We Loved Your Book So Much We Ate It

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Its logo depicts printed matter which has been subjected to a voracious readership of actual snails.

The title We Loved Your Book So Much We Ate It refers to an anecdote of Maurice Sendak’s, from an interview with Terry Gross — ‘Sendak on Childhood.’, Fresh Air, 15 April 1986. The story comes towards the end of the recording, between 26:50–27:48.

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Recent Books

Secret water (1995) 2 stars

Secret water

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Secret Water is the eighth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published on 28 November 1939.This book is set in and around Hamford Water in Essex, close to the resort town of Walton-on-the-Naze. It starts only a few days after We Didn't Mean …

Boy with the Topknot (2012, Penguin Books, Limited) 3 stars

Boy with the Topknot

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A Murder of Crows (Paperback, 2022, Embla Books) 2 stars

A Murder of Crows

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Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt (Paperback, en-Latn-AU language, 2002, Earthcare St Kilda) 5 stars

Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt

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Care of Australian Wildlife (Paperback, en-Latn-AU language, 2010, New Holland) 5 stars

Care of Australian Wildlife

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Moon of the Crusted Snow (Paperback, en-Latn-CA language, 2018, ECW Press) 3 stars

Moon of the Crusted Snow

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A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected …