by Dylan Thomas, Edward Ardizzone
Exquisite. Evocative. A masterpiece.
A BIG thanks to PetraX for posting these links...Dylan reads: http://youtu.be/QjCJd9Bc-qATom Jones: http://youtu.be/sI-LS9L6M_g
This was a lovely book and a perfect book to read on the first day of Advent. Very nostalgic, it definitely made me think of my childhood Christmases and how magical they seemed to me.
Trina Schart Hyman's make this great book amazing,
Tremendously evocative.
Here's a little sample: "...and some few small aunts, not wanted in the kitchen, nor anywhere else for that matter, sat on the very edges of their chairs, poised and brittle, afraid to break, like faded cups and saucers." De...