In today's CBfG...
The Black Cauldron, the Twits, some discussion of The Island of Dr. Moreau, and picture books
In Children's Books for Grown-Ups, we read picture books, tell YA novels, and/or talk about our own creative work every Saturday at 10am MST.
Excerpts from today:
On The Black Cauldron:
"What's the plot of The Black Cauldron?"
"It's like a 3D printer for bad guys."
"What?! The cauldron is such a rich symbol in Welsh folklore, that's what they did with it? I wanna do a feminine version..."
"You gotta make sure you have enough bad guy filament."
"Is there a girl in this story?"
"There's one. I think she's a princess."
"Do you need more than one?"
"If you're gonna have a girl in your story, it may as well be a princess."
On The Twits, by Roald Dahl:
"It starts with beard-hate."
On The Island of Dr. Moreau:
"It's a fucked-up scary thing. Go read it."
Also read:
Bunito y las vocales
and
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle, by Margaret Read Macdonald and Nancy Dunaway Fowlkes
