For all of you out there who are thinking about buying me a smashingly wonderful Christmas gift, (i.e. none of you), I have finally found a gift for me, one that I will love and cherish and adore for the rest of me days.
Now I know that the spirit of Christmas is all about giving, and believe me, I would never have risked my flesh and unbroken bones in the mass of shoppers on Black Friday (i.e. the day after Thanksgiving) to find those few perfect gifts that also happened to be on sale if I weren't interested in giving, giving, giving away just like the Little Stream.
But, because I've had trouble thinking of exactly what I wanted to receive, (I usually just buy stuff I want...when I have enough money...), I thought I would make it easier for any of you. Who happen to want to give me stuff. Um.
In any case, while I was working in the Juvenile section of the HBLL at BYU, I ran across an old picture book called The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine. The pictures are basically cutouts of Victorian-era engravings, and the story is a hodgepodge of strange events and bizarre characters, including a pirate who has knitted his own beard. I was wowed. I wanted one for myself. (The book, not the beard-knitting pirate, although that would be cool too...)
However, when I went to try to find the book, I discovered to my everlasting dismay that it was out of print.
Alackaday!
And yet what were my triumphant rejoicings when today I received an email update about news in the Juvenile Lit publishing industry and found that The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine has been reissued! (They were great indeed. Er...my rejoicings, that is.) And I looked! And it was there! On Amazon!
So, for those of you who are just racking your brains (ouch!) trying to figure out exactly what to get lil' ol' me for Christmas, here's your hint, your one major hint.
Except...if more than one of you intends to get this for me, I would have several copies of The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine. And then I would have to donate copies to local elementary schools and literacy programs in South America, and the poor children would be very confused about the strange disjointed tale and would probably end up working in some terrible industry, like fast food, because they were so disturbed by it.
So maybe I should just buy this for myself. Yes. Yes. Just nevermind this whole blog post.
Please.
3 comments:
Probably for the better. Realistically, what would you do with a pirate anyway, whether he had a knitted beard or not? He'd be terribly distracting to your Primary kids, and at work I'm sure static electricity and black powder pistols would not be a good combination.
Wow! A beard knitting pirate would just be the coolest gift ever, although he might be a little difficult to explain to the neighbors, and, as your friend Kim said, just a darn nuisence at church.
I'm going to look up that book though, sounds really cool!
Hahaha! I had totally forgotten about that particular picture book! I remember it being absolutely fabulous. I hope that Santa comes through for you on that gift! Love you heaps! Emily
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