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The Little Grey Men

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This book deserves to be better known. In many ways, it reminds me of The Wind in the Willows -- perhaps because it takes place in England, perhaps because the adventure takes place on a small-animal scale (the main characters are gnomes), perhaps because Pan appears in the book, or perhaps because it is so beautifully written. The story is an original version of the "quest," filled with beauty and peril, good and evil. Like all truly good children's literature, the book will enchant adults as well. It's really too bad this is so obscure; our library didn't have a single copy. I'll be purchasing a few and giving them away.

This book, rightly called a "Story for the young at heart", should not be undervalued for its child-like theme, and its faerietale content. Author "BB" uses imagery almost obselete to the fiction community at large to great effect, capturing a world that is lost both to most modern writers, and to the readers who follow their works. "BB"'s inspirational use of a familiar tone found msot commonly in stories written by a parents for their children, along with his use of literary techniques no longer taught or practiced create between them a story that is entirely readable by children and adults alike. Besides being an excellent piece of entertainment, it has to it a whimsy and almost unattainable artistic flair that I can, as an involved writer of fiction, recommend as educational. Consider the reading of "The Little Grey Men" a course in the understanding of the development of casual literature and entertainment at large, and at the same time allow yourself to slip beyond analysis of technique, and emmerse yourself in a world of fantasy, and forgotten times.

I fully recommend this title to any reader or writer of fiction: adults and children alike.

The little grey men was one of the first books I read as a child.
It started me on a path and a ride I have never left.

TLGM is a classic tale which as another reviewer has commented, deserves a lot more plaudits and recognition than it has received over the years.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants their children to have a great start in the literary world and allow them the appreciation of the written word as opposed to sitting like a zombie in front of a TV watching cartoons.

You will have no regrets purchasing this title, I give TLGM five stars.

I read this book as a child 45 years ago in England. Being nostalgic I found it on Amazon and couldn't resist purchasing it. I may not have loved it as much as I did then because I no longer possess as fertile an imagination, but it was still a lovely read even as a middle-aged adult. I highly recommend it to young and old alike!