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Vintage 1962 Puffin Story Book Flood Warning

A Flood Warning from 1962

I hope you are all staying safe and dry today as Storm Claudia rages through the UK. I did manage a walk around the block with the dog without getting blown away, but the bins hadn’t fared as well. There was cardboard everywhere. I really hope we don’t have flooding after all this rain. The village I used to live…

The Man Who Was Magic

Paul Gallico wrote two of my favourite books EVER, and one of them is The Man Who was Magic. You’ve probably heard of Paul Gallico, even if you think you haven’t. If you frequent secondhand book stores (and you probably do, if you’re here), you’ll have seen some of his work. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a secondhand…

grandmother lucy and her hats

Grandmother Lucy and Her Hats

The bookworm is a series of posts following a trail of vintage picture books, linking them by author, title, subject, or whatever else takes my fancy. Following on from Natasha’s New Doll, the next stop in our Bookworm trail is also illustrated by Frank Francis: Grandmother Lucy and Her Hats by Joyce Wood. The gist This is a sweet, sweet…