The Tales of Beedle the Bard

I don't really understand some of the reviews of this book that I've just read on Amazon. They seem to talk about the literary short falls of the stories, the fact that there aren't enough stories, and the weakness of having Dumbledore supposedly writing his own comments about the stories.

But can't they see that this book is meant, quite simply, to be enjoyed? There are five great stories, and as I read each one, I got more and more excited wondering what Albus would have to say about it at the end. Just because Miss Rowling has written huge books before shouldn't mean that she always has to!

I am loving this book and only have one story to go. I found them light of touch (though not of heart...especially not the 'hairy heart') and extremely entertaining.

So there!

The Rookeries - Carleton

Yesterday was a first for me - I got to see brand new chicks that had hatched just the day before - of course, I should have been teaching creative writing, but this was a legitimate break. Afterwards I felt like we should be writing chicken poems, but we wrote about a Vicious Viking instead. Not much difference there, then...

The Rookeries is a lovely school and I'm going to be going back there next half of term. And thanks to Christine's suggestion, I've already been booked by Woolley Hall to do a seminar to NQT's in the Autumn term. So it was a truly productive day yesterday and a hugely enjoyable one too.