Children's books

jdettmann

May 17, 20164 min read

The Joy of Sticks

From top: gun, sword, wand. AKA ‘kindling for Granddad’. I’ve never thought brandishing a stick was a good idea. We were always told by...

jdettmann

Oct 19, 20154 min read

A Very Peter Pan Birthday

Three weeks out she started saying, ‘I don’t want to hear it’s anyone else’s birthday before mine.’ Now we’re down to four days and she...

jdettmann

Jun 17, 20154 min read

How To Make Antibiotics In Your Own Car

Garnet, who has a lot of dandelion picking to do to get back in my good books. There is a new rule in the House of Gusto: no one is...

jdettmann

Oct 18, 20123 min read

Grant Me The Serenity

Lunch out with a tiny nun always helps. I haven’t been feeling very good lately. It’s nothing that the birth of NB won’t fix (or possibly...

jdettmann

Sep 10, 20124 min read

Everyone’s A Critic

The next book we’re borrowing from the library is ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’. Right now one of May Blossom’s favourite books is We’re...

jdettmann

May 1, 20123 min read

Secret Fairy Business

Everytime a child says “I don’t believe in fairies” there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan...

jdettmann

Oct 25, 20111 min read

Re-reading Matters

How funny, that's exactly the outfit I am wearing as I write this blog post, right down to the lipstick and earrings. Mem Fox says in her...

jdettmann

Sep 19, 20114 min read

Maligned Mothers from Children’s Literature: Mayzie the Lazy Bird

May Blossom reads Dear Zoo In Dr Seuss’s Horton Hatches the Egg, a bird called Mayzie grows tired of sitting on her egg. She wants a...