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Fraternizing with Fairies

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery – Beth wanted me to read this, and let me borrow her Reader’s Digest edition, which does have the entire text. It took me way longer to read this than it probably should … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Comics, Fairy Tales, Families, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alberto manguel, anne of green gables, arthur henderson, david maxine, fairies, fashion, gianni guadalupi, giants, international wizard of oz club, kingdoms of elfin, l.m. montgomery, ozcon international, racism, sylvia townsend warner, the dictionary of imaginary places, the perhappsy chaps, umbrellas, werewolves |

There Are Quangles in Your Wangles

For some reason, the name “Gramblamble Land” kept sticking in my head. Perhaps not surprisingly, it’s an Edward Lear reference, to “The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple” (not to be confused with Dr. Pimple Popper), the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Beatrix Potter, Edward Lear, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Language, Nursery Crime, Poetry | Tagged alberto manguel, bong-trees, cats, chankly bore, clangle-wangle, coromandel, gianni guadalupi, gromboolian plain, jingly jones, john vernon lord, lake pipple-popple, owls, pigs, quangle-wangle, the courtship of the yonghy-bonghy-bo, the dictionary of imaginary places, the dong with a luminous nose, the fourth bear, the history of the seven families of the lake pipple-popple, the jumblies, the owl and the pussycat, the pobble who has no toes, the quangle wangle's hat, the story of the four little children who went round the world, the tale of little pig robinson, torrible zone, trees, yonghy-bonghy-bo, zimmery fidd |