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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 |

Ariel View

I’ve looked at quite a bit of fairy lore over the years, but one character I hadn’t really addressed is Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, largely because I hadn’t read it. I recently did so, and I also found out that … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Futurama, Gender, Greek Mythology, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Nursery Crime, Oz, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Roman, Television, Theosophy, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, alexander pope, angels, ariel, belinda, bible, caliban, demons, elementals, fairies, gnomes, hans christian andersen, isaiah, j. l. bell, john milton, king lear, lucifer, mermaids, nomes, oberon, paracelsus, paradise lost, philip j. fry, prospero, rosicrucianism, sycorax, sylphs, the fourth bear, the little mermaid, the rape of the lock, the tempest, titania, umbriel, uranus, uriel, witches |

You May Find Important Pieces Gone

Cautionary tales to try to convince children to behave seem to be pretty much universal, even though it’s quite possible they do more harm than good. I’ve written before about boogeyman legends, and along much the same lines is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Fairy Tales, Family Guy, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Monsters, Music, Nursery Crime, Television, Terry Pratchett, XTC | Tagged bogeyman, boogeyman, cautionary tales, der struwwelpeter, dr. heinrich hoffmann, edward scissorhands, hogfather, lustige geschichten und drollige bilder, scissor man, shock-headed peter, the fourth bear |

Fictional Characters Walk Among Us

As a fairy tale fan, I recently decided I should try watching Once Upon a Time. Most of the episodes aren’t available, but I did see the pilot and the most recent ones, which were On Demand. It’s made by … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Jasper Fforde, Lewis Carroll, Mythology, Nursery Crime, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Television, Thursday Next | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, bill willingham, disney, edward lear, fables, jack pumpkinhead, jiminy cricket, king midas, lost, mad hatter, march hare, ozma, pinocchio, rumpelstiltskin, shakespeare, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the adventures of pinocchio, the big over easy, the fourth bear |

Who’s Been Sleeping in My Porridge?

I’ve seen a few people ask why, in “The Story of the Three Bears,” the Mama and Papa Bear are sleeping in separate beds. In fact, this was actually a plot device in Jasper Fforde’s The Fourth Bear, as was … Continue reading →

The Dangers of Cucular Power

Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones – This story is based on the interesting idea of a fantasy world exploited by an unscrupulous businessman from our world who somehow gained control of a demon. He brings tour groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Diana Wynne Jones, Jasper Fforde, Nursery Crime | Tagged dark lord of derkholm, diana wynne jones, dorian gray, edward lear, goldilocks and the three bears, gulliver's travels, jasper fforde, jonathan swift, nursery crime, the fourth bear, thursday next |