The big hand of the clock is at 12. The little hand is at 7

[sovay]

Why did I not know until after he died that Russell Hoban of Riddley Walker (1980) also wrote Bedtime for Frances (1960) and Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1971)? I read the latter as a very small child and the former in college; I never put the names together. I was prepared to miss a luminary of science fiction and now I'm grieving for a small pencil-drawn badger.

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

My favorite was also Bread and Jam for Frances. So adorable! The wee salt shaker!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I *made* those for my kids for lunch.

Well no. Not really. But I made little envelopes of salt to take in with boiled eggs. (Because they would surely never find salt in the cafeteria? Yeah....)