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Nonsense is Good Sometimes
I love how children’s books can be totally irreverent. Mind you, it really peeves me when I find factual inaccuracies in children’s books and television programmes. Rabbits do not only eat carrots,...
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Pop It Up!
The pop-up books I remember from childhood were pretty much like the series of David A. Carter books we inherited from my nieces. Don’t get me wrong, they are not terribly complicated but awesome...
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Tickled Pink as a Puffalunk
Becoming a parent has made going to bookshops even more exciting than they used to be, and believe me, I was a bookshop junkie. I could not leave one without desperately needing this or that book...
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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and my Love for Roald Dahl
Back when I was in primary school (don’t even think of asking when that was), I was a regular of what I remember as our tiny library. I favoured fantasy and shunned anything based on real life. I found...
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Nonsense is Good Sometimes
I love how children’s books can be totally irreverent. Mind you, it really peeves me when I find factual inaccuracies in children’s books and television programmes. Rabbits do not only eat carrots,...
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Mama Humour
So I just realised I forgot to post the pics of my library in my last post. Here it is! Admittedly, we don’t spend a huge amount of time reading here. However, I’m guessing this will change once we get...
View ArticleBeing True to Oneself
I have to admit, I was in two minds about Pippi after reading the first book. She struck me as arrogant, conceited, inconsiderate and belligerent. This was especially after reading the circus scene....
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