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Brian Jacques died UK fantasy writer
Feb 19th, 2011 at 6:19am
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He wrote the Redwall series. This was very much of a shock to me, as I loved his stories. Although his chief characters are mice and other animals, his stories are not cute or even aimed at children although kids love them.

And this gives me an story idea.

I'll miss Brian. I'll never forget seeing my first Redwall book with the mice illustrations on the cover, and drooling over it since I raised mice and rats as my pets, and I collect Charming Tales. It could be loosely described as the animal equivalent of King Arthur and the Holy Grail quest-defeat the evil enemy. The mice are warriors, some mice are monks,etc. Brian even had a cookbook featuring the foods the mice ate. The plots are just as elaborate as regular adventure stories.
  
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Re: Brian Jacques died UK fantasy writer
Reply #1 - Feb 19th, 2011 at 10:31am
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I remember Jacques.  Sorry to hear he's gone.  When I was a director for teen literature at a district library, I populated the shelves with his books.  The teens loved them!  A few of my fellow librarians looked at me oddly, but the kids were happy.
  

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Reply #2 - Feb 19th, 2011 at 3:52pm
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Sorry to say I am not familiar with him or his work, but I am saddened to learn of the loss of a creative mind.
  

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