Let me introduce to the world, five-year-old Amy Gardner's first book - Aladin - a piece of fan fiction.
And she did it all by herself with no prompting, as evidenced in her own words: "Mummy thought I was just drawing things but I was making a book." And she gave it to ME... Sorry, I know your books are all precious and I do keep them behind glass once I've read them, but this is my favourite book of all.
18 comments:
What an awesome gift, and such an honour. A limited edition, 1 of 1. Is it signed, too?
Not signed unfortunately... I'll have to force a crayon into her hand next weekend.
That's so sweet. :-)
Thank you muchly for the linkage, Cate! I will return the kindness soon.
Thanks, Louise.
Awesome :-)
Adorable! Obviously you're not the only talent in your family.
(I like your blog's new look, incidentally. I liked the old look too, but this seems a bit more readable.)
Thanks, Anthony.
Thanks, Kate. And yep, that's what I was worried about with the old blog.
Aw bless. Clearly following in aunty's footsteps. The new blog's nice... but where's the sparklies?!
Brilliant! You should hire her as an illustrator. Redefines the concept of "precious object", doesn't it?
What? You didn't get showered with glitter when you visited, Simon. You must have pressed the wrong button.
It does, Ian.
I'm sure it's not the kind of fan fiction I'm thinking of ; )
How cute! And an intriguing tale from what I read! Looks like a good editor too. Nice!
The girl can draw! Nice gift, and a definite opportunity for you to be 'that aunt, who gets out that book' when the boyfriends round :)
I hope not, Natalie.
The edits made me smile, Lee. She's on her way.
Oh, I'd never do that, Rich.
Beautiful, Cate. Hold on to that.
I certainly hope you had her expressed written permission to reprint portions of her book. Or less you're violating that poor girl's copyright! :-)
wv: munstai
I will, Aaron.
Poor girl. Poor! She fleeces me of every penny I have every weekend, Robert. Erm, I mean...Of course.
That's so cute. :)
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