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's hard to believe that this is the same guy who wrote The Wasteland, but I guess when you're writing for your godchildren, it's good to be more cheerful and even surprisingly silly. My favorites are Song of the Jellicles (which I once knew by heart) and The Naming of Cats. I tried a couple of years ago to read this to my son, who was then 5, but though he adores cats, he doesn't think much of poetry. He's a boy who likes a plot. He did use Jellicle as the the name for a stuffed cat though. I don't think a single person he told the name to got the reference, which is a sad indication that this book is not so widely read these days. That's too bad, as I think it's wittier and more fun to read aloud than, say, Edward Lear or Dr Suess or even Jack Prelutsky, who gets on my nerves after a while. In fact, I think I'll go home, pull it off the shelf, and try reading it aloud again. At the very least, *I'll* certainly enjoy it.