Childrens Books from Long Ago

One of my favourite books as a child was A Christmas Card by Paul Theroux. I remeber buying it WHSmiths with my Mum and we were looking getting the other one in the display called London Snow but the cover was damaged. It is only until know that I have got round to ordering it. Unfortunately it's out of print now but I have managed to get it very easily from Amazon.

                                                                                                   

 

Images courtesy of http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

This then got me thinking about other books I enjoyed as a child. Here are some of my favourites . . . do you remember any of these?

 

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Lastly the illustrations by Jill Barklem in the Brambly Hedge series are amazing, so much detail and imagination. Beautiful!

 

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What are your favourite children's books?

The Tutu on NYE

Finally I get round to writing a blog post . . .

 

It's only one photo - more were taken but they weren't the most flattering . . . A while ago I tweeted and  facebooked about ordering a net petticoat/crinoline. I actually got it from amazon in the fancy dress section and it is huge! However this thick wool skirt manages to tame it down. So here you are, finally it's been worn on New Years Eve. The other thing worth getting excited about is the flower in my hair. It's from Forever 21 and cost me a fiver. It's perfect because it's on an Alice band so it stays put all night - Even when playing Twister. Yes I played Twister in a full net tutu . . . .

I Hope you all had a great New Years Eve and wishing everyone much happiness in 2011!