In a message dated 10/30/01 3:46:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >My favourites would include the Winnie the Pooh books but my all-time >favourite is The Wind in the Willows.
My husband loves Wind in the Willows! Got any suggestions on good versions to buy? The prices on early editions are incredible - they start at 1,000 and go up. I saw a copy for 15,000 US. You could buy a car! There are also many collections of Celtic fairy >stories that I heard (as a child) and have read (as an adult) but I imagine >that compilations are 'out of bounds' here? I would mention in this context >one which is so sad that it never fails to make me cry. It's called "The >Fate >of the Children of Lyr". Try it out if you get a chance. I'd transcribe >it but >it's about 20 pages long. perhaps the scanner. I read that for a children's literature class. It is so sad! In my version, it was spelled "Lir". The ending, when they're turned back into humans, is heartbreaking. Mary
