J. M. Barrie was a little tiny man. He wrote the story of Peter Pan. Did he do it very well? You bet, according to Tinkerbell.
I wandered through the looking glass the other day in search of Alice. I had a question I wanted to ask her. She wasn’t there, though. Neither Queen, Red or White, had seen her lately. Both Queens urged me to join them fishing for socks in the stream. I made an excuse, explaining to them […]
I’ve had these Oz books with me for nearly 60 years. I have one more wheel’s worth plus a few spares.
When lost in the Danken Wood I find it is always good to gather your bearings consulting with herrings or Little Red Riding Hood.
When the neighbors are this noisy I can’t get any sleep. I prefer my flowers never to make a single peep.
May I come to the birthday party celebrating a guy named Hardie? I’ll wear my best suit. He wrote LITTLE TOOT! Just name the time. I’ll not be tardy.
O bliss, O joy, O happy day, the vedling cart wed the bale of hay! O mip, O mop, O most sublime, the barn door wept at the bell’s first chime. The bell was happy, the barn door sad, and the cart and the hay were gladder than glad. O clip, O clop, O there’s […]
Today is the birthday of Wanda Gag. Did you know her last name rhymes with frog? She built this book. Have you read it? It’s all about cats. There, I’ve said it.
Arthur Rackham illustrated many and many a tale. Here are Hansel and Gretel meeting a certain witch who dwells in a certain tasty cottage deep in a certain wood. The book is The Annotated Brothers Grimm. I happen to know that the witch there is in disguise. She is really from the planet Boad, and […]
Here is a picture of my 104 year old edition of L. Frank Baum’s The Road to Oz. Mr. Baum had 9 more Oz books to write in his future when this story was published, but he already itched to escape Oz for other lands. He writes in the introduction: -To my readers: Well, my […]
