I always loved the description of woods in my early books ; woods were where things happened. Spell gathering , disappearances and dodgy and magical folk hung out. Magic I think it is an understated element in our lives ; one of those moments when everything seems just that little more than right and a person , like your teacher seems to recognise by the gift of books ;that you were a world exploding in ideas and imagination. Sometimes people just recognise what you need. Interiors and their description were also important to me as a child. I lived in a council house but the furnishings were older . At one point probably around the time of Narnia ; i tried the wardrobes out for size haha. I was one of those children that thought ; if I tried hard enough , I could fly or spin myself into another world. Much later I read about Dervishes ; who knew haha. God was an artist who had taken time to paint each individual flower and was also quite comfortable in his socialist principles . Well what else would he have spent all that time doing haha.
I ❤ The Borrowers - read it when I was little and remember being astonished to find more Borrowers books at the library ! A few years ago I bought the set and re-read them for the ???th time.
One of my favourite summery Puffins was 'Minnow on the Say' by Phillipa Pearce. It was from our class library from when I was about nine. It was about two boys spending a summer boating on a local river & I've not known anyone else who read it. It is not as well known as Tom's Midnight Garden. Thanks for sharing your Puffins with us, they were part of the narrative of our lives.
One of my favourite Puffins is The Snow Kitten - not quite a summer time Puffin though 😄 The blurb starts, 'No one wanted an abandoned snow kitten'. When I first read that I was hooked. I think I'd be about 7 or 8. At the time we lived in an old farmhouse and we attracted stray cats from miles around. We had 29 at one point. So The Snow Kitten was always going to be a winner with me.
Were you a member of the Puffin Club when you were in school? I think this is where I had read/bought a lot of books. A little card with the details of the book and a list of your payments and then you could take the book home. I loved it! Good memories. I think kids today don't get that chance of learning the value of things that they buy. This is certainly a way that I learned. Lovely choice of books, Paul 👍🏼 The Wombles!!!❤❤❤😂
I’m going to be on the lookout for some Puffin books at garage sales, why not? At about 15:19 in this video when you’re reading from A Tale of Horror, just as you said…some of them swarmed in the air……a small round circle of light fell down in the air on your left side and disappeared. Thought that was interesting!
Wonderful and charming! Thank you for sharing some of your Puffins.
I reread all the Borrower books a few months ago. It was so much fun revisiting them! Nice choices!!
I always loved the description of woods in my early books ; woods were where things happened. Spell gathering , disappearances and dodgy and magical folk hung out. Magic I think it is an understated element in our lives ; one of those moments when everything seems just that little more than right and a person , like your teacher seems to recognise by the gift of books ;that you were a world exploding in ideas and imagination. Sometimes people just recognise what you need. Interiors and their description were also important to me as a child. I lived in a council house but the furnishings were older . At one point probably around the time of Narnia ; i tried the wardrobes out for size haha. I was one of those children that thought ; if I tried hard enough , I could fly or spin myself into another world. Much later I read about Dervishes ; who knew haha. God was an artist who had taken time to paint each individual flower and was also quite comfortable in his socialist principles . Well what else would he have spent all that time doing haha.
I ❤ The Borrowers - read it when I was little and remember being astonished to find more Borrowers books at the library ! A few years ago I bought the set and re-read them for the ???th time.
How lovely of the supply teacher to loan you her favourite puffin books from her childhood
@@juliancorlett2839 it was a magical and formative moment
One of my favourite summery Puffins was 'Minnow on the Say' by Phillipa Pearce. It was from our class library from when I was about nine. It was about two boys spending a summer boating on a local river & I've not known anyone else who read it. It is not as well known as Tom's Midnight Garden. Thanks for sharing your Puffins with us, they were part of the narrative of our lives.
One of my favourite Puffins is The Snow Kitten - not quite a summer time Puffin though 😄 The blurb starts, 'No one wanted an abandoned snow kitten'. When I first read that I was hooked. I think I'd be about 7 or 8. At the time we lived in an old farmhouse and we attracted stray cats from miles around. We had 29 at one point. So The Snow Kitten was always going to be a winner with me.
@@gillianmcmurray weirdly, I read that last Christmas!
@@paulmagrs-g8n Wow! How funny! I've never heard anyone talk about it before.
@@gillianmcmurray I’d saved it up on my Christmas pile for ages and just loved it last December
@@paulmagrs-g8n It is a lovely story. I'll need to read it again this year.
I recently purchased The Witch of Blackbird Pond, which my fifth grade teacher Ms. Suleiman read to my class. I'm planning on reading it soon.
Were you a member of the Puffin Club when you were in school? I think this is where I had read/bought a lot of books. A little card with the details of the book and a list of your payments and then you could take the book home. I loved it! Good memories. I think kids today don't get that chance of learning the value of things that they buy. This is certainly a way that I learned. Lovely choice of books, Paul 👍🏼 The Wombles!!!❤❤❤😂
I’m going to be on the lookout for some Puffin books at garage sales, why not? At about 15:19 in this video when you’re reading from A Tale of Horror, just as you said…some of them swarmed in the air……a small round circle of light fell down in the air on your left side and disappeared. Thought that was interesting!