From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:02:47 -0700

I was pleased to see Gleitman's name. His books are always funny with an edge of sadness. The two about a girl who is mute and his two about "the worry wart" feature eccentric situations and people--but the relation to the parents is exemplary.

Then there the Ausralian national book--"The Magic Pudding" by Norman Lindsay. Fun and swinging with its silly situations, puddin' thieves
(there is NOTHING worse in the world than such), Aussie animals, and a great adventure (let's protect that pudding, folks). I was so fond of the book as a child that I autographed it to myself with the author's name. Sometime in the last decade it was reissued in paper and I believe I have that here, too (not autographed).

Was James Calder Marshall ("The Fair to Middling"????) an Aussie? was James Vance Marshall ("Walkabout")?

Wrightson's "A Racecourse for Andy" is a touching book, one which I fear is o.p.

I expect I'll wander through my shelves here at home to find a few more of my favorites (many not autographed).

G'day--Big G


"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
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