A favourite Book.

My mom and dad visited my brother and his family in Australia last Christmas. They came across this charming book and sent it to K for her birthday. It's called 'Good Manners. A Book of Short Stories' by Audie Burns. It has the most enchanting illustrations. K gazes at the crazy drawings for ages, seeing something new each time. The colors, the mushrooms, the magic... she is utterly enthralled.

The stories are delightfully crazy... it's kind of like reading a dream!
The characters are whimsical, flashing through the pages with such imagination.
There are a few pages that make K laugh out loud... she'll be reading it in her room and I'll hear a gurgle of spontaneous laughter. This is one such page. She thinks these guys are VERY funny.
The funniest to me is that her favourite story is the beginning story about Miss Hanna Herrington and Miss Julia from Hartford. They have decided to take it upon themselves to teach the rules that 'good children should know'. It's all the old-school manners that would make my grandmother proud! K loves to hear all the things good children should know and tells me, very seriously, about all the times she has remembered to have good manners. This is our 'most read' page in the book... we often have to start with it and finish with it.
I love to have such a delightful way to impart good manners to her. 'Good Manners' is a treasure in our bookcase.

Blessings and magic.