Stuff by Diana Wynne Jones, though idk if the politics holds up in hindsight. She was really good at writing about familial dysfunction and shitty adults without preaching or condescending to her audience. Also an impressively tricky plotter.
Gotta read her (nonfiction) writing guide/fantasy critical history for adults in conjunction with her children's books. The dimwitted tourists in the fake fantasy world in... one of her books, forget which, are clearly supposed to be her adult readers, trying to learn how to write from a book without accessing their inner child/creativity. Pretty cool Paul Auster-style meta-fictional flourish for a kids book.
Stuff by Diana Wynne Jones, though idk if the politics holds up in hindsight. She was really good at writing about familial dysfunction and shitty adults without preaching or condescending to her audience. Also an impressively tricky plotter.
Gotta read her (nonfiction) writing guide/fantasy critical history for adults in conjunction with her children's books. The dimwitted tourists in the fake fantasy world in... one of her books, forget which, are clearly supposed to be her adult readers, trying to learn how to write from a book without accessing their inner child/creativity. Pretty cool Paul Auster-style meta-fictional flourish for a kids book.