tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post5033087533475474616..comments2024-03-29T02:19:42.154-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: No Talking Animals?Dena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-58631490969905974852013-06-08T09:00:47.945-05:002013-06-08T09:00:47.945-05:00Redwall is such a great series! And my students do...Redwall is such a great series! And my students do enjoy talking animal books too - this just seem to go in cycles and it's not as popular now for some strange reason :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-62158551721422667112013-06-06T10:37:37.383-05:002013-06-06T10:37:37.383-05:00I loved talking animals as a kid and I still love ...I loved talking animals as a kid and I still love them as an adult. I think there will always be a market for them, regardless of what the big publishers choose to put out.Rena Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328844122193024220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-42605639842747566992013-06-05T20:39:16.421-05:002013-06-05T20:39:16.421-05:00Maybe it's hard to write talking animal charac...Maybe it's hard to write talking animal characters that also portray the animal characteristics? This is a good question and one I've wondered about.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-38749942934279950752013-06-05T10:09:02.957-05:002013-06-05T10:09:02.957-05:00Angie, you're right. I was talking about middl...Angie, you're right. I was talking about middle grade novels. I haven't noticed a trend of objecting to talking animals in picture books, but then I haven't been trying to submit picture books . . .<br /><br />Wow, Artemis, what a list! I think I just found some new books to add to the TBR pile.R.R. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223599020296248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-55528352447913626942013-06-05T09:00:38.625-05:002013-06-05T09:00:38.625-05:00I think you're right JeffO. I love talking ani...I think you're right JeffO. I love talking animals! I'd be lost without them in my favorite classics such as those by Beatrix Potter. I think this rule is mainly for novel length fiction where agents and editors must brace themselves for page after page of yapping critters. Picture books would surly be different and I think editors are used to reading many submissions with anthropomorphic creatures of all kinds. Angela Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942410319146542684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-8023462171030264032013-06-05T08:55:53.003-05:002013-06-05T08:55:53.003-05:00I've heard the 'no talking animals' al...I've heard the 'no talking animals' all the nineteen years I've been writing for publication, and yet, I've never yet figured out WHY there should be 'no talking animals'. When you look at a list of 'successful' published works that revolve around the POV of an animal, it's surprising (this is just one that popped up, and there are some overlaps) yet the edict of 'no talking animals' persists.<br /><br />Plague dogs and Shardis by Richard Adams<br />Watership Down by Richard Adams<br />The Underneath by Kathi Appelt<br />The good dog by Avi<br />Poppy and Rye by Avi<br />The ghost of Opalina: or the cat’s nine lives by Peggy Bacon<br />Raptor Red by Robert Bakker (adult)<br />The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle<br />Ratha’s creature (and series) by Clare Bell<br />War Dog by Martin Booth<br />The incredible journey by Sheila Burnford<br />The Sight (and others) by David Clement-Davies<br />The Cold Moons by Aeron Clements<br />The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame<br />Just a dog by Helen Griffiths<br />Sheep by Valerie Hobbs<br />Seeker by Erin Hunter<br />Warriors series by Erin Hunter<br />Redwall series by Brian Jacques<br />The Deptford Histories and The Hagwood trilogy by Robin Jarvis<br />Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones<br />Cracker! The best dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata<br />Straydog by Kathe Koja<br />Strays by Ron Koertge<br />Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky<br />Whinny of the wild horses by Amy Laundrie<br />Catwings by Ursula K. LeGuin<br />Stay: Keeper’s story by Lois Lowry<br />A dog’s life by Ann M. Martin<br />Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister<br />War Horse by Michael Morpurgo<br />We 3 by Grant Morrison<br />Tremeraire series by Naomi Novik (dragons)<br />Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel<br />Animal Farm by Geoge Orwell<br />Eragon series by Christopher Paolini<br />Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver<br />Firebringer trilogy by Meridith Ann Pierce<br />I am the great horse by Katherine Roberts<br />Varjak Paw and The outlaw Varjak Paw by S. F. Said<br />Black Beauty by Anna Sewell<br />The Captain’s dog by Roland Smith<br />The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein (adult)<br />Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan<br />Tailchaser’s song by Tad Williams<br /><br />ON FOUR LEGS list (some overlap):<br />Adams, Richard Watership Down<br />Aesop Aesop’s Fables<br />Applegate, K. A. Animorphs (series)<br />Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins<br />Avi Poppy (series)<br />Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey<br />Carman, Patrick The Dark Hills Divide<br />Cleary, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle<br />Collins, Suzanne Gregor the Overlander<br />Farley, Walter The Black Stallion<br />George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves<br />Howe, James Bunnicula (series)<br />Hunter, Erin Warriors (series)<br />Jacques, Brian Redwall (series)<br />Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book<br />Laskey, Katherine Guardians of Ga’Hoole (series)<br />Lewis, C. S. Chronicles of Narnia (series)<br />Lofting, Hugh Doctor Doolittle (series)<br />London, Jack The Call of the Wild<br />Mcallister, M. I. The Mistmantle Chronicles (series)<br />O’Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH<br />Orwell, George Animal Farm<br />Said, S. F. Varjak Paw<br />Salten, Felix Bambi<br />Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square<br />Sewell, Anna Black Beauty<br />White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web<br /><br />And I am quite sure there are dozens more out there, many of which are good.Artemis Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849091563671031929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-50363803022964278232013-06-05T07:36:25.273-05:002013-06-05T07:36:25.273-05:00I wonder if the 'no talking animals' edict...I wonder if the 'no talking animals' edict was in response to some past glut of talking animal submissions. I've seen some say, "No vampires/zombies/werewolves, please".JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.com