tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580372117701042127.post1215261952052100667..comments2024-03-29T04:26:35.995-07:00Comments on Granny Marigold: Children's BooksGranny Marigoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15858237999602347848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580372117701042127.post-39733686265418145642013-10-24T16:21:45.572-07:002013-10-24T16:21:45.572-07:00I love it! I have a copy of The Jolly Christmas Po...I love it! I have a copy of The Jolly Christmas Postman too, as well as "The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters" and "The Jolly Pocket Postman", both also by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. You don't have to be a child to get caught up in the anticipation of opening those envelopes. Flowers, teddy bears, tea cups, and children's books....couldn't be a better combination! Makes me think of the book "Good Night, Garden Gnome" by Jamichael Henterly - a wordless book featuring a garden gnome that is a guest at a teddy bear's tea party in a garden in the daytime and later rescues a forgotten teddy bear and returns it to its owner. Not as quaintly illustrated as the Ahlberg book but it opens up a realm of possibilities just looking around at the garden, making me wonder if we are blissfully unaware of multi-layered adventures happening among the foxgloves and delphiniums while we see only the tedium of weeding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580372117701042127.post-36489819941074999262013-10-23T15:51:40.747-07:002013-10-23T15:51:40.747-07:00What a treasure to stumble upon! Yes, Happy Readi...What a treasure to stumble upon! Yes, Happy Reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com