Books

Honestly this is just about the only fantasy I can enjoy if you don’t include wuxia. Something about woodland creatures with medieval technology hits realism in a way I can’t describe. Even with science fiction, I prefer hard scifi. Not sure what’s wrong with me, but it needs some semblance of, sure, it’s doable, why not?

Cute little mice with blacksmithed broadswords, send. Mole people making the most scrumptious eats for a feast, go for it. Otters crafting and rafting boats from the forest timber, my favorite.

Redwall was my favorite series growing up! My brother and I read them, staggered by a few years, and also watched the animated show together. I have read all but the last 1 or 2 books that were published, and now I'm probably going to have to reread the entire series.

I enjoyed The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman books, also by Brian Jacques. They have adventure, fantasy and riddles/mystery, similar to Redwall, but focused on humans instead of animals.

Phenomenal books, and a damn hard thing to convince people to read em, which is a shame.

They're sturdy, whimsical tales of bravery and harrowing adventures... With pages and pages of descriptions for feasts!

And the folk songs? I have several that live with me even now, even though they're fake. Perfect series.

Guisom dig yore paddle deep, Hurly-burly river wide'n'curly, There’s no time to sleep.

I recently re-read many of these after enjoying them as a child. Worth it!

I recently listened to book one with my six year old son. Great adventurous stuff, with terrible villains. But I must admit I was sometimes uncomfortable with the level of violence. The good guys don't just win, they cleave their enemies in half, heads roll and blood spills. I suppose it goes without saying that my son loved it.

Loved them as a kid, though I'm pretty sure I didn't read the whole series