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osprey_archer

The Magic Pudding and other things

Oct 09, 2016 09:40

It's been a busy few days! My caramelized onion plans on Wednesday had to be put back, as my roommate proposed going to the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and who am I to say no to a trip to the gardens? (Actually I had to take some time to think about it. I do not adjust swiftly to changing plans, even if the new plan is clearly ( Read more... )

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Australian children's books boxofdelights October 9 2016, 17:09:21 UTC

I recommend Mem Fox's Possum Magic, with extraordinarily beautiful illustrations by Julie Vivas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_Magic

Re: Australian children's books osprey_archer October 10 2016, 13:18:31 UTC

I'll have to check if my library has it!

Re: Australian children's books asakiyume October 10 2016, 16:43:32 UTC

Yes, my kids got given that book by my husband's aunt, who lived in Australia. But my favorite Australian picture book was Sebastian Lives in a Hat, about a rescued baby wombat.

khiemtran October 9 2016, 19:44:04 UTC

Yes, penguins are native to Australia. We see Little Penguins (also known as Fairy Penguins in Sydney Harbour. Here's a photo from earlier this year.

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osprey_archer October 10 2016, 13:18:09 UTC

Oooh, bitty swimming penguins! So cute.

It occurs to me that the penguin in the Magic Pudding is a sailor penguin, so he could have come from anywhere around the globe. But it is nice to think perhaps he came from Australia originally and sailed back in the end.

emma_in_oz October 11 2016, 12:25:24 UTC

They are creatures of the South so of course they live here!

littlerhymes October 10 2016, 10:24:27 UTC

Good old Pudding!

That sculpture sounds amazing. So it makes music/sound with the marbles?

osprey_archer October 10 2016, 13:19:58 UTC

Music is perhaps putting it a bit strongly (although a rolling ball sculpture that did make music would be AMAZEBALLS), but it made pretty tinkling noises: there was the xylophone and a little bell and also a sort of stair step contraption of hollow wooden blocks that made nice sounds.

asakiyume October 10 2016, 16:44:19 UTC

That sounds like a lovely library! I'm loving your early explorations of Indianapolis. Also, your sandwich sounds divine.

osprey_archer October 10 2016, 19:58:48 UTC

It is an excellent library! Although it had these odd spherical chairs that looked like they ought to be super comfy but were actually devoid of padding so they were super uncomfortable instead, which I did not approve.

The fiction reading room was enormous and intensely library-ful, though. So that made up for a lot.

emma_in_oz October 11 2016, 12:28:08 UTC

The author who matche Ethel Turner is Mary Grant Bruce. They were the big two Australian children's writers, with Bruce best known for the Billabong series. Best to start somewhere in the middle as the first one is a bit rough (originally a series of unconnected short stories). If you can look past the racism that both exhibit (typical of the time) they are great.

osprey_archer October 12 2016, 00:50:51 UTC

I shall have to look her up! Do you have a favorite Billabong book?

emma_in_oz October 15 2016, 09:05:59 UTC

Norah of Billabong is one of the nice pre-war ones.

Captain Jim is a good one during the war and Billabong Gold is a nice post-war one when they are grown up.

osprey_archer October 17 2016, 23:03:59 UTC

Captain Jim is the only one of those I can get off of Amazon for my Kindle, so I guess I'll go with that!

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