My boyfriend gave me an apple My boyfriend gave me a pear My boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips and threw me down the stairs Kids these days just don’t know how to play. Not properly. Unless they’re jabbing away at a DS or doing some supervised wet felting, they simply stare into … Continue reading
September 13th is Roald Dahl’s birthday. But before you stick your face in the chocolate lake in celebration, first gorge on these pictures from the original edition of The Magic Finger. The Magic Finger was the first Dahl book I remember reading. As an introduction to his children’s books it’s slightly unrepresentative, and perhaps … Continue reading
So, I thought I’d start this blog off with a post about Maurice Sendak who died last month. It goes without saying that he was bloody marvellous and it’s a great loss to the world etc. But scanning through the obituaries you’d be mistaken for thinking he only produced two books, Where the Wild Things … Continue reading
