Hello, All;

A junior-school (age 5-11, more or less) teacher I know isn't much of a 
book person; being 30ish, he's part of the TV/film generation.  He 
mentioned that he'd been enjoying Philip Pullman's "HIS DARK MATERIALS" 
trilogy that starts with NORTHERN LIGHTS, and could I recommend any books 
about "space" that his children would like?

He left me stumped.  I tend to think of Heinlein juveniles like STARMAN 
JONES as being in a slightly older age group.  If you extend to SF rather 
than "space," then I remembered Robert C. O'Brien (???)'s book MRS FRISBY 
AND THE RATS OF NIMH, but that was about all.  OTOH, fantasies are two a 
penny (depending on what you mean by fantasy, of course).  I just finished 
reading Lloyd Alexander's "CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN" set of five books and 
thought they were excellent, though again I thought the hard choices at the 
end of the last book might make it better suited to an older group.

So, please; any recommendations for SF for younger readers?

     Regards,

              Robert.

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