Oooh, I remember the Tripod books. I read them so many years ago... I will have to seek them out again.

I also need to reread "A Winter's Tale". It's been a long time.

When you're feeling down, or distressed, or lonely, or out of sorts, what are your favourite comfort reads?

While there are other authors and books that might fit the bill these are a few that I have reread many times when I needed them.

"The Dark is Rising" sequence by Susan Cooper

Anything written by Dorothy Gilman

Pern books or Crystal Singer books by Anne MaCaffrey

"The Missing Piece" and "The Missing Piece Meets the Big 'O'" by Shel Silverstein