Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
It may sound odd to say that a book about a Parisian homeless man trying to keep three homeless children from being separated by their mother is charming, but it really is. Not that it's entirely unrealistic; the characters experience danger, the contempt of others, the worries of living in the open. But the writing is witty and the main character is a sweet old curmudgeon with a philosophical outlook. I was pre-reading this for my 5-year-old and I think I'll wait for a couple years to give it to him, when he has more knowledge of the world and can make better sense of the plot, but I enjoyed it myself. The illustrations by Garth Williams are wonderful.