The Gallery - What A Novel Idea!

So it is the highlight of my blogging week The Gallery yay!! This weeks prompt by Tara at Sticky Fingers was inspired - use a photograph to describe a novel or story. I had lots of ideas but unfortunately not enough prompts to photograph them well! I had ideas of grandeur wanted to show off some classic examples of literature like my favourite novel, Pride and Prejudice, but just could not think how to capture it (no Mr Darcy could be found lol!)

So I have decided to model my photographs on two children's stories; ones that I have been reading to Burton since he was about 4 weeks old. I love reading to Burton I think stories are magical and spur the imagination and he enjoys hearing them and helping to turn the pages and point to the pictures.

So here are my photographs.

The first one is this - can you recognise which book I am illustrating here?

Yes, it's 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea' by Judith Kerr. Except my tiger is much smaller than the one used in the story! Whenever I read this to him I substitute Sophie's name for Burton's - I like to think he appreciates that personal touch lol

The second one I have chosen to portray is this - any guesses?

(Special thanks to Simba, my Mum's cat)

This book is 'Slinky Malinky' by Lynley Dodd which both Burton's Daddy and I enjoy reading aloud. It is written in rhyme and I have read it so many times now,that I can recite it! Here is a snippet:

Slinky Malinki 
was blacker than black
A stalking and lurking 
adventurous cat.
He had bright yellow eyes
a warbling wail
and a kink at the end 
of his very long tail


He is 'rapscallion cat' who likes to steal things from his neighbourhood. If you haven't got it in your collection I recommend it as does my audience (taken when he was about 3 months old)