Ah! "The Butterfly Lion" isn't girlie but still very beautiful and the Moomin Troll series is pure imagination though there may be some Nordic folklore or mythology in there. Other books I remembered today are Lucy M. Boston Books, particularly "The Children of Green Knowe" and "the Chimneys of Green Knowe". Again, partly ghost stories but just beautiful with some of the Olde Worlde Narnia charm. Elaine -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clare Gailans Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2013 6:02 PM To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: War Horse. I don't know the Butterfly Lion, in fact War Horse was my first Morpurgo. I have also completely missed out on Moomintroll. I love Narnia, but only managed one Harry Potter. My school reading is almost exclusively girlie. Clare