Today we discussed two works of contemporary children's fiction — Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, and book 1 of the Warriors series, Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter (allegedly). One of the campers was crushed to learn that Erin Hunter is actually the pen name of a gaggle of ghost writers who produce books for the Warriors franchise faster than you can say ThunderClan. But since having our idols exposed for what they are is part of growing up, we soothed our disenchanted spirits by engaging in a rousing game of Warriors at Fort Griswold.
And since the detached spirit (or "daemon") is a major theme and plot point of The Golden Compass, we spent some time talking about, and then drawing and sculpting, what our daemons would look like if we were characters in Pullman's trilogy:
Given the large number of cat daemons, the Warriors universe clearly melded into Pullman's throughout the day (as it should with fantasy!). There was no lack of enthusiasm for the readings — some of the campers literally couldn't put their books down:
And since the detached spirit (or "daemon") is a major theme and plot point of The Golden Compass, we spent some time talking about, and then drawing and sculpting, what our daemons would look like if we were characters in Pullman's trilogy:
Given the large number of cat daemons, the Warriors universe clearly melded into Pullman's throughout the day (as it should with fantasy!). There was no lack of enthusiasm for the readings — some of the campers literally couldn't put their books down:
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