Reading on the tube
A couple of good friends visited me from the USA this summer. Of course they wanted to visit London and were especially keen to see The Tower of London. Since you get more out of a visit when you know…
Read more22nd August 2010
The Great Cirencester Ladybird Hunt
Cirencester Ladybird Book Hunt How’s this for dedication – and a bit of creativity! In Cirencester, the Oxfam bookshop has organised a special week featuring old Ladybird Books. They have had the idea of involving other local shops and children…
Read moreA Ladybird Book featured pretty prominently on Doctor Who this week. Not a ‘proper’ Ladybird Book, you might say. Not a Ladybird classic. The Romans, 1994 – not the wonderful L. du Garde Peach/Kenney classic from 1959. But then it’s…
Read moreThis year’s car boot season
So far the car boot season has been a bit disappointing. We’ve had pretty good weather – but weekend mornings have been a bit wet. Or maybe I’m getting old and the attraction of the early morning car boot field…
Read moreA Pop–Up Ladybird Book!
Ok, this is very silly. But experimenting with an new online tool, I might as well share the product. The story of how I became a collector of Ladybird Books: You’ll find it here.
Read moreA Room Full of Peters
I once went to the launch of a Ladybird exhibition or nostalgia-fest book and the speaker (who worked for Penguin) opened by asking, “Is there a Peter or Jane in the room?” She went on to say that at most…
Read moreSniffup? Spotera
If that means anything to you, you may have been in the Puffin Club as a child. Or perhaps you still are 🙂 This weekendI read an article on Puffin Books, and for many of us, there is a real…
Read more9th May 2010
Toys and Games
Here’s the 4th episode of the story behind some of Robert Ayton’s Ladybird artwork, as told by his nephew. This one is my personal favourite so far, as I loved this book as a child. Click on the book below….
Read moreReading with Roger
I have just come across the following wonderful poem here – and it seems so appropriate for this blog. From “from The State of Poetry by Roger McGough” Children’s Writer John in the garden Playing goodies and baddies Janet in…
Read moreThe First and Second Books of Aesop’s Fables
Here is the third instalment of ‘The Story of … Robert Ayton’.
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