a part of those discussions.

    Sue

    Great Books for Kids and Teens

    Book By Book

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  21. Cathy De Los SantosNovember 22, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    thanks for stopping by and great idea, i should have posted pictures of the authors hehe.

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  22. SueyNovember 22, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Awesome list of authors here! And I love the pictures you found for them too, they all show quite the personality. Very fun.

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  23. Library Gal @Lost in the LibraryNovember 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    I love this list. Wow...what a dinner party that would be. Many of my favourites here....

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  24. Bev HankinsNovember 23, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    C. S. Lewis made my list too! Other children's author's I'd choose: Shel Silverstein, Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy & Tacy series), Elizabeth Enright, John Ryan (Captain Pugwash books--discovered those with my son), and Herge (Georges Remi--author of the Tin Tin books).

    Here's the guest list I posted: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/11/top-ten-g-guests-for-thanksgiving.html

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  25. Ann SummervilleNovember 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Great choices.
    Ann

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  26. LouiseNovember 25, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    What a party that would be. Although I think some of those boys might get a bit rowdy, even before they'd had a shandy or two!

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  27. UnknownDecember 4, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Give me F Scott Fitzgerald and Murakami Haruki and that's a Thanksgiving I'd attend any day! haha

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