Books mentioned: • Just Kids by Patti Smith • Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich • In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano • Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz • The Lonely City by Olivia Laing • Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Update on 9/17/12: OLD BLACK WITCH is available now! Here: Purple House Press Update 4/6/12: Reprint publisher, Purple House Press, will be re-issuing this favorite childhood book, Old Black Witch, in the fall! By the time I was six, I knew from the Brothers Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel that mean witches were bad and would get their just due; but I also knew from Dr. Seuss' Grinch that cruel hearts could change and grow with kindness. On our little black and white television set that sixth year of my life, I had watched the annual showing of THE WIZARD OF OZ and had witnessed Neil Armstrong become the first man to set foot on the moon, making me think pretty much anything was possible. I can't say for sure, but maybe all those things contributed in making the unlikely book, OLD BLACK WITCH, one of my childhood favorites. Like the mother and son in the story, my family had just moved into an old Victorian fixer-upper, that needed some new paint and tender loving care. Nicky and his mother start a fire in the fireplace after moving in, but as they begin scrubbing and cleaning, who should stumble out onto the hearth from the smoke filled chimney, but an old witch (who is not as scary as she thinks she is!) She tries to frighten them away, but they are determined to stay - they have put all their money into the house and plan on converting it into a tearoom - the menu is even planned. When the tearoom finally opens, with its red and white checked curtains and Sweet Williams on the tables, the society ladies love it so much that Nicky's mother needs help. That's when they discover the Old Black Witch can cook! She wins everyone over with her delicious dishes, despite her witchy ways. Nicky's mother sets Old Black Witch up in an attic bedroom and she loves sharing it with the cobwebs and bats. She only wishes she had a couple of toads to keep her company... Well, she gets her wish when she saves the tearoom from two robbers ("not all the people who heard about the tearoom were nice quiet ladies") after she zaps them and promptly turns them into - yes - spotted toads. The story is quite eccentric and the artwork is wonderfully detailed. At the end of the book is a recipe for Old Black Witch's Bewitching Pancakes. What kind? "Boil cauldron, make a brew, What kind of berries make a pancake blue?" This is one of many obscure books published by Parents' Magazine Press, which operated a children's mail-order book club in the 1960's and '70's. Through this club's affordability and popularity came many books that Baby Boomers (like me) remember fondly. Some titles are so popular, that they've become quite collectible. CLICK HERE, if you'd like to browse which titles Loganberry Books has available in stock. (You can also scour your own neighborhood bookstores and libraries, or google the titles to find them on Amazon or Ebay. I literally wracked my brain for years to remember this book title, and finally came across it this fall! I guess OLD BLACK WITCH is one of the most requested books! When I looked up the customer comments on Amazon, most everyone had the same wonderful memories as I did and were thrilled to have found this old childhood friend. )
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Nous retrouvons Spirou, Fantasio et Spip à Edo, capitale du Pays du Soleil Levant, de 1603 à 1864. Paradoxe temporel ? Voyage dans le temps ? Rien de tout ça : nos trois amis sont tout simplement invités à la prestigieuse inauguration de 'Edo-resort', un gigantesque parc d'attractions qui reconstitue très fidèlement la vie du Japon médiéval. Mais Spirou et ses compagnons ne sont pas là pour le plaisir. Ils sont venus en Extrême-Orient à la demande de leur ami magicien, Itoh Kata, qui leur a confié une mission spéciale : récupérer deux enfants aux pouvoirs paranormaux étonnants qui sont détenus par Mangakana, un redoutable gangster aux ambitions immobilières troubles. Une course-poursuite va mener nos trois héros d'Akihabara, le quartier électronique, à Giza, celui des spectacles, en passant par Shinjuku, le territoire des redoutables yakuza, pour une visite guidée particulièrement mouvementée. Ce 49e album des aventures de « Spirou et Fantasio » est le troisième du duo Morvan-Munuera. Morvan s'est fait plaisir en situant l'histoire en plein Tokyo, ville qu'il connaît parfaitement pour s'y rendre régulièrement. Idéal donc pour faire visiter les quartiers les plus pittoresques à nos deux héros. Quant à Munuera, le dynamisme de son trait illustre au mieux cette histoire pleine de rebondissements et de surprises.
Chevaliers et châteaux, Énigmes au château et Le château fort, Publiés en 2015 par les éditions Usborne.
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