A Museum of Poo

 

 

Miss Felicity Beadle’s The World of Poo by Terry Pratchett

Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series will enjoy this children’s book, as will children who have never heard of Pratchett. In the book “Snuff” Sam Vimes, Commander of the Watch, gave this book to his young son, knowing that he would laugh himself sick.

This is the tale of young Geoffrey, who visits his grandmama’s house in Ankh-Morpork while his mother is having a baby. While he was in the yard, a bird poos on his head, and he decides to make a museum of poo in one of the gardening sheds. Geoffrey and his grandmama visit Sir Henry King, who collects all the poo in the city. He also visits the Guild of Plumbers, and along the way collects the poo of hippos, wyverns, dragons and gargoyles.

 

December's Books

I've been reading and re-reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. One of the books I read this month was "Eric," Pratchett's version of the Faust legend. Teenage sorcerer Eric attempts to conjure up a demon, but gets incompetent wizard Rincewind instead. Accompanied by Eric's parrot and the many footed and feared walking suitcase, the two set out on a journey. Pratchett fans may be disappointed that this book is so short (only 200 pages), but DEATH appears briefly in the story, which is always a plus for me. I also re-read "The Hogfather," which for Pratchett fans is akin to the yearly reading of "A Christmas Carol."

The Corpse on the Court by Simon Brett
Eric by Terry Pratchett
Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives by Guy Fieri
Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Miss Silver Deals with Death by Patricia Wentworth