#AtoZChallenge : F is for Fauntleroy

My early years of reading were well supplied by the public library in Mitcham, Surrey. There I found so many wonderful books and my favourite author was Frances Hodgson Burnett. The book which captivated me was The Little Princess, but I didn’t connect with The Secret Garden so much. However I was really intrigued by Burnett’s first novel Little Lord

#AtoZChallenge Letter C

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature.  is for Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland. He inspired Sir John Tenniel, the political cartoonist of Punch magazine to illustrate the first Alice and also Through the Looking-Glass, creating 92 images altogether.  The pictures were engraved

Beautiful Books

I am so pleased that my parents were such squirrels.  Among the many books that I just had to give to charity when my mother died were some real treasures which are now in my bookcase. As a child I loved Little Women by Louisa M Alcott so I was delighted to find this copy