The Washington Post, February 17th, 2008
Theoretically, I know what I think about "other hands" penning sequels and prequels to children's classics: I wish they just wouldn't bother. The Wind in the Willows and Heidi and the Little House books are -- or should be -- sacrosanct. In practice, though, I can be won over. It's true that Heidi Grows Up and all those Laura Ingalls Wilder spinoffs are pale, preachy shadows of their great progenitors. And let's not even think about the Boxcar Children sequels: The first 18, by original author Gertrude Chandler Warner, were about 16 too many; the next 94 (as of last year's count) threaten to d...
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