As I broached on Wednesday, when my own interview with Jessica @ Writing Pearls was featured, #Bloggerthon is a book blogosphere event hosted by Margaret @ Bemused Bookworm wherein book bloggers had the opportunity to interview each other in a round robin style where the interviewee is engaged in conversations with two book bloggers they have not yet had the chance to meet outside this event! Today, I am featuring the book blogger of whom I had the pleasure of conversing about the books which challenge us and the topics which alight in our mind to broach whenever you find two bookish souls together sharing a cuppa of conversation! Kindly welcome Priya Prithviraj of the blog Priya Prithviraj! Hi Jorie First, a big thank you for having me over on your blog and asking these wonderful questions! I hope you like my answers too. What do you love about Classical Children’s Literature vs today’s Contemporary Children’s Literature? Priya responds: I actually haven’t read many of the contemporary children’s literature. I grew up reading the classics. But from the few present day children’s literature that I have read, I feel the growing distance from the good old uncles and aunts, the old farmhouse and its animals, and the beautiful countryside. While books like Heidi and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm were about children going to live in a faraway place with an old uncle or aunt, both had the part about bonding with the old relatives and getting to know the countryside and the goodness of it. Those books have actually made me want to visit those places or at least the countryside that’s closer home. Jorie’s thoughts: I can sympathise with your longings for a simpler time and a keen innocence of scope within Children’s Literature as this is what I am seeking myself when I pick up Contemporary stories for children and young adults. By far one of my favourite contemporary writers for children who gives us a breadth of a glimpse back inside what we love from the Classics is Jacqueline Kelly who gave us Calpurnia Tate. Calpurnia is […]
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