tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680398013050488833.post1151861493611278186..comments2014-04-18T02:03:04.459+01:00Comments on Chuffed Buff Books: Project page: J for James...M R JamesChuffed Buff Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16251103018090838841noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680398013050488833.post-79569555664294557572014-04-13T05:08:29.783+01:002014-04-13T05:08:29.783+01:00M.R. James is one of my favorite authors! Great p...M.R. James is one of my favorite authors! Great post on a great story-teller!<br />'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come To You' is quite a good story; 'A Warning To The Curious' is another of my favorites, and is in many ways similar - though with a more grim ending! I once made the mistake (although 'mistake' might be the wrong word) of telling a (very) simplified version of 'Number 13' to a group of kindergarten kids- and they became utterly obsessed with it, and demanded the story every time I saw them after that. I think they liked to think about the room being there or not, and they liked the counting aspect of the story (which I highlighted for pedagogic purposes); we'd say the room numbers as the protagonist went down the hall of his room together, and they'd start grinning like tiny lunatics when I said, "...number 13...". Much Discussion occurred about the room and the number of windows it had, etc.<br />The only problem with telling Number 13 to kindergarteners is that, when they demand to hear it again, it is very difficult, sometimes, to remember how one adapted it so that it would make sense to small children.<br />Perhaps a collection of M.R. James Stories For Tots is in order?<br />Melanie Atherton Allen<br />www.athertonsmagicvapour.comMelanie Atherton Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974312605228419516noreply@blogger.com