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Tag: victorian children’s books

Treasury

A Apple Pie

Does Kate Greenaway’s famous 1886 picture book A Apple Pie provide the perfect inspiration for what to do with all those apples?

October 29, 2025November 3, 2025

Puffin Challenge

The Cuckoo Clock

Next up in the Puffin Challenge: PS3 The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs Molesworth. Victorian magic and adventure, anyone?

October 4, 2023September 22, 2026

Reviews

Moonfleet

Treasure Island. Heard of it? Of course you have. Read it? Quite possibly. But have you read Moonfleet? Possibly not. And that’s a damn shame.

February 23, 2022September 26, 2026

This face belongs to me, Ceri — the one on the left. When I’m not drinking tea and eating biscuits in a semi-vegetative state, I’m usually surrounded by books. I read them, buy them, sell them, photograph them, and sometimes even write about them.

That’s what you’ll find here — stories, snapshots, and small discoveries from a life full of vintage children’s books.

The one on the right is Arlo. He doesn’t read books and refuses to discuss them with me. So I’m hoping you’ll stick around and chat instead.