Posted by Mike Dennis on December 24, 2005 at 10:51:54 from 84.69.122.229 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Approaching Ransome (was Enid Blyton beats AR hands down) posted by Peter H on December 23, 2005 at 14:15:57:
To me the appeal of WH (and what makes it my favourite) is that two ordinary children enter the world of the others that as a reader of the previous books you imagine is not possible. The Ds can't sail etc and are pooh-pooh because they don't know morse or semaphore, but the scene where they skate and the reaction of the others who can't is pure joy!