I’ve cheated by back-dating this final Children’s Book Week post to keep it in series.
“Once upon a time there was a little brown mouse.”
“No, wait! I want the mouse to be blue.”
“Well then, this mouse was blue, except for her tail, which was black. Her coloring was an advantage for the mouse, because she lived [...]
I didn’t read Charlotte’s Web as a kid, sadly. Re-reading such books in adulthood is like finding the butter-yellow stuffed elephant you cuddled and carried on car rides. A new buttery elephant encountered first as an adult is likewise endearing and cozy, but it doesn’t smell of warm sleep and grandparents.
I read countless other classic [...]
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