The Wee Free Men (Discworld Book 30) by Terry Pratchett (MOBI)

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The first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself. . . .

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⭐This is my second time reading this one in recent years and it is my favorite. The Nac Mac Feegle are some of my favorite characters in all these books and this one delivers them in droves. A wonderful adventure is found on these pages that is truly worth reading. Plus you get a splash of the witches you love along the way. I could read this one over and over but I must move on to the rest of the series to see what other things might happen. I highly recommend all these books even the hard to find one with wonderful artwork.

⭐This story stands out among so many stories for vivid scenes are surprisingly enjoyables characters driving the story. This is a treasure.

⭐This was my first introduction to any of the characters from Discworld. But I am definitely planning to find any others in the series where Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegles are featured. Thes friendly little rascals are only 6 inches tall, with red hair and bright blue tattoos. Their dialogue is hilarious, once you learn to translate their accent which sits somewhere between a Scottish and Irish brogue. They call themselves pictsies, not to be confused with pixies as they have no wings. They are sword weilding clansmen quite skilled at stealing, drinking a and fighting. The only thing they like better is drinking AND fighting.( as in, at the same time ). Our female MC is quite a firecracker in her own right. Only 9 years old and the youngest daughter of many, she has learned to take care of herself. She has also learned a lot from her Granny Acking, who Tiffany believes to have been a witch. And Tiffany truly wants to follow in her footsteps. Unfortunately, Granny has passed away and cannot teach her the ways. She also is not around to help when Tiffany’s little brother get stolen by the Queen of the Fairies, so Tiffany decides to rescue him herself. With the help of a talking toad who used to be a lawyer, Tiffany enlists the help of the Nac Mac Feegle to “steal back ” her little brother. Since there are not enough words to properly describe the interactions between Tiffany and her army of little blue men, I will simply give you with two of my favorite sections from the book. When the men apologize for being late , and not becaus3 they got lost or drunk … This time. “Well, at least there shouldn’t have been anything to drink in a lighthouse,” said Tiffany. She laughed. “Unless you drank the lamp oil, and no one would dare do that!” The pictsies suddenly fell silent. … and it’s horrible stuff,” said Tiffany. “It’d make you terribly ill if you drank it.” … “It’s flammable, too. It’s a good thing you didn’t drink it, isn’t it?” Behind her, there was some muffled whispering as the pictsies went into a huddle. “What’s flammable mean?” “It means it catches fire!” “Okay, okay, dinna panic. No belchin’, and none of youse is to tak’ a leak anywhere near any naked flames, okay? And act nat’ral.” And the one that had me laughing so hard my husband had to come and check if I was ok. When Tiffany finds herself being watched by a little man carying a set of miniature bagpipes. “You’ve been watching me all the time?” “Aye, mistress. ’Tis oour task to watch o’er our kelda. I’m up here most o’ the time anyway, because I’m studying to become a gonnagle.” The young Feegle flourished a set of mousepipes. “An’ they willna let me play doon there on account o’ them sayin’ my playin’ sounds like a spider tryin’ to fart through its ears, mistress.” Highly recommended for adults and older teens, mostly because of the reading difficulty with the language of the Nac Mac Feegles. Although there is a mention of sheep mating practices on the farm. And the talking toad who curses…in frogish.

⭐Grown-ups, don’t be fooled like I was, and avoid “The Wee Free Men” because it is labeled YA (young adult). This book has got one of Discworld’s greatest heroines AND some old favorites like the Nac Mac Feegle (the sheep-stealing, kilt-wearing little blue men), Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg.Pratchett brings his usual weird energy to the story of Tiffany Aching, a nine-year-old sheep-herder’s daughter, who might also be a witch. This Discworld fantasy starts off with a clang when Tiffany baits a trap with her own sticky young brother (brilliant!), then wallops the slobbering Jenny Green-Teeth with her iron frying pan, when the monster goes for her bait.There is something else in the river–two little blue men in kilts, in a boat the size of a coconut shell who had tried to warn her about the water creature:”Crivens! Gang awa’ oot o’here, ye daft wee hinny! `Ware the green heid!'”Other than the above encounter with the Nac Mac Feegle and Jenny Green-Teeth, Tiffany seems like an ordinary farm girl with a talent for making butter and cheese. Whenever a band of gypsy teachers travels to her small village on the Chalk, Tiffany walks into town and swaps some of her dairy products for a few hours of education. One afternoon, she trades an egg for some learning from an old woman with a toad on her hat.The toad talks, and the hat looks like an ordinary black hat with paper flowers, but it is spring-operated:”‘I like operating the spring,’ said the toad, crawling around to the back of the hat. There was a click, and a slow `thwap-thwap’ noise, and the center of the hat rose slowly and jerkily up out of the paper flowers, which fell away.”Pointy black hats mean witches on the Chalk, and these magical hags are not well-treated. Miss Tick, the traveling teacher is really a witch-in-disguise.Tiffany wants to be a witch, too but Miss Tick (`mystic’ get it?) thinks chalk country is too soft to grow a good witch.Teacher and pupil temporarily part ways, but the sticky little brother (“I wanna go-a toy-lut!”) is kidnapped by the Queen of Faerie, and Tiffany must call upon witches, the clan of little blue men, and her own Granny Aching’s special sheep liniment to get him back again.”The Wee Free Men” is the first book in a trilogy starring Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle. Read their continuing adventures in “A Hat Full of Sky” and “Wintersmith.” I can truly say these books changed me forever–at least, they changed my vocabulary–“Ach, crivens, ye daft loonies, don’t just sit there and watch yer life gae doon the cludgie. Read these books!”

