Tag: I Want My Hat Back

Question Tuesday: A Children’s Book You Love?

Posted August 7, 2012 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Question Tuesday / 0 Comments

When I was young I really loved the book There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake by Hazel Edwards about an imaginary Hippo on the roof eating cake, it turned out to be ‘special’ cake. I don’t know why I liked that book but I remember that I wanted it read to me over and over again. I probably could remember every single word from that book. Nowadays I have read a couple of picture books that I thought were quite entertaining. Where were these types of books when I was a child? You know the ones, they are written as a children’s book but they have this black humour to them that appeals to adults.

Here are some examples (while some of these might be considered parodies, they are still great);

Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd
In a bright buzzing room, in the glow of the moon-and iPhones and Androids and Blackberries too-it is time to say goodnight…
It’s a Book by Lane Smith
IT’S A BOOK is a delightful manifesto on behalf of print in the digital age. This satisfying, perfectly executed picture book has something to say to readers of all stripes and all ages.
Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
Go the F**k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland.
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
A bear has lost his hat. What if he never sees it again? WAIT! He has seen his hat…
Now it’s your turn, what Children’s books do you like? And based on the books I’ve mentioned about, are there other books that I should read?

Meme – My Life in Literature

Posted August 3, 2012 by Michael @ Knowledge Lost in Random / 0 Comments

This is a tag that I saw on A Room of One’s Own and then a few other blogs so I thought it might be interesting to get involved too. Basically you answer all the questions with the books you’ve read this year to reflect your own life.

Describe Yourself: A Perfectly Good Man
How Do You Feel: Limitless
Describe Where You Currently Live: The Red House
If You Could Go Anywhere, Where Would You Go: Empire State
Your Favorite Form of Transportation: Drive
Your Best Friend is: The Devil all The Time
You and Your Friends are: Beneath the Darkening Sky
What’s the Weather Like: A Brewing Storm
You Fear: The Gunslinger
What’s the Best Advice You Have to Give: Beat the Reaper
Thought For the Day: I Want My Hat Back
How I Would Like to Die: The Hanging Garden
My Soul’s Present Condition: Gold

If you are planning to get involved then let me know you in the comments below.