Break out the frozen yogurt and your red-blooded maple leaf! Every year the citizens of Kanadoodle gather quietly in clusters, wearing their distinctive leaves in a typical understated show of public pride. The days when there was fierce debate raging about which symbol was going to represent Kanadoodle are long gone. I, for one, am …
My Favorite Children’s Books, Part 3 – The Beginner Books
Imagine it's 1957. Random Huse has released 'The Cat in the Hat', written by one of their most prominent writers, Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. The publishing company is agog at the success of 'The Cat', printing 12,000 copies every month to meet the demand after its launch. Sales of two or three thousand copies …
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My Favorite Children’s Books, Part 2 – Dr. Seuss Revisited
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant's faithful one hundred percent!" So says the inimitable Horton, the main character in 'Horton Hatches the Egg', the fourth book that Dr. Seuss both wrote and illustrated and, of all his books, my personal favorite. When it comes to books for the …
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Some of My Favorite Children’s Books
Given my interest in collecting children's books, I often ask people if they had a favorite book growing up. Many can't remember any specific title, parents often refer to the books they and their children loved to read together and, every once in a while, you see a face with a starry look, enveloped in …
Platforms, Platitudes and Boos
It just seemed like a week of never ending excitement in Kanadoodle! First came Slander Shears, legendary for his ability to cut the fleece off voters, announcing his Consumptive Party's election platform. His announcement came as quite a surprise to most of the citizens, mostly because the majority still haven't given any thought to the …
A Little for the Book Collector
I mentioned in a previous blog that one of my long term hobbies is collecting children's books in their first prints. For many years I researched the books of the English author Roald Dahl. I wrote several articles on collecting his books and have an unpublished book on the topic. A rather condensed version of …
Two Elections – One Outcome
With only seventeen months left before their next Presidential election, Kanadoodle's great neighbors to the south have already gone into roaring high gear with Ronald Rump, the incumbent Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT) announcing his bid to run again for the highest office in the Unilateral Silly Alliances. Kanadoodle is supposed to elect their Prime …
Kanadoodle in Raptures
In most respects the citizens of Blunder Country think the relevant parts of Kanadoodle lie between the Pacifying Ocean and the Rock Mountain Range. Those living next to the Sadlantic Ocean think there's not much beyond the tides that lap at their shores. The citizens in the province of Onfairyoh know the world ends just …
Vancooler!
Vancooler, nestled into the three meters of space available between the Rock Mountains and the Pacifying Ocean, is Blunder Country's largest city and one of Kanadoodle's great ports. It features many natural wonders that not only attract visitors but keep people flocking to the city in search of a home...and searching...and searching. Chief among the …
Hon-Konged
The residents of Blunder Country's largest city, Vancooler, have been anxiously watching the recent spate of unrest in Hon-Konged. Most of you already know that Hon-Konged is part of the world's most populated country, Porcelain (often referred to as Bone China due to the many dinosaur bones found in their deserts). The roots of the …
Richard's Left Bank 