![]() ![]() We didn't know Ragweed well enough to be traumatized.īut can you imagine what my boys' reaction would have been if we'd started with Ragweed's story, been on an adventure with him, and then he was gobbled up in the first chapter of Poppy? It would have been so devastating. We'd hardly become acquainted with Ragweed and so, although his death was sad, it didn't traumatize any of us. Ragweed starts out as a character in Poppy, but within the first chapter, he gets eaten by the evil owl, Mr. ![]() It many cases, reading them in the order of publication sheds some added insight into the stories that would be lost if you read them in the forced chronological order, and that's definitely the case with these books. If that means they fall out of order chronologically, then so be it. And, as with The Chronicles of Narnia, I'm a stickler for reading books in the order they were written in. If you look them up, you will see that there's another book, Ragweed, that comes before this one chronologically, but we opted to start with Poppy for a number of reasons.įirst and foremost, even though Ragweed's story happens first, his story was not written first. These two books are part of the Dimwood Forest series. But yes, the Poppy referred to is the same Poppy. But in case you're confused, I'm talking about two separate books here. Writing a combined review of these books seemed like a great idea until I put their titles side by side. ![]()
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