Pros: Very entertaining, more so for adults than kids Cons: Rather short, shallow characters
Truckers is the First Book of the Nomes, also known as the Bromeliad, a trilogy of children’s fantasy books by Terry Pratchett. It involves the Nomes (not Gnomes), who are visitors from another planet – though at the very start of ...
Pros: Pratchett humor in fine form Cons: It wasn't longer
Note: Pratchett originally published Truckers, Diggers, and Wings as three separate volumes. I read all three combined in one volume titled The Bromeliad.
The first rule for a really good children's book is that it appeals to adults as well as children. The second rule is that it does not wink broadly over the heads of the children at the adults to whom it is appealing. In Truckers, the first of his...
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