My mother has been rereading my old letters to her. Letters and cards and what-not, from times I lived abroad. Ones from me. Ones from Dan too. There are all kinds of funny details in there that you forget, and suddenly you remember in the rereading. Like setting my beginners English class to write letters …
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Junior Reader and I are nearing the end of our latest Atticus book. It’s been a lot of fun, in various ways, including recurring poo jokes, double crossings and much more. But I have to say that I really sat up and took notice when one character was revealed to have an alter ego, going …
Back to food again. I’ve written more about poetry recently, but there are plenty of children’s books written in verse that turn a pretty poetic phrase of their own. The Giant Jam Sandwich is one of my childhood favourites. I’m sure it deserves its own proper Lit Kid post one day. By way of rapid …
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I may have previously alluded to my family’s liking for a good catch phrase. Ones that could be repeated infinitely, it seemed. After a while of using favourite phrases, they come to have their own conversational uses. Ones that fitted a particular type of new circumstance, depending on the saying. In my family, growing up, …
It’s been a low-lit week. Seems like the only thing Junior Reader and I have looked at together has been the weekly reading book from school. Except. Except. This one is called Potatoes and Tomatoes. It’s not a satire on pronunciation on either sides of the Atlantic. It may not make it onto any best …