H. J. Adams
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Product Description Stories of plump little creatures who are gentle and kind and prefer the comforts of life: good food, good books and music, the co
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mpany of fellow creatures, a cool shady place in summer and warm cozy one in winter. Laughter is frequent among them, for they have a wonderful sense of humor and are fond of playing harmless little tricks upon one another. Although they are peace-loving creatures, they are, as is often the case with such folk, brave and fearless in the face of danger. This book appeals equally to children and to adults. About the Author H. J. Adams resides in New England. Age: 20 Celsius+. A few of his favorite things: the symphonies of Jean Sibelius, hollyhocks, Housman's "Shropshire Lad," fireflies, Ibsen's plays, the "Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" (both the traditional Fitzgerald and the more literal Avery and Heath-Stubbs translations), good friends and good company, the poems of William Barnes in Dorset dialect, the song of the wood thrush at evening, Salisbury Cathedral, "My Uncle Silas" by H.E. Bates, the paintings of Carl Larsson, snow on Christmas Eve, Vermont, Pissarro's Jallais Hill," "Pontoise," a personal letter from William Carlos Williams, elm trees, Chaucer's "Tales" read in Middle English---(We had to stop him here and remind him the list was to include a FEW of his favorite things, not ALL of them.)
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