Entries from Kidlit tagged with 'magic pudding'
3 Trials
I was reading Chapter 5 of Finn Family Moomintroll tonight and wondering about great trial scenes in children’s books. The argument between the Hemulen (who is counsel for Thingumy and Bob) and Sniff (the prosecutor) is fantastically good, if brief....
Rollin' Home Across the Foam
(Cross-posted from READIN.) The whole book The Magic Pudding is a huge amount of fun; but the last chapter is a big improvement over the rest in terms of the author’s confidence and command of his voice. The rhyming and...
Reading Aloud
I think it bears repeating (though I’ve said it many times before) just how much the quality of a good children’s book is improved through reading it aloud. It brings out the rhythm of the language much more strongly than...
Food, food, food
I’m thinking of doing a little series of posts on food in children’s books. Certainly there are any number of striking examples to choose from. What are your favorites? There’s the scene in (the very weird on class politics) A...
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