- ylvs
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- From: On the sunny side of life
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Simple question on War Of The Flowers
My mother recently started reading WotF and although Theo did not even arrive in Faerie she likes it a lot. And she has a question already, so important to her that she asked me to post it. She really loved the description of the picturebook Theo's mum read to him when he was a little boy (little bunny saying good night to everything and in the end saying good night to noone and there is an empty page). The question is: Did Tad invent that picturebook or does it really exist in American/English children's literature? And if it does exist, can somebody tell her author and title?
Mum says thank you in advance!
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- Captain Roberto Fruitbat
- Pilgrim
- From: Berlin
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Itīs a real book and this looks like the one.
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- Maladroit
- Pilgrim
- From: Passamaquadey
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown
Amazon link
- ylvs
- Mantis
- From: On the sunny side of life
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Thank you Captain!
Thank you Maladroit!
I'll be looking for it when I'm on the right continent next week. Barnes&Nobles is around the corner of my sister's appartment...
In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan
- Olaf
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Tad likes that book so much that he even wanted to call the book "Goodnight Nobody" at one point, but he could not for copyright reasons.
- ylvs
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Sounds as if I really should buy it ...
And then I'll read it to my little daughter, starting to teach her English with it.
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- Em
- Mantis
- From: somewhere left of reality
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Goodnight Moon was my oldest daughter's favorite book. Could not go to bed without reading it to her. We visited my sister in Phoenix once, and left the book behind. Luckily, when got home, the local bookstore was still open and had a copy.
The "Goodnight mush" always made us giggle.
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- Calesta
- Pilgrim
- From: Calgary
- Registered: 2001-06-01
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
We read it almost every night still. Its a big favorite in our house.
~ Goodnight noises everywhere ~
- ylvs
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Bought it, love it!
But I've not decided yet whether I like the Runaway Bunny even better. My daughter likes them both and laughs about the "silly voices" I make reading it. She insists on "reading properly" (= "richtig vorlesen!") and likes the pictures a lot.
In an alternate universe, author Bobby Williams is known for his epic fantasy called, "Recollection, Sadness, and Spike". -- Cyan
- SilverMarble
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
when I was little, it was one of my favorite books. between that one, the 'fox in socks', and 'Where the Wild Things Live,' I had my parents tired of those stories in no time.
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- Em
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
When Where the Wild Things Are first came out, the librarian in our school had to go through and block out all the "naughty parts." Sendak was a little ahead of his time.
"Ho, Ho," says the Keeper of the Beat. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.
- Firsfron of Ronchester
- Mantis
- From: Ronchester
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Re: Simple question on War Of The Flowers
Naughty parts? In Where the Wild Things Are? I don't remember any. Where are they, Martha?
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