Timing, etc

[doyle]

Looks like I'm going up to Belfast tomorrow instead of Monday. Which means my Lindseyficathon story will definitely be late, probably by a few days (my student house has no net access, my laptop's not going with me and I dislike writing slash on the university computers, for obvious reasons of not wanting to be kicked out over the gay (non-vampire) porn). Grovelling apologies - I will try to get it written tomorrow, since I've had to scrap my original story (no way was I getting it finished within the deadline).

Andrew bought me the Cutest Present Ever (TM). It's one of the Mister Men books - do they have those in America? Books for very young children with characters like Mr. Greedy, Little Miss Naughty, Mr. Noisy, Little Miss Bossy and so on. This one's Little Miss Magic and it's absolutely adorable. Nearly as adorable as the watch my mum found for me, which is pink and has a little cartoon witch on it.

Yes, I am an enormous child. I read The Velveteen Rabbit for the first time last year and sobbed my heart out. Shut up.

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[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

They have them in Canada; my daughters have lots of them. The newer ones aren't as good; I think the author died quite a bit ago and they're still producing them, written by his wife? I grew up on them, so they must have been around for decades. Lovely idea and sweet illustrations.

If you want more cuteness, I'd recc "But Not The Armadillo" by Sandra Boynton (any of hers really) or Mick Inkpen's Wibbly Pig stories :-)

[abbylee]

I love Sandra Boynton too! When I worked with under 4s at my last daycare, they were my favourites of all our books, and if I could, I would have just read all of them.

I've known it as "But Not the Hippopotamus" though. I'm pretty sure we mean the same book ;

Back to the Mr. Men books, my sister gives them as birthday cards. She points out how they cost about the same as a store bought card, but people actually keep them, and you still have the advantage of being able to match up personalities to the story.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

My daughter just disowned me ::grin:: Of course it's hippo, not armadillo! Duh! It's heartbreaking, that ending. The pathos, the circularity of theme, the essential loneliness that pervades society as one person is always cast as an outsider...

"And she just doesn't know; should she stay, should she go?

But YES! the hippopotamus.

(But not the armadillo)."

Beautiful.
And great idea on the books as cards; I'm trying to make everyone send me e cards; no waste, free and the interactive ones are hilarious.