Just dropping by to wish you all a very Happy Christmas, from the Snippets house!

xxx ;-)

Off to Thrush Green!!

If you love reading and you want an escape into idyllic, village life,

then you can't do much better than to pick up a book by

'Miss Read'.

I've just finished reading, ' Christmas at Fairacre ' , an omnibus which includes

''No Holly for Miss Quinn'' ; ''Christmas at Fairacre School'' and

''The Christmas Mouse''

And... I have many more lined up!

I've read these books time and time again !

They come in a variety of forms but the best ones are the lovely, older

hardback versions, with beautiful illustrations by the late

John S Goodall.

He was the most fabulous artist and illustrator

who produced books such as these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edwardian-Christmas-John-S-Goodall/dp/0333220781

Simply gorgeous!

You can read about him here:

http://www.brown-studies.co.uk/page6.html

Miss Read and John S Goodall ...what a combination!

Enchanting stories and most charming illustrations.

There's quite a choice as you'll see from the lists here:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/miss-read/

And if you want a 'taster' paperback set for £9.99...here's the place to buy them:

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&productId=92363

And now, I am off on a little journey to Thrush Green...and do you know,

my luck is in...it's Christmas there as well!!

Happy reading!

;-)