⭐A great read, fits in with the discworld series so well, and is a super start to the Tiffany Aching series.

⭐This has to be a timeless classic, a story I hope to pass down one day! Now onto the next wonderful tale.

⭐The Terry Pratchett’s “Wee Free Men” is the 30th Discworld Novel and the first book in the Tiffany Aching Series.In this paperback edition, the illustrations are by Laura Ellen Anderson, while the 2003 version is by Paul Kidby.After watching “Terry Pratchett: Back in Black” (2017) film about the author, I decided I wanted to read his work.I had never read this particular kind of literature and shame on me!Terry Pratchett vocabulary is amazing, he plays with words, makes them musical.Reading out loud this book was so easy and fun. Sometimes I had to stop ’cause I kept laughing.The dialect of the Nac Mac Feegle is hilarious and you’ll find yourself mimicking their way of cursing and threatening.I did.”Crivens! I kicked meself in ma ain heid!”.”We’ve got a cheap lawyer an’ we’re not afraid to use him!”If you have children, read this story with them. Play with them, and fight the Queen with them.I was searching a book with a strong girl with no frills that could be an example for our lil’woman and I’m so happy I discovered Tiffany Aching.Tiffany has wit, resilience, humor, and likes books. She loves her grandma and that’s an important bond that will help her during the entire book.The Wee Free Men is followed by a second book “A hat full of Sky”(2004), a third “Wintersmith” (2006), a fourth “I Shall Wear Midnight” (2010) and a 5th and final book “The Shepherd’s Crown”.Plenty to read and enjoy.On a side note: The Jim Henson Company (the muppets, sesame streets, furchester hotel) has confirmed that there’s a film in development. Be prepared!

⭐Although this book was written with a YA audience in mind, it’s as complex and exciting as any of the other Discworld books and a great read for adults. However, there’s less ribald humour, (despite Nanny Ogg’s best efforts) so it’s very much suitable for a younger age group.A young girl discovers she’s a witch – but of course, Terry’s version of this well-worn story is much more interesting than anything involving schools. There are broomsticks. And a rescue, and monsters, and fairies, and pixies (ahem, Pictsies) and if you give this book to a child, they will learn to say ‘Crivens!’ in times of stress.It’s a ripping yarn with proper characters, and it’s the first in a series. Lots to enjoy and look forward to.

⭐I am now well into reading Discworld books that I didn’t read upon original release. The first being the Truth (book 25 in the series) After Night Watch this is a bit of a let down though. It’s a new witch and an expansion on the Nac Mac Feegle but it seems a small story made large. A short story that got expanded out. It seems very reminiscent of Hogfather to me. The world in which they go into being both real and unreal. The new witch Tiffany seems to have the events thrust upon her in a way you’ll know she’ll make it all good. You get the sense of peril but it doesn’t seem like it will stop her; unlike what happens to Granny Weatherwax in her adventures, where you do think she may not make it. It’s all a bit too easy. As a Discworld book it is a bit of a run of the mill story; as I say, after Night Watch it would be hard to match it. Maybe that’s why this is more of a leaner story. The plot is straightforward and engaging but nothing seems to happen. It seems a stretched story but it doesn’t make it a bad one. It’s the second Discworld book that I’ve really felt at odds with (the 1st being The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, which didn’t seem Discworld at all). Good story but a bit paint by numbers. You can see how it’s going to run but you still enjoy it even so.To use a somewhat strange analogy, this book is like a David Walliams book compared to a Roald Dahl book. The Walliams book is fun and enjoyable but the Dahl is better crafted and has more depth to it. That’s what I feel with this book. As a one of book for new readers it may be a good stepping stone into the Discworld but it’s not a great one.

⭐I read this to my 3 kids, aged 6-9. If you’re a Discworld fan you’ll love reading this to your children — and they’ll love it too. Terry Pratchett hasn’t dumbed anything down for kids, this is a great Discworld novel for all ages. It has depth, wisdom and lots of laughs. It deals with themes kids will relate too (losing grandparents, sibling resentment) and has much less sex and a little less violence than other Discworld novels. Death does not appear at all sadly, but there’s a cameo for your two favourite witches at the end, tying it all together.

⭐I’m a new Terry Pratchett fan. There is 5 books in total for this Discworld series. There are so many many books which is comforting because I like his books. Family members are big fans of his and I am late catching on but glad discovered him for myself. My sister says this series was good to begin with. I am 36, the reading age for these are 9-11. Nearly finished first book, (don’t always have good concentration) easy to read and I imagine it all and despite my concentration being poor sometimes I just want to keep reading. That says alot in my book.

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